February 2025

PCI DSS 4.0 Mandates DMARC By 31st March 2025 2025-02-20 at 14:05 By The payment card industry has set a critical deadline for businesses handling cardholder data or processing payments- by March 31, 2025, DMARC implementation will be mandatory! This requirement highlights the importance of preventative measures against email fraud, domain spoofing, and phishing in […]

Chinese-Linked Attackers Exploit Check Point Flaw to Deploy ShadowPad and Ransomware 2025-02-20 at 14:05 By A previously unknown threat activity cluster targeted European organizations, particularly those in the healthcare sector, to deploy PlugX and its successor, ShadowPad, with the intrusions ultimately leading to deployment of a ransomware called NailaoLocker in some cases. The campaign, codenamed

Cybercriminals Use Eclipse Jarsigner to Deploy XLoader Malware via ZIP Archives 2025-02-20 at 14:05 By A malware campaign distributing the XLoader malware has been observed using the DLL side-loading technique by making use of a legitimate application associated with the Eclipse Foundation. “The legitimate application used in the attack, jarsigner, is a file created during

Two arrested after pensioner scammed out of six-figure crypto nest egg 2025-02-20 at 13:47 By Connor Jones The latest in a long line of fraud stings worth billions each year Two men are in police custody after being arrested in connection with a July cryptocurrency fraud involving a man in his seventies.… This article is

Ransomware 2025: Attacks Keep Rising as Threat Shows its Resilience 2025-02-20 at 13:16 By Threat Hunter Team Despite the takedowns of some well-known names, ransomware remains a major cybercrime threat. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

Dark mode might be burning more juice than you think 2025-02-20 at 12:33 By Dan Robinson Most people crank up the brightness, making energy savings moot Using apps and websites in dark mode can actually use more energy than standard mode, according to researchers, as it causes people to crank up the brightness.… This article

Microsoft’s End of Support for Exchange 2016 and 2019: What IT Teams Must Do Now 2025-02-20 at 12:33 By For decades, Microsoft Exchange has been the backbone of business communications, powering emailing, scheduling and collaboration for organizations worldwide. Whether deployed on-premises or in hybrid environments, companies of all sizes rely on Exchange for seamless internal

DXC paid 50% more than original contract value for disastrous public sector Oracle project 2025-02-20 at 11:39 By Lindsay Clark Systems integrator secured ‘variation’ just before mega SAP migration put on hold Systems integrator DXC accrued over 50 percent more than its original contract value for completing less than half the scheduled contract term during

Ghost ransomware crew continues to haunt IT depts with scarily bad infosec 2025-02-20 at 10:49 By Jessica Lyons FBI and CISA issue reminder – deep sigh – about the importance of patching and backups The operators of Ghost ransomware continue to claim victims and score payments, but keeping the crooks at bay is possible by

Medusa ransomware gang demands $2M from UK private health services provider 2025-02-20 at 09:49 By Iain Thomson 2.3 TB held to ransom as biz formerly known as Virgin Care tells us it’s probing IT ‘security incident’ Exclusive  HCRG Care Group, a private health and social services provider, has seemingly fallen victim to the Medusa ransomware