February 2025

⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [27 February] 2025-02-03 at 14:04 By This week, our news radar shows that every new tech idea comes with its own challenges. A hot AI tool is under close watch, law enforcement is shutting down online spots that help cybercriminals, and teams are busy fixing […]

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Coyote Malware Expands Reach: Now Targets 1,030 Sites and 73 Financial Institutions 2025-02-03 at 14:04 By Brazilian Windows users are the target of a campaign that delivers a banking malware known as Coyote. “Once deployed, the Coyote Banking Trojan can carry out various malicious activities, including keylogging, capturing screenshots, and displaying phishing overlays to steal

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What Is Attack Surface Management? 2025-02-03 at 14:04 By Attack surfaces are growing faster than security teams can keep up – to stay ahead, you need to know what’s exposed and where attackers are most likely to strike. With cloud adoption dramatically increasing the ease of exposing new systems and services to the internet, prioritizing

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2 officers bailed as anti-corruption unit probes data payouts to N Irish cops 2025-02-03 at 13:49 By Connor Jones Investigating compensation to police whose sensitive info was leaked in 2023 The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has bailed two officers after they were arrested as part of a fraud investigation related to the payments

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Motorola appeal over £200M price cap for Airwave service rejected 2025-02-03 at 13:19 By Dan Robinson Profiteering from emergency services comms network in Britain? Not anymore, says CMA Motorola will not be allowed to again appeal a decision by the UK competition regulator to impose a price cap on the communications network it operates for

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Phishing tax scams increase as tax deadlines approach 2025-02-03 at 12:04 By Researchers have observed an increase in malicious domains and campaigns impersonating tax agencies and financial institutions.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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UK biz dept overspent by £208M prepping to pay workers hurt in Post Office IT scandal 2025-02-03 at 11:34 By Lindsay Clark Auditor offers qualified opinion as financial fallout from historic miscarriage of justice remains unclear The UK’s spending watchdog has offered a “qualified opinion” on the Department for Business and Trade’s accounts, largely down

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Privacy Commissioner warns the ‘John Smiths’ of the world can acquire ‘digital doppelgangers’ 2025-02-03 at 08:49 By Simon Sharwood Australian government staff mixed medical info for folk who share names and birthdays Australia’s privacy commissioner has found that government agencies down under didn’t make enough of an effort to protect data describing “digital doppelgangers” –

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Crazy Evil Gang Targets Crypto with StealC, AMOS, and Angel Drainer Malware 2025-02-03 at 08:03 By A Russian-speaking cybercrime gang known as Crazy Evil has been linked to over 10 active social media scams that leverage a wide range of tailored lures to deceive victims and trick them into installing malware such as StealC, Atomic

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Coming soon to job boards: The Chief Secure Networking Officer 2025-02-03 at 07:20 By The Chief Secure Networking Officer (CSNO) is a transformative role designed to ensure seamless performance and security for next-generation technologies.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Big events, bigger risks: How teams keep large events safe 2025-02-03 at 07:20 By Security leaders in the event venue industry discuss what it takes to secure crowds in an unpredictable world. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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As Trump slugs Canada, Mexico and China with tariffs, industry groups hope trade war weapon isn’t pointed at their feet 2025-02-03 at 06:48 By Simon Sharwood Tech lobby isn’t at the negotiating table, fears unintended consequences United States President Donald Trump has delivered on his campaign promise to introduce tariffs, by slapping a 25 percent

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Medical monitoring machines spotted stealing patient data, users warned to pull the plug ASAP 2025-02-03 at 04:18 By Brandon Vigliarolo PLUS: MGM settles breach suits; AWS doesn’t trust you with security defaults; A new .NET backdoor; and more Infosec in brief  The United States Food and Drug Administration has told medical facilities and caregivers that

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