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Hundreds of Dutch medical records bought for pocket change at flea market 2025-02-19 at 15:18 By Connor Jones 15GB of sensitive files traced back to former software biz Typically shoppers can expect to find tie-dye t-shirts, broken lamps and old disco records at flea markets, now it seems storage drives filled with huge volumes of […]

US agencies and defense contractors infected with infostealing malware 2025-02-19 at 15:17 By Active infostealer infections have been found within U.S. agencies and defense contractors.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

76% of security leaders plan to increase their security budgets in 2025 2025-02-19 at 15:17 By A CDG report found that 92% of IT professionals stated they had some degree of confidence in their ability to meet compliance requirements. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

New Snake Keylogger Variant Leverages AutoIt Scripting to Evade Detection 2025-02-19 at 15:01 By A new variant of the Snake Keylogger malware is being used to actively target Windows users located in China, Turkey, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Spain. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs said the new version of the malware has been behind over 280 million blocked […]

Mobile operators brace for bigger, faster headaches with 6G 2025-02-19 at 14:19 By Dan Robinson NGMN reports what telcos want, but admits most can be delivered by 5G Mobile operators are pushing for consensus on the key components of next-gen 6G networks, warning that a new radio interface could add complexity – though they acknowledge […]

The Ultimate MSP Guide to Structuring and Selling vCISO Services 2025-02-19 at 14:19 By The growing demand for cybersecurity and compliance services presents a great opportunity for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) to offer virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) services—delivering high-level cybersecurity leadership without the cost of a full-time […]

Type-safe C-killer Delphi hits 30, but a replacement has risen 2025-02-19 at 13:33 By Liam Proven The FOSS world has replicated most of it in Lazarus Delphi is still very much with us, but the FOSS world also has its own, largely compatible, GUI-based Object Pascal environment – and it’s worth a look.… This article […]

Trojanized Game Installers Deploy Cryptocurrency Miner in Large-Scale StaryDobry Attack 2025-02-19 at 12:54 By Users who are on the lookout for popular games were lured into downloading trojanized installers that led to the deployment of a cryptocurrency miner on compromised Windows hosts. The large-scale activity has been codenamed StaryDobry by Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky, which […]

Microsoft declutters Windows 11 File Explorer in the name of Euro privacy 2025-02-19 at 12:33 By Richard Speed Also hammers another nail into Cortana’s coffin with the end of Location History Microsoft had a Valentine’s Day gift for Windows Insiders, firing another arrow into the heart of Cortana while also attempting to soothe European privacy […]

London celebrity talent agency reports itself to ICO following Rhysida attack claims 2025-02-19 at 11:50 By Connor Jones Showbiz members’ passport scans already plastered online A London talent agency has reported itself to the UK’s data protection watchdog after the Rhysida ransomware crew last week claimed it had attacked the business, which represents luminaries of […]