Cyber Attacks
Discover expert analysis on cyber attacks with news, features and insights from the team at IT Pro.
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 Salesloft Drift hackers had access to company GitHub account for months before attacksNews Hackers behind the Salesloft Drift breach had access to the company’s GitHub account for several months before waging a flurry of attacks, the company has revealed. By Emma Woollacott Published News
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 Cyber attacks: Can the channel save the day?Industry Insights Channel partners are becoming the first – and often only – line of defence for businesses facing growing cybersecurity threats By Mike MacAuley Published Industry Insights
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 Jaguar Land Rover “did the right thing” shutting down systems to thwart cyber attackNews The attack on Jaguar Land Rover highlights the growing attractiveness of the automotive sector By Emma Woollacott Published News
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 Google hits back at 'entirely false' reports of major Gmail security breachNews Reports of a massive Gmail hack affecting billions of users have been denied by Google By Emma Woollacott Published News
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 Ransomware attack on IT supplier disrupts hundreds of Swedish municipalitiesNews The attack on IT systems supplier Miljödata has impacted public sector services across the country By Emma Woollacott Published News
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 Warning issued to Salesforce customers after hackers stole Salesloft Drift dataNews Customers were targeted through compromised OAuth access tokens from Salesloft Drift integrations By Emma Woollacott Published News
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 Hackers are abusing ConnectWise ScreenConnect, againNews A new spear phishing campaign has targeted more than 900 organizations with fake invitations from platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams. By Emma Woollacott Published News
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 US authorities take down prolific 'Rapper Bot' botnetNews The Rapper Bot botnet was responsible for a series of large-scale DDoS attacks on government agencies and tech companies. Now it's gone. By Emma Woollacott Published News
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 UK telecoms firm takes systems offline after cyber attackNews The Warlock ransomware group said it was selling a million stolen documents By Emma Woollacott Published News
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 Malicious URLs overtake email attachments as the biggest malware threatNews With malware threats surging, research from Proofpoint highlights the increasing use of off-the-shelf 'phish kits' like CoGUI and Darcula By Emma Woollacott Published News
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 Can cyber group takedowns last?ITPro Podcast Threat groups can recover from website takeovers or rebrand for new activity – but each successful sting provides researchers with valuable data By Rory Bathgate Published ITPro Podcast
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 Everything we know so far about the Canadian House of Commons data breachNews Speculation is mounting over the source of the breach By Emma Woollacott Published News