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The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has revealed details of Operation Destabilise, a years-long international law enforcement investigation into a giant Russian money laundering enterprise that handled billions of dollars for drug traffickers and ransomware gangs worldwide.  The multi-billion dollar Smart and TGR networks are said to have used a complex system of cash handovers and cryptocurrency exchanges to move illicit funds, making it difficult for the authorities to trace.  According to an announcement by…

Two severe vulnerabilities in Veeam Service Provider Console (VSPC) software have been patched, including one with a near-maximum CVSS score of 9.9. The issues, designated as CVE-2024-42448 and CVE-2024-42449, were identified during internal testing by Veeam. Both flaws pose significant risks to system integrity, requiring immediate attention from affected service providers. Details of the Vulnerabilities Rated as critical with a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.9, CVE-2024-42448 is a remote code execution vulnerability on the VSPC…

There are two main reasons why supply chain attacks are on the increase. First, there is a general trend of companies outsourcing more critical business functions to external providers, and doing so often makes good business sense. Secondly, while threat actors’ focus and methods remain the same, they target the weakest link. Outsourcing has led to increased suppliers, which is now becoming an organisation’s weakest link, and the threat actors know it. Most organisations find…

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is hot property when it comes to investment, but there’s a pronounced hesitancy around adoption. AI faces a fundamental trust challenge due to uncertainty over safety, reliability, transparency, bias, and ethics. In a recent global survey, 86% of participants said their organizations had dedicated budget to generative AI, but three-quarters admitted to significant concerns about data privacy and security. What makes AI responsible and trustworthy? At the top of the list…