Author: Asad Yaseen

The FTSE 250 professional services firm FDM Group has announced an intention to hire more than 2000 new IT trainees globally in 2021 as part of a major recruitment drive. FDM Group – which specializes in recruiting and equipping graduates, ex-armed forces personnel and women returners with the latest digital skills – said the recruitment goal comes amid a surge in demand for tech talent. Key specialisms requested in the last few months include DevOps,…

The United States Department of Justice has charged three North Korean computer programmers with a range of cyber attacks that made headlines around the world. The men – 31-year-old Jon Chang Hyok, Kim Il, 27, and 36-year-old Park Jin Hyok – are alleged to have been part of North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), known commonly as the “Lazarus Group” or “APT38”, tasked with criminal hacking operations. And – according to the DOJ – the…

At least 50% of apps used in sectors such as manufacturing, public services, healthcare, retail, education and utilities contain one or more serious exploitable vulnerabilities, according to a new study by WhiteHat Security. This is particularly concerning given the shift to digital across most sectors in the past year increasing the number of apps being utilized. Manufacturing had the highest “window of exposure,” with nearly 70% of applications in the sector having at least one…

Last year saw a double-digit surge in the volume of healthcare data breach incidents in the US, with over 26 million people affected, according to Bitglass. The cloud security firm’s seventh annual Healthcare Breach Report was compiled from US Department of Health and Human Services records of breached protected health information (PHI). It revealed that incidents increased by over 55% on 2019 figures to reach 599 breaches in the sector, impacting over 26.4 million people. The…

The US has named and indicted two more members of the infamous North Korean military hacking group known as Lazarus, which it said is responsible for stealing over $1.3bn from various entities. A federal indictment unsealed yesterday named three members of military intelligence agency the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), aka Lazarus or APT38. Park Jin Hyok, 36, was previously charged in a complaint unsealed in 2018, and is joined by Jon Chang Hyok, 31 and Kim…