Angela McLaren has been announced as the new assistant commissioner of the City of London Police, with responsibility for economic and cybercrime. McLaren joins from Police Scotland, where she was the executive lead for organized crime, counter terrorism and intelligence. “I feel privileged to be joining such a talented team of individuals who are already leading the way in preventing and detecting economic and cybercrime, and look forward to working with them to protect the…

By Jason M. Fung, Offensive Security Research Manager at Intel Software security has been studied by many for decades. As attackers find new ways to break through protections, defenders learn and harden their design accordingly. As it becomes increasingly challenging to find low hanging fruit in the software layer, attackers naturally move down the stack to look for ways to compromise systems in the hardware layer. It is paramount for system designers to gain proficiency…

Operational technology (OT) security company Claroty has announced the appointments of Adi Weisz as VP of engineering and Brian Dunphy as VP of product management as the firm looks to continue its growth and innovation in the field of industrial cybersecurity. Weisz joins Claroty from Lusha and brings 20 years of technology experience to the role, having previously served at firms such as Fornova, Gigya and AfterDownload. He will be in charge of building and…

Don’t let the funny name confuse you. Smishing is a major scam. While a text may seem perfectly normal, it could be from someone with malicious intent—someone who wants to steal your identity, your bank account number, or other sensitive information. A recent report by the cybersecurity company Proofpoint found that 84 percent of organizations surveyed faced texting attacks. But companies aren’t the only ones being targeted. Scammers are sending scam texts to individuals, as…

Rights groups have expressed serious concerns over reports that a UK supermarket chain recently completed a trial of controversial facial recognition technology. The Southern Co-operative, whose stores cover 10 counties across the south of England, revealed the trial in a little noticed update dated two months ago. However, recent media coverage has spurred interest from privacy campaigners. London-based Privacy International said it has written to the chain requesting urgent assurances over its partnership with UK…

News Detail PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced that the company is positioned furthest on the completeness of vision axis in the Gartner Inc. December 2020 Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software. In addition, VMware is also in the Leaders quadrant of the report based on the ability to execute axis for the fourth consecutive report. “HCI has … Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– VMware, Inc. (NYSE:…

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced its annual CyberFirst Girls Competition is now open for registrations, with a mission to inspire the next generation of young women to pursue a career in the industry. Although set-up as an off-shoot of GCHQ to advise and protect UK organizations from cyber-threats, one of the NCSC’s other core goals is to help address chronic cybersecurity skills shortages in the UK. According to government figures published in…

The development of an Internet of Things (IoT) threat hunting framework enabled the discovery of over a billion attacks. Speaking at Black Hat Europe, TXOne threat researchers Mars Cheng and Patrick Kuo discussed the threat hunting framework they had developed for IoT malware. They explained that they had created the framework as they had noticed the increase of DDoS attacks, as well as “the weapons including IoT malware and botnets” and Cheng said that, according to…

IT services provider Transputec will provide security for Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) aviation cargo and ground handling operations, it has been announced. Under the agreement, Transputec will work with ThreatSpike Labs to ensure WFS has the technology and services most relevant to its needs and will provide 24/7 monitoring for potential security risks, ensuring resolution is found before they become an issue. WFS’ aviation cargo and ground handling operations consists of 21,800 employees at 171 stations…

A UK business specializing in tax relief for its clients has exposed the personal details of over 100,000 of them via a misconfigured content management system (CMS). Researchers at Website Planet told Infosecurity exclusively about the privacy snafu, which they discovered on October 13 and notified the firm about the next day. That company was Marriage Tax Refund, a Wolverhampton-based organization whose business model is to recover marriage tax allowance funds for UK clients. According…