While Halloween 2021 is a few days past, Wendy Nather, head of advisory CISOs at Cisco, still sees many “dark” things on the infosec landscape. In a keynote session at the SecTor security conference on November 4, Nather outlined various potential concerns facing IT security professionals now and likely for years into the future. The infosec concerns for Nather have in no small part been accelerated by the pandemic, as employees were predominantly working remotely…

Fraud and computer misuse offenses rose by 43% in the year ending June 2021 compared with the pre-COVID year ending June 2019, according to estimates from the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales (TCSEW). Published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the figures further demonstrated the extent to which crime shifted to the digital space during COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in the UK. There was an estimated 14% decline in total crime excluding computer…

The US State Department has offered $10m to anyone able to help reveal the identity or location of “leaders” of the DarkSide ransomware group. In a first for the government, the department also said it would offer $5m for information “leading to the arrest and/or conviction in any country of any individual conspiring to participate in or attempting to participate in a DarkSide variant ransomware incident.” The group most famously was responsible for the Colonial…

With cybercrime becoming more frequent and severe, there’s no question that the demand for cybersecurity skills will remain high well into the future, and now you can learn them easily. Image: NicoElNino, Getty Images/iStockphoto Major cybercrimes are happening every single day, so the demand for cybersecurity experts has never been higher, and will probably remain so well into the future. If you’ve been thinking of switching careers next year, then you may want to start…

Controversial facial recognition firm Clearview AI will most likely be required to dramatically scale back operations in the UK, following a joint investigation by the UK and Australian privacy regulators, experts have claimed. After an investigation lasting over 15 months, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) released its ruling on Tuesday. It said the New York-based firm had breached Australians’ privacy by scraping their images from the web without their knowledge and disclosing…

Ukrainian special services claim to have identified the operatives behind the prolific “Armageddon” hacking group, alleging they are Russian FSB officers. In a brief statement, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) revealed that the group, also known as “Garmaredon,” was responsible for over 5000 attacks on the Ukrainian government and critical infrastructure assets. It targeted 1500 government computer systems intending to steal sensitive information relating to security and defense and blocking information systems, as well…