Life Gmail users targeted by AI-driven phishing scam Victims receive a phone call and e-mail with instructions to to enter their credentials through a fake login page 19 Feb
Pro National security concerns fuel DeepSeek ban in Taiwan Concerns raised about data collection and storage on servers that may be located in China 4 Feb
Pro Ivanti zero-days chained together in at least 3 attacks, authorities warn FBI, CISA said credentials and data stored in affected appliances should be considered compromised 24 Jan
Radio Palo Alto Networks’ Scott McKinnon on how cyber criminals are using AI Trump surprises with executive orders, Samsung dazzles with the S25 and bad actors confuse with a new generation of threats 24 Jan
Pro HPE probes hacker claim involving trove of sensitive company data IntelBroker says it has private GitHub repositories, Docker builds, source code and more 22 Jan
Pro EU cyber security certification programme delayed Commission could postpone review of EUCS process until the CSA review complete 21 Jan
Pro Office workers fear culture of blame over cyber security incidents IT.ie survey finds fifth of respondents don't feel comfortable reporting concerns to upper management 16 Jan
Pro Ivanti zero-day has researchers scrambling Suspicions raised about involvement of state-sponsored actors 14 Jan
Pro Executives see another CrowdStrike-level IT outage on the horizon PagerDuty survey finds security getting prioritised at the expense of service disruption readiness 13 Dec
Pro Critical flaw in Cleo file-transfer software under mass exploitation Researchers confirm mass exploitation underway 11 Dec
Pro CrowdStrike crisis was a ‘call to arms’ for IT pros Transparency key to cyber security company retaining 97% of customers 9 Dec
Pro FBI raises alarm infiltration of telecom networks by China-linked groups Scope and scale of infiltration yet to be confirmed, says CISA 6 Dec
Pro Attackers wield password-spray attacks to zero-in on targets, research finds Attackers most frequently targeted education, energy and transportation organisations 20 Nov
Trade Splunk accelerates Cisco’s security business as core networking sales decline Security revenue accounted for 20% of total product revenue during the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 18 Nov
Trade 23andMe announces restructuring, layoffs and review of therapeutic programme Headcount to be reduced against background of boardroom drama and collapsing revenue 14 Nov
Pro Citrix Session Recording users warned of CVEs that allow hackers to gain control Flaw initially discovered by analysts last July 14 Nov
Pro US hopes to leverage UN cybercrime treaty toward ransomware fight Proposed measures would allow law enforcement in one country could gain access to electronic evidence stored in another 13 Nov
Blogs Another example of why security should be baked in Schneider Electric's embarrassing breach will cost it a lot of bread to fix 7 Nov
Pro Google Cloud to mandate MFA for all users in 2025 More than 70% of Google accounts owned by people who regularly already using MFA 7 Nov
Pro Schneider Electric investigating cyber intrusion after threat actor gains access to platform Hellcat group claims it has obtained 40GB data 6 Nov
Pro Minister launches first National Cyber Security Annual Update New fund allocates €2m for SME security upgrades 5 Nov
Pro SEC cyber rules could survive regardless of election outcome, experts say US organisations struggle to embrace European-style regulation 4 Nov
Pro SEC settles charges with four firms it says downplayed SolarWinds hack exposure US agency publishes details of fines 23 Oct
Pro Microsoft confirms partial loss of security log data on multiple platforms Redmond blames bug in internal monitoring agents 21 Oct
Pro Microsoft reveals ransomware attacks against its customers nearly tripled last year Attackers continue to leverage unmanaged devices for remote encryption or initial access 17 Oct
Pro 42.5% of fraud attempts are now driven by AI A report from Signicat highlights that nearly 30% of these attempts are proving successful 9 Oct
Pro CISOs, C-suite remain at odds over corporate cyber resilience PwC report highlights rifts at boardroom level 8 Oct
Trade Expel opens EMEA base in Ireland, creates 50 remote jobs MDR provider looks beyond the office to grow workforce 7 Oct
Life Team Ireland gets ready to capture title at European Cyber Security Challenge Turin calls for hopeful all-island team 3 Oct
Pro IBM report finds phishing remains intrusion tactic of choice for threat groups Report says multi-factor authentication does not guarantee protection but is better than nothing 2 Oct
Blogs Admitting passwords are broken is a step forward A major tech security agency dropping rules for complex passwords is an admission of defeat. It’s about time, says Jason Walsh 27 Sep
Pro Cyber security industry contributed €1.2bn to economy last year – report National cyber industry conference CINC 24 outlines sector growth target of doubling workforce by 2030 26 Sep
Trade Enterprise Ireland, National Cyber Security Centre offer security grants to SMEs Up to €3,000 available to review online security 25 Sep
Pro US authorities take down a Mirai-variant botnet tied to DDoS threat FBI-led operation to disrupt a China-linked botnet comes months after a similar operation in January linked to Volt Typhoon 19 Sep
Pro Microsoft, working with security partners, pledges better deployment, testing collaboration Review of CrowdStike incident forces rethink at Redmond 16 Sep
Pro Cyber attack on Iran’s banking system exposes sensitive data Experts dispute claims motivation was political over commercial 6 Sep
Radio A tough message for Telegram Anonymous messaging platform in the dock and the rest of the week's news 30 Aug
Pro Third of Irish business have paid a ransom in past year, says Expleo More than half of businesses have fallen victim to social engineering cyberattacks in the past year 23 Aug
Life Data protection complaint filed against European Parliament Brussels deals with own GDPR violation 22 Aug
Pro Manual techniques are fuelling ransomware attacks – report Organisations paid $460m in extortion demands to ransomware groups in first half of 2024 21 Aug
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