Cybersecurity

Mandiant: Attacker dwell time down, ransomware up in 2023 | TechTarget

Mandiant found that while attacker dwell time decreased in 2023, ransomware and other threats continued to rise. The cybersecurity company published on Tuesday its ‘M-Trends 2024 Special Report,’ which offered some bright spots for organizations amid an increasingly complex and expansive threat landscape. According to the report, which is based on Mandiant Consulting investigations during […]

Cybersecurity

South Korean Citizen Detained in Russia on Cyber Espionage Charges

Mar 12, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Threat Russia has detained a South Korean national for the first time on cyber espionage charges and transferred from Vladivostok to Moscow for further investigation. The development was first reported by Russian news agency TASS. “During the investigation of an espionage case, a South Korean citizen Baek Won-soon was identified […]

Cybersecurity

Second accidental data leak in four months ‘regrettable’, finance department says

The finance department has accidentally shared confidential commercial information for the second time as new data reveals the number of human errors behind government data breaches. The department has confirmed that last week it emailed 236 suppliers, and that the email included “embedded information with some third-party confidential information”. The shadow finance minister, Jane Hume, […]