Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Wednesday that would have reaffirmed a nearly 50-year-old ban on placing weapons of mass destruction into orbit, two months after reports Russia has plans to do just that. Russia’s vote against the resolution was no surprise. As one of the five permanent members of the Security Council, […]
The “leakiest” countries in 2023 were India, the United States, Brazil, China, and others. The IT sector was the most affected, accounting for 65.9% of leaked secrets, followed by education at 20.1%, and other sectors making up the remaining 14%.
The website used by the ransomware group believed to be responsible for the breach of one of the United States’s largest health care payment processors went down Friday amid reports that the incident has put major financial pressure on medical providers and made it difficult for consumers to get the medicine they need. It’s not […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say they are investigating 58 suspected North Korean cyberattacks between 2017 and 2023 valued at approximately $3 billion, with the money reportedly being used to help fund its development of weapons of mass destruction. And the high volume of cyberattacks by North Korean hacking groups who report to the […]
The United Kingdom and France are to jointly host a diplomatic conference at Lancaster House in London this week to launch a new international agreement addressing “the proliferation of commercial cyber intrusion tools.” According to the Foreign Office, 35 nations will be represented at the conference, alongside “big tech leaders, legal experts, and human rights […]
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has taken legal action against three individuals—Robert Powell, Carter Rohn, and Emily Hernandez—for their involvement in a Sim-swapping scam in November 2022. The charges brought against them include fraud and identity theft. This case has raised eyebrows due to its potential connection to the 2022 FTX hack, where […]
Authorities in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States this week levied financial sanctions against a Russian man accused of stealing data on nearly 10 million customers of the Australian health insurance giant Medibank. 33-year-old Aleksandr Ermakov allegedly stole and leaked the Medibank data while working with one of Russia’s most destructive ransomware groups, […]
Geo Focus: The United Kingdom , Geo-Specific , Governance & Risk Management Voluntary Rules Will Set Baseline Security Requirement for Software Vendors, Users Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • January 24, 2024 Image: Shutterstock The U.K. government is mulling the rollout of a voluntary set of rules urging software vendors to responsibly disclose vulnerabilities in […]
According to the United Nations, water and climate change are strongly linked. Climate change causes higher water temperatures that worsen water pollution and quality, while melting glaciers diminish water supplies and cause higher levels of water scarcity. Energy production is highly reliant on water, which is why the spotlight is on data centers and their […]