As remote work expands across Ireland, the significance of the cybersecurity industry is increasingly recognized, prompting substantial investments from both the government and private sectors. Focused on combating cybercrime through innovative solutions, especially those leveraging automated responses or advanced AI and machine learning techniques, several companies are at the forefront of this national effort. Among...Read More

Hackers are using artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to conduct attacks against physical infrastructures, which could threaten vital services and commerce. The FBI recently alerted Congress that hackers from China have penetrated deeply into the United States cyberinfrastructure, aiming to inflict harm. Hackers supported by the Chinese government are focusing their attacks on critical infrastructure, including water...Read More

Hackers are using artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to conduct attacks against physical infrastructures, which could threaten vital services and commerce. The FBI recently alerted Congress that hackers from China have penetrated deeply into the United States cyberinfrastructure, aiming to inflict harm. Hackers supported by the Chinese government are focusing their attacks on critical infrastructure, including water...Read More

Poland is experiencing an increase in DDoS attacks originating from Russia, according to a spokesperson for the Cyber Defence Army of Poland. DDoS attacks are a form of cybercrime in which the attacker floods a server with internet traffic in order to block them from accessing online services. Some websites, such as the Railway Transport...Read More

Digital crimes potentially cost victims more than $12.5 billion last year, according to the FBI’s latest Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) annual report.  The Feds recorded 880,418 complaints in 2023, which represents almost a 10 percent increase in reports of crime versus a year earlier. The potential monetary loss, however, marks a 22 percent jump...Read More

In a landmark ruling at the Colonarie Magistrate’s Court, Magistrate Bertie Pompey ordered Rayshawne James to pay EC$6,100 in damages and compensation to Sophie Lawrence for unlawfully accessing her phone and trespassing, marking the first civil lawsuit under the 2016 Cybercrime Act. Lawyer Adrian Odle, who represented Lawrence, hailed the decision as a significant step...Read More

Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks,Fraud Management & Cybercrime,Geo Focus: Asia Investigators Say North Korean Groups Are Seeking Advanced Chips for Military UseJayant Chakravarti (@JayJay_Tech) •March 6, 2024     Image: Shutterstock South Korean intelligence has alluded to North Korean cyber actors conducting a series of attacks targeting the country’s leading semiconductor manufacturing companies. Suspected nation-state actors...Read More

A group of 41 state attorneys general called on Meta Platforms Inc. to immediately bolster protections that prevent account takeovers by hackers “running rampant” across Instagram and Facebook, and to better respond to users whose accounts are compromised. A letter from the National Association of Attorneys General, sent Tuesday, expressed the group’s concern that Meta...Read More

solarseven UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) may have paid $22M in bitcoin to a ransomware group to regain access to data and systems that were encrypted during a cyberattack on its Change Healthcare unit last month. Reuters reported late Tuesday that a poster on an online forum frequented by cybercriminals said UnitedHealth paid the ransom to a...Read More

Child safety and potential flooding are among the concerns of Quilty residents following the discovery of a water leak in a local sea structure. The Quilty “model” was installed in 2023 to facilitate the passage of water from Lough Donnell to the ocean but an online video has shed light on a major breakage in...Read More