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A leading IoT manufacturer has been forced to halt production of devices after suffering a major ransomware attack. In a statement issued yesterday, Sierra Wireless claimed the attack struck over the weekend, on March 20. “The company’s website and other internal operations have also been...

Over 20TB of sensitive customer data has been accidentally leaked online by a popular online trading broker, after it misconfigured a cloud database. Researchers at reviews site WizCase spotted the Elasticsearch server left wide open without any encryption or password protection. They quickly...

The founder of a privacy centric email and VPN service has hit out at Apple for putting profits before human rights. Andy Yen is the CEO of Proton Technologies, which produces the ProtonMail and ProtonVPN offerings. He argues that the services were created in part to enable activists...

British clothing retailer FatFace is facing a mounting storm of criticism for its handling of a “sophisticated criminal attack” which led to the compromise of customers’ personal data (PII). In an email to customers posted by HaveIGotPwned? founder Troy Hunt this week, the firm revealed that...

Speaking at the Spring Infosecurity Magazine Online Summit, Sean Poris, director, product security at Verizon Media, explored how to run a bug bounty program, outlining the six components of a successful big bounty structure. Poris explained that, by investing in bug bounties, organizations are...

Half of UK businesses reported cyber-skills gaps last year, with diversity still woefully lacking in most organizations, according to the latest government figures. The DCMS-sponsored Cybersecurity skills in the UK labour market 2021 report was compiled from representative surveys of security...

Nearly two-thirds of medium and large-sized businesses suffered a cyber-attack or breach last year, with security efforts suffering during the pandemic, according to the latest government figures. The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2021 on the face of it showed a slight improvement over last...