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UK businesses 'ignore free advice' to stop cyber attacks, GCHQ warns as M&S still reels... - LBC

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“British businesses are not following “freely available” advice to thwart hackers, GCHQ's cyber security chief has said.”

— from UK businesses 'ignore free advice' to stop cyber attacks, GCHQ warns as M&S still reels... - LBC as of 25 May 2025

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Financial Services Companies Most at Risk of DORA Non-Compliance | SC Media UK

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“Around two months since the DORA regulation came into force, analysis of 250 businesses in nine financially regulated sub-sectors, looking at factors included FCA fines and complaints, ICO complaints and the number of cybersecurity incidents reported, and the number of firms registered to Cyber Essentials Plus, research has found a “severe gap in cybersecurity resilience.””

— from Financial Services Companies Most at Risk of DORA Non-Compliance | SC Media UK as of 24 May 2025

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Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud – Krebs on Security

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“Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe.”

— from Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud – Krebs on Security as of 24 May 2025

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Zero-Days in Edge Devices Become China's Cyber Warfare Tactic of Choice

Zero-Days in Edge Devices Become China's Cyber Warfare Tactic of Choice: 

Excerpt: ″The government of China has become considerably more proficient in exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities to achieve their espionage goals in the past five years, posing an alarming persistent threat to organizations throughout the world. Now, the country's nation-state actors are increasingly exploiting novel vulnerabilities in public-facing devices, notably edge appliances.″

Source: darkreading.com
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Anthropic's new AI model turns to blackmail when engineers try to take it offline

Anthropic's new AI model turns to blackmail when engineers try to take it offline | TechCrunch: 

Excerpt: ″Anthropic’s newly launched Claude Opus 4 model frequently tries to blackmail developers when they threaten to replace it with a new AI system and give it sensitive information about the engineers responsible for the decision,″

Source: techcrunch.com
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‘Rogue’ communication devices found on Chinese-made solar power inverters

‘Rogue’ communication devices found on Chinese-made solar power inverters | Utility Dive: 

Excerpt: ″U.S. officials have discovered undisclosed communication devices on the power inverters of some Chinese-manufactured solar panels, Reuters reported today based on anonymous sources within the federal government. ″

Source: utilitydive.com
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Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack - Ars Technica

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Excerpt: ″Hundreds of Windows and Linux computer models from virtually all hardware makers are vulnerable to a new attack that executes malicious firmware early in the boot-up sequence, a feat that allows infections that are nearly impossible to detect or remove using current defense mechanisms.″

Source: arstechnica.com
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