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A security fix released in 2024 is now at the centre of ransomware attacks against Synology NAS devices. The company has found attackers targeting systems that still run outdated versions of DiskStation Manager (DSM), putting files stored on these network storage devices at risk of encryption and extortion.

U.S. military investigators have been working with French agencies after hacks hit domestic bases.

The United Kingdom is facing an increasingly complex cybersecurity threat, with hostile state-sponsored groups and sophisticated cybercriminals potentially targeting critical national infrastructure. The growing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in cyber operations is adding another dimension to the threat landscape, raising concerns about the ability of attackers to launch more advanced, automated, and difficult-to-detect cyberattacks.…

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Russia said its emergency warnings app came under a “massive cyberattack” on Monday, hours after Ukraine reported a hack in an apparent exchange of blows between the foes, as their longest truce came to an end.

Directors and officers face mounting exposure to cyber threats as organizations sharpen their focus on resilience, risk quantification and incident preparedness By: R&I Editorial Team | October 28, 2026 Topics:Cyber | Cyber Risks | D&O | News

Global cyber attacks rose 48% year on year in September Organisations faced an average of 2,803 attacks a week during the month

CrowdStrike’s CEO just warned that newly discovered flaws in the software powering most of the internet will trigger a wave of break-ins, and the stock market rewarded that forecast immediately. Whether investors are buying a real threat or a vendor’s…

CISA, the FBI, the US Secret Service, Germany’s Landeskriminalamt Rheinland-Pfalz, and two UK law enforcement agencies jointly published an advisory this week on SafePay, a ransomware group they describe as one of the most active operations currently running. The group has breached at least 600 organizations across critical infrastructure sectors since August 2024, spanning North…