St Helens Council in the UK was significantly disrupted by a ransomware cyber-attack that occurred between 17 and 21 August, resulting in data being stolen and exported to the cloud. Systems were quickly restored and the incident was contained with a recovery plan in place. The Information Commissioner’s Office confirmed they were satisfied with the outcome and will not be pursuing enforcement.
WordPress users targeted by devious new credit card skimmer malware
E-commerce websites running on WordPress are being targeted by cybercriminals who are inserting malicious JavaScript code to steal payment information, Sucuri cyber security researchers have