Author: HackWatchit
UK-based telecommunications company Colt Technology Services is dealing with a cyberattack that has caused a multi-day outage of some of the company’s operations, including hosting and porting services, Colt Online, and Voice API platforms. The British telecommunications and network services provider disclosed that the attack started on August 12 and the disruption continues as its IT staff works around the clock to mitigate its effects. Founded in 1992 as City of London Telecommunications (COLT) and acquired by Fidelity Investments in 2015, Colt is a major telecommunications service provider operating in 30 countries across Europe, Asia, and North America. The company employs 75,000 km…
chapter of the in-progress book on linear algebra, “A birds eye view of linear algebra”. The table of contents so far: Stay tuned for future chapters. Here, we will describe operations we can do with two matrices, but keeping in mind they are just representations of linear maps. I) Why care about matrix multiplication? Almost any information can be embedded in a vector space. Images, video, language, speech, biometric information and whatever else you can imagine. And all the applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence (like the recent chat-bots, text to image, etc.) work on top of these vector…
United States senator Maggie Hassan is pressing major data brokers after an investigation by The Markup/CalMatters and copublished by WIRED found at least 35 firms hid opt-out information from search results, making it harder for people to take control of their own data and safeguard their privacy online.Hassan, the top Democrat on the Joint Economic Committee, put five of the top firms—IQVIA Digital, Comscore, Telesign Corporation, 6sense Insights, and Findem—on notice Wednesday, demanding that each explain why code on their sites appears designed to frustrate deletion requests.None of the companies immediately responded to WIRED’s request for comment. None previously responded…
Scammers didn’t take a summer break. They kept busy, ramping up a fresh wave of back-to-school shopping scams. As busy families rush to get kitted out for a new school year, scammers are ready with a glut of phony shopping sites, bogus offers, and fake delivery notifications designed to steal your money and personal info. Let’s get a rundown of what scams are out there this year and how you can avoid them. What back-to-school shopping scams are out there? Scammers look to cash in on all the spending that tends to peak in July and August. According to the…
The cyber insurance market is entering a new phase of evolution and showing early signs of maturity, according to recent research from Arctic Wolf. Brokers and carriers are taking on different but connected roles to help customers get policies. Brokers advise clients and arrange coverage, while carriers work behind the scenes to evaluate and manage risk. Market growth and regional adoption trends Currently, only 47% of eligible organizations have a cyber insurance policy, indicating a substantial opportunity for market expansion. This adoption rate varies across regions. North America leads the market but has a lower coverage rate of 45% compared…
Norway’s top security and intelligence agencies are accusing pro-Russian hacktivists with a cyberattack in April in which hackers took control of a dam’s controls and opened an outflow valve, part of a larger effort by Russia to disrupt operations and sow fear in Western countries. The post Norway Blames Pro-Russian Group for Hack of Water Dam appeared first on Security Boulevard.
‘Blue Locker’ Ransomware Targeting Oil & Gas Sector in Pakistan Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2025 Blue Locker ransomware hits Pakistan’s oil & gas sector, severely impacting Pakistan Petroleum; NCERT warns ministries of severe ongoing risk. This week Pakistan’s National Cyber Emergency Response Team (NCERT – National CERT – Pakistan) has issued an advisory to 39 key ministries and institutions and warned them of a “severe risk” posed by the ongoing ‘Blue Locker’ attacks. Resecurity has acquired binary samples of the “Blue Locker” ransomware and conducted a reverse engineering analysis to raise awareness within the cybersecurity community and to equip network…
The Federal Reserve said Friday that it was ending a supervisory program aimed at monitoring U.S. banks offering crypto services.America’s central bank back in 2023 forced banks wanting to get involved in crypto and other fintech activities to notify the Fed and follow strict guidelines.”Since the Board started its program to supervise certain crypto and fintech activities in banks, the Board has strengthened its understanding of those activities, related risks, and bank risk management practices,” the U.S. central bank said in a statement, adding that it was rescinding the program.”Novel” activities, such as crypto asset custody and offering stablecoin or…
2025: A Year of Faster, Smarter Cyber Threats As we move deeper into 2025, cyber threats are not only multiplying they’re evolving. From AI-generated phishing emails to personalized scams and adaptive malware, today’s threat landscape is marked by speed, complexity, and unpredictability. Security leaders are being forced to rethink their approach not just by upgrading technical defences but by addressing the root of many breaches: human error. Regulated industries such as banking, insurance, healthcare, Telco, and government are particularly exposed. They manage vast volumes of sensitive data, often across aging digital infrastructures. Even in well-protected environments, a single click on…