New Wiper Malware Targeting Ukraine Amid Russia’s Military Operation

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Cybersecurity firms ESET and Broadcom’s Symantec said they discovered a new data wiper malware used in fresh attacks against hundreds of machines in Ukraine, as Russian forces formally launched a full-scale military operation against the country. The Slovak company dubbed the wiper “HermeticWiper” (aka KillDisk.NCV), with one of the malware samples compiled on December 28,…

Inmarsat finds businesses are not using IoT data effectively

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Satellite communications giant Inmarsat has found the vast majority of businesses are not using their IoT data effectively. For its research, Inmarsat interviewed representatives from 450 organisations across the agriculture, electrical utilities, mining, oil and gas, and transport and logistics sectors. 86 percent of the respondents admitted their organisation is not using the data from…