Benedict Collins

1 week ago | techradar.com | Benedict Collins

Elon Musk's DOGE has pressured a key Pentagon program to closeThe Defense Digital Service will cease operating by May 2025Staff have said the only reason they are leaving is DOGEElon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has sent a key US government program focused on efficiency, innovation, and Silicon Valley-style quick tech fixes packing.

2 weeks ago | techradar.com | Benedict Collins

Immutable backup storage is the best ransomware protectionResearch shows backups are almost always targeted in ransomware attacksRansomware is on the rise already in 2025Ransomware attacks in the first quarter of 2025 set new records, up by 84% in the same period of 2024. Moreover, ransomware is often talked about as an attack that businesses should expect to be hit by, with two-thirds of organizations experiencing an attack in the last two years.

2 weeks ago | techradar.com | Benedict Collins

Malicious apps are being disguised to gather data for ChinaUighur, Tibetan and Taiwanese communities are being targetedThe apps look like religious and cultural applicationsThe UKs National Cyber Security Center, alongside compatriots in Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand and the US, are warning apps loaded with spyware are being used to target Uighur, Tibetan and Taiwanese communities.

3 weeks ago | techradar.com | Benedict Collins

(Image credit: Getty Images)Businesses still haven't stopped using easily crackable passwordsGermany, the US, and China suffer the most password breaches123456, password, and qwerty are still being used in 2025Many businesses are still using weak passwords that can be cracked in less than a second in the event of a brute force attack to secure their accounts, new research from one of the best password managers, NordPass, has found.

3 weeks ago | techradar.com | Benedict Collins

Image credit: Kaspersky(Image credit: Kaspersky)In June 2024, the Biden administration announced that the download, update, licensing and resale of Kaspersky software would be banned from July 20 2024. The justification was that because Kaspersky is headquartered in Moscow, the Russian government could force the company to hand over access to its systems and disrupt all of the computers it is installed on.