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Hackers and cybercrime prevention

• July 24, 2018 24 Jul'18

  Singapore public healthcare sector limits internet use

  Healthcare workers who require internet access will have to use separate internet workstations following an unprecedented attack on Singapore’s public healthcare system

• July 23, 2018 23 Jul'18

  Zero trust security model boosts business confidence

  Organisations that combine the zero trust security model with next-gen access are more confident about meeting access control challenges, a study shows

• July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18

  Huge Singapore data breach shows need for new approach

  A major data breach in Singapore underlines the need for a new approach to protecting critical data and applications, say security experts

• July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18

  GDPR drives down UK insider threat

  The insider threat in European countries is falling post-General Data Protection Regulation, but continues to rise in the US, a study has revealed

• July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18

  NCSC report underlines cyber threat for legal firms

  Legal firms are a top target for cyber attackers, the latest report from the National Cyber Security Centre shows, emphasising the need for comprehensive cyber defence capabilities

• July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18

  UK alerted to potential cyber risks of Huawei equipment

  A report has raised concerns about the shortcomings of Huawei engineering processes, which it says could put UK telecommunications networks at risk

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  Cyber criminals use fake domains to scam businesses

  UK police are warning businesses that cyber criminals are using fake domains to scam businesses out of hundreds of thousands of pounds

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  CNI sector lacks cyber security skills, government warned

  The UK’s critical national infrastructure sector is being negatively impacted by the lack of cyber security skills, a report warns

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  Collaborative alliance to advance UK’s cyber security profession

  Leading UK organisations in cyber security have united to develop a national professional body in the field

• July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18

  Retail cyber security spending ineffective as breaches rise

  Cyber attacks on the retail sector are increasing, and although most retailers plan to increase cyber security spending, planned investments are unlikely to be effective, a report reveals

• July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18

  Deloitte launches EMEA-wide initiative to close cyber security gender gap

  Professional services organisation Deloitte expands its UK efforts to encourage more women into cyber security to cover the EMEA area

• July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18

  Cyber security top priority for aircraft makers, says Airbus

  There is a high level of collaboration in the aircraft industry on cyber security, but not all other industries are at the same level, according to an industry veteran at multinational aerospace and defence firm Airbus

• July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18

  Singapore to bolster threat intelligence sharing in financial sector

  Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency has partnered the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Centre to glean cyber threat intelligence for the country’s financial industry

• July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18

  Spectre variant gives buffer overflow a new twist

  New variants of the Spectre microprocessor bugs use buffer overflow-style attacks to run malicious code

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Cryptominers plateau while backdoors shoot up

  Illicit cryptocurrency mining appears to be slowing down, but backdoors increased rapidly in the second quarter of the year, a report warns