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Hackers and cybercrime prevention
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November 13, 2019
13
Nov'19
Attack on Labour shows need for DDoS defence but should alarm few
After being hit by two DDoS attacks in the space of 24 hours, many commentators are convinced the UK’s Labour Party is the victim of foreign interference in the General Election campaign. It probably isn’t
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November 13, 2019
13
Nov'19
Cyber risk insurance is more than just insurance
Insurance companies such as Chubb are offering incident response services and security tools to help companies improve their cyber security posture and better cope with cyber attacks
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November 12, 2019
12
Nov'19
Nordic SMEs lack the money needed for cyber security
Businesses and governments in Denmark and Norway are working together to address a cyber security shortfall for SMEs in each country
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November 12, 2019
12
Nov'19
‘Robust’ security foils cyber attack on Labour Party
Labour claims to have been the victim of a cyber attack, but says it is confident no data leaked
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November 12, 2019
12
Nov'19
IBM drums up quantum computing future
IBM’s head honcho, Ginni Rometty, welcomes Australia’s Woodside Energy to the quantum computing fold through a partnership to harness the technology to shore up cyber security and plant operations
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November 08, 2019
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Nov'19
Security pros urged to get ahead of incoming BlueKeep exploits
The BlueKeep RDP vulnerability is beginning to be exploited in the wild, and security teams have no excuse for not trying to get in front of it, says Microsoft
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November 08, 2019
08
Nov'19
Morrisons in new appeal over data breach fine
The Supreme Court has heard an appeal from retailer Morrisons as it attempts to overturn prior judgments holding it liable for a 2014 leak of employee data
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November 07, 2019
07
Nov'19
Amazon Ring video doorbell flaw left users open to attack
A vulnerability in Amazon’s Ring video doorbells left the internet-of-things devices open to a variety of attacks
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November 07, 2019
07
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Saudis recruited Twitter employees to spy on critics
Court documents reveal how the Saudi Arabian government targeted Twitter employees as part of a coordinated effort to gather information on known dissidents
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November 06, 2019
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Nov'19
Trend Micro insider breach exposes need for data-centric protection
Simple measures could have saved consumer security product supplier from insider breach
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November 06, 2019
06
Nov'19
Global security workforce must more than double to meet demand
There are about 2.8 million cyber security professionals working today, and the world needs four million more
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November 06, 2019
06
Nov'19
Professional cyber criminals command $75k per annum
An ill-advised career in cyber crime is potentially almost as well-paying as a job as a threat researcher in the industry, according to Tenable researchers
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November 05, 2019
05
Nov'19
Ransomware authors seeking new ways to avoid being spotted
Sector analysis from Sophos has revealed some insight into how malware authors are adapting to thwart cyber security controls
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November 05, 2019
05
Nov'19
ICO launches data security campaign for UK General Election
Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham launches campaign to remind the public of their rights when personal data is used for political purposes
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November 04, 2019
04
Nov'19
EU patches 20-year-old open source vulnerability
Ethical hackers taking part in a bug bounty programme on behalf of the European Union have uncovered a 20-year-old vulnerability
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November 01, 2019
01
Nov'19
General Election sees UK government defer ‘high-risk’ 5G tech supplier review
Decision on allowing so-called high-risk suppliers access to the UK’s market for 5G infrastructure delayed due to 12 December poll
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November 01, 2019
01
Nov'19
Banks let customers down with mixed approaches to security
Treasury Committee report recommends new measures to tackle financial fraud
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October 30, 2019
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What will succeed the National Cyber Security Strategy?
As the National Cyber Security Strategy nears the end of its working life, the government is considering what comes next, and is asking probing questions of its successes and failures
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October 29, 2019
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Oct'19
NordVPN enlists ethical hackers, launches bug bounty programme
Breached consumer VPN supplier details steps it is taking to shore up its cyber security posture after an unknown actor gained access to one of its servers
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October 29, 2019
29
Oct'19
Fancy Bear resumes Olympic hacks ahead of Tokyo games
Fancy Bear is back in action and once again targeting anti-doping bodies and sporting organisations, warns Microsoft
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October 28, 2019
28
Oct'19
Windows 7 upgrade haunts health service tech vision
Windows 7 issues at the NHS are making headlines, 15 months after the release of the review of how legacy IT was exploited by the WannaCry attack
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October 24, 2019
24
Oct'19
Know Fraud database became backlog dump
Reports to Action Fraud handled by City of London Police’s National Fraud Intelligence Bureau were quarantined as security risk, finds HM’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services
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October 24, 2019
24
Oct'19
Endpoint security is a procurement issue, says HP, IDC study
Report warns that buyers are falling at the first hurdle on security by not including it in their endpoint RFPs and tenders
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October 24, 2019
24
Oct'19
£4,000 bug bounty could have saved BA from record ICO fine
British Airways and others could have saved themselves millions of pounds’ worth of fines by having ethical hackers check their systems for simple vulnerabilities
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October 23, 2019
23
Oct'19
Take responsibility for cyber security basics, urges NCSC CEO
At the launch of its third annual review, NCSC head Ciaran Martin appealed for individuals and businesses to address the fundamentals of cyber security hygiene to help lighten the load
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October 22, 2019
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NordVPN blames datacentre provider for server breach
VPN provider insists no user data was compromised in a March 2018 server breach, and says its datacentre provider failed to inform it of the issue
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October 22, 2019
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Malware volumes decline, but risks are higher
More insidious and targeted strains of malware are going after high-quality targets, rather than a large volume of targets
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October 22, 2019
22
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Attacker hit VPN firm Avast through its VPN
Avast has published details of how attackers attempted to gain access to its network over a five month period
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October 22, 2019
22
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Over-30s tend to do better at cyber security than younger colleagues
Attitudes to workplace cyber security differ by age group, but not in the way one might imagine, according to a new study by NTT Security
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October 21, 2019
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Oct'19
Alleged state hackers adapting to cover their tracks, says NCSC
A group called Turla with suspected links to the Russian government stole Iranian tools and infrastructure to obscure the origins of attacks on multiple other countries, according to new evidence
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October 21, 2019
21
Oct'19
Sodinokibi emerging as a diverse, multi-vector threat to businesses
McAfee shares insight into the Sodinokibi ransomware campaign gleaned from its network of honeypots
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October 18, 2019
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Huge rise in rogue banking apps driving fraud attacks
Fraud perpetrated through fake mobile apps purporting to be from legitimate banks has seen a statistically significant spike, says RSA
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October 18, 2019
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Oct'19
Amazon consumer devices vulnerable to two-year-old exploit
Millions of older Amazon Echo and Kindle devices are still susceptible to a Wi-Fi vulnerability that was first disclosed in 2017
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October 17, 2019
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BEIS launches multimillion-pound security investment package
Government is making available more than £50m to support a range of new cyber security initiatives and collaborations, including the latest phase of its Digital Security by Design programme
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October 17, 2019
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NHSX could transform NHS security capabilities
The health sector is increasingly confident that NHSX can deliver a streamlined, effective cyber security policy for the health service
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October 17, 2019
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Security threat landscape becomes more organised and business-like
Approaches to securing the enterprise need to change in the face of a rapidly maturing threat landscape
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October 16, 2019
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Pitney Bowes ‘considering options’ after malware attack
Mailing and shipping services firm in recovery mode after key systems were encrypted by a malware attack
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October 15, 2019
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Attackers hunt iPhone jailbreakers in click fraud campaign
Research by Cisco’s Talos threat intel unit has identified a new click fraud campaign targeting people looking to jailbreak their iPhone devices
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October 14, 2019
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Oct'19
Researchers reveal the cyber campaign that built China's new airliner
CrowdStrike has published details of a coordinated campaign of cyber espionage and hacking, forced technology transfer and physical theft as China seeks to gain an advantage in the commercial aviation industry
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October 14, 2019
14
Oct'19
The Security Interviews: Applying AI to Lego, and security
Ann Johnson, Microsoft corporate vice-president of cyber security, is on a mission to prove that artificial intelligence holds great promise for the security sector, and she has the analogies to back it up
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October 04, 2019
04
Oct'19
UK and US call on Facebook to walk back encryption plans
The US, Australian and UK governments have asked Facebook to ditch plans to deploy end-to-end encryption across Facebook Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp
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October 03, 2019
03
Oct'19
IT contractor charged over cyber attack on property valuation firm
Australian police charge 49-year-old man with stealing and posting more than 170,000 data records belonging to ASX-listed Landmark White on the dark web
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October 03, 2019
03
Oct'19
LogRhythm touts unlimited data plan for SIEM systems
SIEM supplier introduces three-year, term-based pricing plan that lets enterprises ingest as much data as they want without breaking the bank
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October 03, 2019
03
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Local authorities hit by 800 cyber attacks every hour
Local authorities and councils in the UK have reported being hit by more than 263 million cyber attacks in the first six months of this year
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October 03, 2019
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New threat group behind Airbus cyber attacks, claim researchers
Context Information Security’s threat intel and response teams says it has evidence that the recent supply chain attacks on Airbus are the work of a newly identified group called Avivore
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October 03, 2019
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Oct'19
Cyber war as big a threat as nuclear war, says ex-RSA head Coviello
Former RSA chairman Art Coviello has been speaking about the devastating potential of cyber weapons, and warned that humanity must learn from history in order to control them
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October 01, 2019
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A security breach is inevitable, IT leaders warned
No matter how much IT security tech and training is in place, sophisticated, targeted attacks are going to breach company defences, Carbon Black warns
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October 01, 2019
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Oct'19
Singapore outlines initiatives to tackle OT and IoT security
The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore has developed a blueprint to secure operational technology systems in critical sectors, among other measures to secure cyber-physical systems and the internet of things
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September 27, 2019
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Nodersok malware campaign is infecting thousands, Microsoft warns
Thousands of Windows endpoints in the US and Europe have been infected by a new fileless malware campaign in the past few weeks
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September 27, 2019
27
Sep'19
Five million DoorDash customers’ details lost in data breach
Takeaway delivery service was breached in May 2019, resulting in the data of millions of users and delivery drivers being stolen