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Hackers and cybercrime prevention

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Encryption adoption driven by new tech and compliance

  The adoption of encryption is at its highest level yet, driven by the need to protect data generated by new digital initiatives, but still less than half of organisations are applying it consistently across the enterprise

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  UK IoT research centre to tackle cyber risk

  A government-backed national IoT research centre has been launched as part of UK efforts to become a world leader in tackling cyber threats  

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Cyber attacks targeting industrial control systems on the rise

  Malicious cyber activity increased to almost half of the industrial infrastructure protected by Kaspersky Lab in 2018, but the UK is among the most secure countries, the security firm reports

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Norsk Hydro cyber attack cost estimates up to $41m

  Initial estimates have put the financial impact of last week’s ransomware attack on the Norwegian aluminium producer of up to nearly $41m, raising questions about cyber insurance coverage

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Police make 61 arrests in global crackdown on dark web

  Law enforcement agencies from the US, Canada and Europe, including the UK, have joined forces to target suppliers and buyers of illegal goods on dark web marketplaces and warn buyers of risks

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Europe passes controversial Copyright Directive

  The European Parliament has passed a new Copyright Directive, including a number of highly controversial articles

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  BT switches on quantum network link at Adastral Park

  BT has opened its quantum network link between its Adastral Park research base and the UK Quantum Network node at the University of Cambridge

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Asus releases fix for supply chain cyber attack

  Asus has released a fix for a supply chain attack and downplayed the impact on customers while promising to contact all those affected as incident highlights code signing vulnerabilities

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Nominet urges SMEs to register .uk domains to thwart squatters

  The automatic right of .co.uk domain name holders to register the shorter .uk domains ends in June

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Firms urged to gear up for new malware and tactics as threats proliferate

  The volume of malware attacks reached a record level in 2018, with UK and India bucking global trend of increased ransomware attacks, a study shows

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Geopolitical issues affecting cyber security

  Geopolitical issues are affecting business decisions, according to the majority of cyber security professionals, a survey shows

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Security challenge is to move as fast as the business

  Adapting security to the pace at which the business is moving is one of the biggest challenges facing infosec professionals in the cloud era, says Palo Alto Networks

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Lack of security skills exposing business to attack

  The cyber skills shortage is leaving businesses at increased risk of attack as organisations continue to struggle to fill security-related positions, a survey shows

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Small businesses hit hardest by cyber crime costs

  Small businesses felt the biggest impact of the UK’s cyber crime bill in 2018, research shows

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  Digital Darwinism unkind to those who wait, says Palo Alto

  As business-driven digital transformation, including the move to cloud, continues apace, companies need to rethink their approach to how they deploy and consume security, or risk being left behind

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  UK government at odds over Huawei threat

  The chair of the Science and Technology Committee has criticised the government’s vague response to concerns about Huawei’s activities in the UK

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  Government cyber security strategy is ‘chaotic’

  Responding to potential threats at a national level is unfeasible given the time ministers are currently dedicating to Brexit negotiations, says shadow Cabinet Office minister

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Russian cyber espionage groups targeting EU governments

  Two Russian cyber espionage groups are targeting EU governments ahead of European elections, say researchers

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Spike in cyber attacks targeting Cisco Webex

  Cyber attacks targeting a leading web conference tool have increased dramatically and sextortion is becoming more popular with attackers, according to WatchGuard Technologies

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Police investigate Norsk Hydro ransomware attack

  Ransomware attack on one of the world’s largest aluminium producers is under police investigation

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  UK cyber experts to support global company boards

  A consortium of UK cyber security experts and academics is to support multinational company boards to tackle online threats and protect against cyber crime

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  UK government organisations’ email security lagging

  Email security in UK government organisations is lagging far behind that of central government, analysis reveals, with less than a third implementing standard protection

• March 19, 2019 19 Mar'19

  Norsk Hydro confirms ransomware attack

  A Norwegian aluminium producer has confirmed a ransomware attack is affecting several areas of its business, forcing it to switch to manual operations

• March 19, 2019 19 Mar'19

  More than half of EU firms report cyber attack losses

  More than half of European firms admit business disruption and data loss due to cyber attacks in the past 24 months, with UK firms among the most targeted, a survey shows

• March 19, 2019 19 Mar'19

  Firms urged to protect against spear phishing

  Spear phishing attacks are sophisticated, targeted, costly and increasing in popularity among cyber attackers, a report warns

• March 19, 2019 19 Mar'19

  Norwegian aluminium producer hit by ‘extensive’ cyber attack

  A Norwegian aluminium producer has disclosed that it has come under cyber attack affecting several areas of its business as the firm faces claims of environmental damage

• March 18, 2019 18 Mar'19

  Build in trust, experts advise cyber innovators

  Trust will be increasingly important in the digital era, and is therefore a key component of new products and services, experts have told cyber security innovators

• March 18, 2019 18 Mar'19

  EU law enforcement agencies prepare for major cyber attacks

  Law enforcement agencies across the European Union are preparing for major cross-border cyber attacks, says Europol

• March 18, 2019 18 Mar'19

  CyLon announces latest cyber security accelerator cohort

  Swiss and Israeli cyber security startups join teams from the UK for CyLon’s ninth London accelerator cohort

• March 15, 2019 15 Mar'19

  Businesses failing to grasp DevSecOps

  UK and US businesses are being exposed to security risks by a failure to integrate security into DevOps programmes, research shows

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  National Cyber Security Programme at risk of missing targets

  The National Audit Office has sharply criticised the Cabinet Office over failings in how it set up the National Cyber Security Programme that mean it may struggle to meet its goals

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  Avoid infosec mistakes of the past, urges Robert Hannigan

  Technology innovators need to avoid security mistakes of the past by building in integrity so that products and services can be used with trust and confidence, says former GCHQ director

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  Met Police collaborated with US prosecutors in WikiLeaks investigation

  The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it exchanged information on WikiLeaks staff in the UK with the US Department of Justice, which is conducting criminal investigations into the organisation

• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  IT Priorities 2019: ASEAN organisations lay digital foundations

  Organisations in Southeast Asia are planning to shore up their IT infrastructure to speed up application development and become more customer focused

• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  Almost half UK firms hit by phishing attacks

  Almost half of UK organisations have been compromised in the past two years using phishing attacks, despite high levels of cyber awareness and training, research shows

• March 12, 2019 12 Mar'19

  Cyber attackers favouring stealthier attacks, says Darktrace

  Cyber attackers are moving away from ransomware to stealthier tactics, including banking Trojans and cryptojacking, an analysis of attack data reveals

• March 12, 2019 12 Mar'19

  Many firms unaware of data exfiltration threat

  Many firms are unaware that they are being targeted by cyber espionage and that data is being exfiltrated from their networks by overseas adversaries, a security firm warns

• March 12, 2019 12 Mar'19

  Despite failings, exec appetite for secure collaboration growing

  Top business decision makers are more reckless than ever with company data, but the appetite for secure collaboration tools is growing, survey reveals

• March 11, 2019 11 Mar'19

  Citrix breach once again highlights password weaknesses

  A reported breach of Citrix, which has potentially exposed data at hundreds of thousands of customer organisations, has once again highlighted the need for an alternative to passwords and the importance of supply chain security

• March 08, 2019 08 Mar'19

  Growing awareness of mobile security risk

  There is a growing awareness of mobile security risk among members of the information security community, but most admit accessing corporate data from personal devices or public Wi-Fi

• March 08, 2019 08 Mar'19

  Equifax defends against scathing Senate report

  Equifax chief says firm did take cyber security seriously in a response to a scathing Senate report on the credit rating agency’s 2017 data breach, which experts say highlights failings around open source software

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  Machine identities for sale on dark web, business warned

  Academics and security professionals are warning businesses that certificates used to establish trust and privacy on the internet are being weaponised and sold to cyber criminals bundled with other services

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  Zuckerberg commits to Facebook becoming privacy-focused

  After a storm of controversy and criticism over the way Facebook fails to protect users’ privacy, the company’s chief says he plans to transform it into a privacy-focused platform

• March 06, 2019 06 Mar'19

  Cyber espionage group behind SingHealth attack

  A cyber espionage group dubbed Whitefly has been identified as the perpetrators behind Singapore’s largest data breach to date

• March 06, 2019 06 Mar'19

  5G one of several security challenges to CNI

  5G technology is among the key security challenges facing critical national infrastructure and all other business organisations, according to the Information Security Forum

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  Cyber awareness of UK boards found wanting

  Boards of many of the UK’s biggest firms must do more to be cyber aware, according to a government report.

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  RSA Security bets on digital risk management

  RSA Security chief predicts that managing digital risk is set to become increasingly important to organisations as they complete their journeys to digital transformation

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  Clearer North Korean link to global infrastructure malware campaign

  Researchers have uncovered clearer links between a North Korean hacking group and a cyber espionage campaign targeting government, defence, nuclear, energy and financial organisations around the world

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  IT Priorities 2019: APAC keeping pace with digital transformation

  Digital transformation is well underway among APAC enterprises which are looking to spend more on refreshing their IT infrastructure and technologies that improve employee productivity

• March 01, 2019 01 Mar'19

  Teen becomes first millionaire through HackerOne bug bounties

  A self-taught teen hacker from Argentina has become the first bug bounty hacker to become a millionaire by hacking to create a safer internet