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Hackers and cybercrime prevention

• March 13, 2020 13 Mar'20

  Coronavirus-linked hacks likely as Czech hospital comes under attack

  The world of cyber security is on high alert to heightened vulnerabilities as the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus changes daily life across Europe

• March 13, 2020 13 Mar'20

  UK’s security sector failing on most diversity measures

  A DCMS report on the state of the UK’s cyber security workforce highlights a huge lack of diversity and a substantial skills gap

• March 12, 2020 12 Mar'20

  Turla’s use of Iranian infrastructure probably opportunistic

  Turla, the Kremlin-linked APT group that last year hijacked an Iranian group’s infrastructure, was likely to have been operating opportunistically, according to researchers

• March 12, 2020 12 Mar'20

  Security pros just want to be loved, report finds

  Being valued by the business for their role in keeping the organisation safe and upholding ethical standards is a primary motivator for CISOs and other security professionals

• March 12, 2020 12 Mar'20

  Cookie-stealing trojans found lurking on Android phones

  Kaspersky discovers two new Android malware modifications that could give hackers control of their victims’ social media accounts

• March 11, 2020 11 Mar'20

  Microsoft locks down new vulnerability with EternalBlue echoes

  Microsoft has moved to get ahead of a serious remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Server Message Block 3.1.1, which was accidentally disclosed then missed in its March Patch Tuesday update

• March 11, 2020 11 Mar'20

  Microsoft fixes 26 critical vulnerabilities in another heavy Patch Tuesday

  March’s Patch Tuesday is another big one for Microsoft, addressing 115 vulnerabilities, 26 of them critical

• March 10, 2020 10 Mar'20

  Schoolgirl security experts prepare to do battle

  The finals of the CyberFirst Girls contest will take place on 16 March as the culmination of the NCSC’s annual competition to unearth future security talent

• March 10, 2020 10 Mar'20

  Hacking community targeted by cyber criminals in new trojan campaign

  Cybereason’s Nocturnus threat research team has uncovered a cyber criminal campaign that weaponises popular hacking tools

• March 10, 2020 10 Mar'20

  VAT software supplier exposed data of millions

  Eight million sales records belonging to UK and EU consumers left exposed due to misconfigured server

• March 09, 2020 09 Mar'20

  Bill Gates backs Crest fintech security scheme for Africa and Asia

  UK-based cyber security accreditation and certification non-profit Crest has been awarded a $1.4m grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to expand cyber security capacity for fintechs in Africa and Asia

• March 09, 2020 09 Mar'20

  DCMS to oversee coronavirus disinformation unit

  A cross-departmental counter-disinformation unit will seek to protect and secure UK citizens from disinformation, scams and cyber security threats related to the Covid-19 outbreak

• March 05, 2020 05 Mar'20

  Boots and Tesco loyalty card schemes plagued by security issues

  High-street retailers deal with fraudulent attempts to access the accounts of thousands of customers

• March 05, 2020 05 Mar'20

  Cathay Pacific hit with £500,000 data protection fine from ICO over 2018 breach

  Airline receives maximum financial penalty under Data Protection Act for data breach that led to nine million customers having their personal data accessed by hackers

• March 04, 2020 04 Mar'20

  Australian government pulls plug on cloud certification programme

  The Australian Signals Directorate is closing its cloud services certification programme to allow for more home-grown suppliers