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• November 11, 2022 11 Nov'22

  Volume of self-reported breaches to ICO jumps 30%

  The number of self-reported breaches to the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office soared by nearly 30% in the 12 months to 30 June 2022

• November 10, 2022 10 Nov'22

  Scrutinising AI requires holistic, end-to-end system audits

  Understanding the full impacts of artificial intelligence requires organisations to conduct end-to-end social and technical audits of their systems, but the process comes with a number of challenges

• November 09, 2022 09 Nov'22

  Microsoft serves smorgasbord of six zero-days

  November’s Patch Tuesday fixes significantly fewer vulnerabilities of late, but includes six actively-exploited zero-days, three of them of critical severity

• November 09, 2022 09 Nov'22

  Qualcomm, Renault go up a gear in electric vehicle partnership

  Leading car manufacturer and mobile technologies firm announce plan to enter a strategic long-term cooperation, encompassing co-development of high-performance computing platforms based on Snapdragon Digital Chassis Solutions for next generation of ...

• November 07, 2022 07 Nov'22

  How Globe is driving data analytics with Snowflake

  The largest telco in the Philippines has moved its on-premise data warehouse to Snowflake to address scalability challenges and improve customer experience

• November 04, 2022 04 Nov'22

  Elon Musk begins mass Twitter layoffs via email

  New Twitter owner Elon Musk has begun the process of cutting the company’s workforce in half, but is already facing a legal backlash for allegedly violating US labour laws

• November 04, 2022 04 Nov'22

  Microsoft: Nation-state cyber attacks became increasingly destructive in 2022

  The willingness of nation-state actors to conduct destructive cyber attacks is a source of grave concern, as Microsoft’s latest annual Digital Defence Report lays bare

• November 03, 2022 03 Nov'22

  Microsoft pledges $100m in new IT support for Ukraine

  Microsoft will continue to offer free-of-charge technology support to Ukraine for the foreseeable future

• November 03, 2022 03 Nov'22

  The Security Interviews: Building trust online

  Consumer reviews website Trustpilot has built and scaled its IT security team and is now turning to agile methods and DevSecOps to further enhance its cyber capabilities

• November 02, 2022 02 Nov'22

  Shadow digital secretary outlines Labour’s tech priorities

  Labour’s digital and technology plans focus on reining in the power of the tech giants, boosting connectivity across the UK, and improving online safety

• November 02, 2022 02 Nov'22

  Dropbox code compromised in phishing attack

  Cloud storage service says malicious actors successfully accessed some of its code within GitHub, but insists customer data is secure

• November 01, 2022 01 Nov'22

  A third of UK cyber leaders want to quit, report says

  Nearly a third of UK security leaders are considering leaving their current role, and more than half are struggling to keep on top of their workload

• October 31, 2022 31 Oct'22

  Prepare today for potentially high-impact OpenSSL bug

  OpenSSL trailed a critical vulnerability patch last week, which will be only the second such flaw ever found in the open source encryption project. Unfortunately, the first was Heartbleed

• October 27, 2022 27 Oct'22

  Government ups cyber support for elderly, vulnerable web users

  DCMS announces a funding boost to help the elderly, disabled and other vulnerable groups stay safe online and avoid being misled by disinformation

• October 27, 2022 27 Oct'22

  LinkedIn adds new features to safeguard user privacy, security

  Social media platform is adding a number of features and systems designed to protect legitimate users from inauthentic profiles and activity

• October 25, 2022 25 Oct'22

  Apple patches new iPhone zero-day

  Apple’s latest patch fixes yet another zero-day, as security issues keep surfacing in its mobile products

• October 25, 2022 25 Oct'22

  US authorities charge two Chinese spies over telco security probe

  Two Chinese nationals have been charged with attempting to obstruct the criminal prosecution of a prominent Chinese telecoms firm

• October 25, 2022 25 Oct'22

  Germany: European Court of Justice asked to rule on legality of hacked EncroChat phone evidence

  Berlin’s Regional Court has asked the European Court of Justice to answer questions about whether the use of hacked EncroChat phone evidence complies with European law

• October 25, 2022 25 Oct'22

  Digital-first businesses more willing to accept some fraud

  Companies founded in the past 20 years appear more willing to accept higher levels of fraudulent activity during the customer onboarding process, according to a report

• October 24, 2022 24 Oct'22

  Half of staff might quit after a cyber attack, report says

  Findings from a survey of CISOs, IT leaders and staffers reveal how experiencing a cyber incident may take a larger-than-thought toll on employee retention

• October 21, 2022 21 Oct'22

  Ukrainian and UK IT sectors to deepen collaboration, partnerships

  BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, and the IT Ukraine Association have signed an MoU to deepen collaboration between the UK and Ukrainian IT sectors, and champion new partnerships and growth opportunities

• October 20, 2022 20 Oct'22

  Cyber professional shortfall hits 3.4 million

  Shortage of cyber security professionals continues to grow and shows no signs of abating, says report

• October 19, 2022 19 Oct'22

  Treat cyber crime as a ‘strategic threat’, UK businesses told

  The government’s new National Cyber Advisory Board aims to help elevate cyber discussion and spur action in the business community

• October 14, 2022 14 Oct'22

  Office 365 email encryption flaw could pose risk to user privacy

  A vulnerability in Microsoft Office 365 Message Encryption could leave the contents of emails dangerously exposed, but with no fix coming it’s up to users to decide how at risk they are

• October 14, 2022 14 Oct'22

  Protecting children by scanning encrypted messages is ‘magical thinking’, says Cambridge professor

  Ross Anderson argues in a rebuttal to GCHQ experts that using artificial intelligence to scan encrypted messaging services is the wrong approach to protecting children and preventing terrorism

• October 12, 2022 12 Oct'22

  NCSC urges organisations to secure supply chains

  NCSC’s latest guidance package centres supply chain security, helping medium to large organisations assess and mitigate cyber risks from suppliers

• October 06, 2022 06 Oct'22

  EU rolling out measures for online safety and AI liability

  The European Council has approved the passage of the Digital Services Act to protect people’s rights online, while the European Commission has announced proposals to help those negatively affected by artificial intelligence to claim compensation

• October 06, 2022 06 Oct'22

  Proposals for scanning encrypted messages should be cut from Online Safety Bill, say researchers

  Automatic scanning of messaging services for illegal content could lead to one billion false alarms each day in Europe

• September 28, 2022 28 Sep'22

  Online Safety Bill needs complete overhaul, say rights groups

  Civil society groups write to new digital minister to challenge various aspects of the upcoming Online Safety Bill, which they say threatens rights to privacy and freedom of expression

• September 22, 2022 22 Sep'22

  Privacy Pledge signatories dream of alternative internet

  A group of privacy-focused organisations have come together to establish a set of principles for taking the internet back from big tech and surveillance capitalism

• September 21, 2022 21 Sep'22

  NCSC publishes cyber guidance for retailers

  The NCSC has published tailored advice to support online retailers, hospitality providers and utility services in protecting themselves and their customers from cyber crime

• September 21, 2022 21 Sep'22

  5G fixed wireless access services to see huge growth

  Spending on 5G fixed wireless access services is set to explode globally over the next 12 months

• September 20, 2022 20 Sep'22

  Reports Uber and Rockstar incidents work of same attacker

  Rockstar Games was hit over the weekend by an attacker who claimed to have accessed its Slack channel to steal data on an upcoming release, and may be the same person who compromised Uber

• September 16, 2022 16 Sep'22

  Uber suffers major cyber attack

  Details are trickling out of an apparent ‘near total’ compromise of ride-sharing service Uber by an alleged teenage hacktivist

• September 15, 2022 15 Sep'22

  EU Cyber Resilience Act sets global standard for connected products

  European Commission lays out proposed security regulations on device and software security to better protect consumers and drive global standards

• September 15, 2022 15 Sep'22

  Organisations failing to account for digital trust

  The vast majority of businesses are well aware of the importance of digital trust, yet very few have a dedicated staff role responsible for it, report finds

• September 14, 2022 14 Sep'22

  Ex-CISA head Krebs: Disrupt ransomware support networks to win the war

  Speaking at an event hosted by data protection specialist Rubrik, former CISA director Chris Krebs calls for the security community to work collectively to kick out the supports from under ransomware gangs

• September 12, 2022 12 Sep'22

  CISOs should spend on critical apps, cloud, zero-trust, in 2023

  Faced with a global recession next year, security buyers should try to direct investment towards technology that protects customer-facing and revenue-generating workloads, say analysts

• September 05, 2022 05 Sep'22

  UK payments upgrade to add more than £3bn to GDP, but much more on offer

  UK GDP will increase when its ageing payments infrastructure is replaced with the latest technology to enable real-time payments

• September 05, 2022 05 Sep'22

  How Okta is regaining customer trust after a cyber attack

  In early 2022, cyber firm Okta was among several tech companies hit by the Lapsus$ gang. Vice-president of customer trust Ben King talks about how he has been working behind the scenes to rebuild confidence after the incident

• August 31, 2022 31 Aug'22

  Google debuts open source bug bounty programme

  Google is calling on hackers to take pot-shots at its open source projects for the first time through a new vulnerability research programme

• August 30, 2022 30 Aug'22

  IAM house Okta confirms 0ktapus/Scatter Swine attack

  Following last week’s disclosureby Group-IB researchers of a major phishing campaign, Okta has warned its customers to be on their guard

• August 30, 2022 30 Aug'22

  UK government presses on with new cyber rules for telcos

  Government has finalised new security rules for telecoms companies and will move to make them binding in the near future

• August 25, 2022 25 Aug'22

  Criminal 0ktapus spoofed IAM firm in massive phishing attack

  Researchers at Group-IB have published research on a major phishing campaign that ensnared victims at the likes of Cloudflare and Twilio

• August 25, 2022 25 Aug'22

  Adaptive RedAlert, Monster ransomwares go cross-platform

  Kaspersky researchers have shared new intelligence on two emergent cyber criminal groups that have adapted their ransomwares to target different operating systems at the same time

• August 25, 2022 25 Aug'22

  Security pros fret about stress and promotion over cyber attacks

  CIISec’s annual report on the state of the security profession reveals some home truths for security leaders

• August 25, 2022 25 Aug'22

  LockBit 3.0 cements dominance of ransomware ecosystem

  Ransomware attacks were up 47% in July compared with the previous month, according to the latest threat data from NCC Group, with the LockBit family largely to blame

• August 24, 2022 24 Aug'22

  Most CISOs think they’ve been attacked by a nation state

  Most organisations have made changes to their cyber strategies and policies following Russia’s invasion, and almost two-thirds suspect they have been directly targeted or impacted by a nation-state cyber attack

• August 24, 2022 24 Aug'22

  Alleged Twitter security failings spell trouble ahead

  Twitter’s former security head, Peiter Zatko, has alleged a number of serious cyber failures at the social media platform, raising the spectre of investigations and sanctions

• August 22, 2022 22 Aug'22

  Kaspersky threat data added to Microsoft Sentinel service

  Microsoft and Kaspersky have agreed a collaboration to integrate Kaspersky’s threat data feeds into Microsoft’s cloud-native SIEM/SOAR service