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IT risk management
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September 10, 2020
10
Sep'20
Datacentre firm Equinix investigating ransomware attack
A number of internal systems at cloud and datacentre firm Equinix have been affected by a ransomware attack
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September 10, 2020
10
Sep'20
Government launches £500k healthcare security plan
A £500,000 funding pot from the government aims to help support small and mid-sized healthcare firms during the pandemic
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September 10, 2020
10
Sep'20
Assange prosecution would put journalists around the world at risk
Trevor Timm, co-founder of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, tells a court that if the US prosecutes WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, every reporter who receives a secret document will be criminalised
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September 09, 2020
09
Sep'20
Branch-based anti-fraud scheme to be expanded to online banking
A successful branch-based anti-fraud scheme will be expanded by banks to include online and telephone banking
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September 09, 2020
09
Sep'20
September’s Patch Tuesday heavy on RCE vulnerabilities
Microsoft’s September update contains patches for 129 common vulnerabilities and exposures, including a high number of remote code execution issues
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September 09, 2020
09
Sep'20
US conspiracy charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ‘politically motivated’
US journalism historian and investigative journalist Mark Feldstein tells a UK court that use of the Espionage Act against Assange will have wide implications for the press
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September 07, 2020
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Sep'20
Government DPOs challenged by volume of GDPR work
Data protection officers working across the UK government are finding it tough to keep up with the increased workload generated by GDPR, according to a report
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September 06, 2020
06
Sep'20
Why predictive threat intelligence is key
Threat intelligence startup Cyfirma is using virtual agents to gather intelligence on potential cyber attacks that are being coordinated in underground forums before they occur
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September 03, 2020
03
Sep'20
UK businesses hardest hit financially by fallout from cyber attacks, research shows
Latest edition of Hiscox’s annual cyber readiness report suggests UK businesses are among those worst affected by the financial fallout from cyber attacks
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September 02, 2020
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Sep'20
Northumbria University suffers major disruption after cyber attack
Some exams cancelled as university appoints external specialists to investigate incident
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September 01, 2020
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Sep'20
Norway’s corporates want government to support ‘herd immunity’ to cyber attack
Leading business organisations in Norway call on government to play a more active role in improving and coordinating the country’s cyber defences
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August 28, 2020
28
Aug'20
New Zealand activates security services as DDoS outage enters fourth day
New Zealand government calls in its national cyber security agencies to help investigate a continuing cyber attack on the country’s financial systems
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August 28, 2020
28
Aug'20
Machine learning wards off threats at TV studio Bunim Murray
TV studio behind reality hits including The Real World and Keeping Up With The Kardashians turned to Darktrace’s Antigena email protection service to keep its people safe from Covid-19 threats
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August 28, 2020
28
Aug'20
Benefit fraud: Underground trade in stolen identities revealed
A roaring underground trade in stolen identities is undermining the Universal Credit system and could potentially defraud it out of millions of pounds
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August 27, 2020
27
Aug'20
DDoS downs New Zealand stock exchange for third day
Distributed denial of service attack from overseas has left stock exchange offline for days
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August 27, 2020
27
Aug'20
TikTok CEO clocks off
TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer has resigned from the firm after just three months
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August 26, 2020
26
Aug'20
Avaddon ransomware operators having a go at double extortion
The operators of the Avaddon ransomware seem to be tooling up to leak the data of their victims in addition to holding it to ransom, Cofense researchers confirm
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August 25, 2020
25
Aug'20
North Korea’s Lazarus targets cryptocurrency vertical
APT group behind the infamous WannaCry incident is targeting cryptocurrency operators, according to new research
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August 25, 2020
25
Aug'20
TikTok takes Trump to court
Under-fire video app TikTok files a formal complaint in the federal courts challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to ban it in the US
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August 21, 2020
21
Aug'20
MPs accuse ICO of failing to do its job on contact-tracing data
Cross-party group of MPs say the ICO has failed to enforce data protection standards or hold the government to account over the unlawful Test and Trace programme
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August 21, 2020
21
Aug'20
Australian regulator sues RI Advice for cyber security lapses
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is suing RI Advice for cyber security breaches at the financial firm’s authorised representatives
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August 20, 2020
20
Aug'20
UKAS rejects ISO certification concerns
UK’s certification body says refreshed guidance is in place to cover the possibility of lapsed ISO certifications
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August 20, 2020
20
Aug'20
Social media data leak highlights murky world of data scraping
A data brokerage left its database of 235 million Instagram, TikTok and YouTube profiles exposed to anybody who cared to access it
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August 19, 2020
19
Aug'20
HMRC investigates over 10,000 Covid-19 phishing reports
HM Revenue & Customs received thousands of reports of coronavirus phishing scams exploiting its name during April, May and June
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August 19, 2020
19
Aug'20
Coronavirus: Thousands of ISO certifications set to lapse
Delays and postponements in the auditing process are putting hard-earned security and data protection certifications at risk of lapsing
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August 17, 2020
17
Aug'20
The Security Interviews: How Crest is remaking the future of consultancy
Crest president Ian Glover taught himself cyber security while working on government computing systems in the 1970s and 1980s. Now he is on a decade-spanning mission to change security consultancy models
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August 14, 2020
14
Aug'20
Russia’s Fancy Bear targets Linux environments with Drovorub malware
The Russian intelligence-linked Fancy Bear group is deploying a new malware called Drovorub against Linux environments as part of a cyber espionage operation, according to US warnings
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August 14, 2020
14
Aug'20
Executive interview: Sri Shivananda, chief technology officer, PayPal
Computer Weekly talks to PayPal’s tech head about the payment provider’s SOA, security, open source and the lockdown
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August 13, 2020
13
Aug'20
APAC consumers do not feel responsible for data security
Just one in four consumers believe they should protect their own data, underscoring the tightrope between security and convenience that organisations have been walking on
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August 12, 2020
12
Aug'20
EU and US start discussions on ‘enhanced’ Privacy Shield data-sharing agreement
Talks begin on a successor to the Privacy Shield EU-US data-sharing agreement declared unlawful in July 2020 – a decision by the European Court of Justice that left thousands of businesses facing legal uncertainty
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August 12, 2020
12
Aug'20
How Dharma ransomware became an effective services business
New research looks under the bonnet of a Dharma ransomware attack, with the ransomware's ease of use being particularly dangerous for small to medium-sized enterprises
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August 12, 2020
12
Aug'20
Microsoft patches two zero-days with active exploits
Microsoft drops another major Patch Tuesday update, including fixes for two zero-day exploits that are already being exploited by cyber criminals
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August 11, 2020
11
Aug'20
NHS hit by thousands of malicious emails at height of pandemic
The NHS received nearly 30,000 malicious emails at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in March and April
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August 11, 2020
11
Aug'20
Citrix users urged to patch five XenMobile CVEs
Patches are available for CVEs 2020-8208 through 8212 and should be installed as soon as possible
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August 11, 2020
11
Aug'20
Coronavirus: Phishing lures pivot to exploit vaccine hopes
Phishing emails are increasingly luring in victims with subject lines relating to the development of a vaccine for Covid-19
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August 11, 2020
11
Aug'20
French data protection authorities to probe TikTok as suitors circle
France’s CNIL has confirmed a new investigation into TikTok’s data protection practices
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August 11, 2020
11
Aug'20
Hospitality sector is failing on contact-tracing obligations
Cyber security experts urge the government to do more to help small hospitality businesses improve their contact-tracing data-handling practices
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August 10, 2020
10
Aug'20
Retailer Monsoon allegedly exposing data via Pulse Connect server
A researcher has found a critically insecure Pulse Connect Secure VPN version belonging to UK retailer Monsoon Accessorize, but claims the firm is ignoring his disclosures
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August 10, 2020
10
Aug'20
Security teams struggle to keep pace with cloud threats
Security professionals face challenges in keeping pace with cloud deployments and migrations, and the additional security threats they open up
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August 07, 2020
07
Aug'20
Virgin Media customers targeted in Twitter phish
Customers seeking help from the ISP are being targeted by a scam Twitter account
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August 07, 2020
07
Aug'20
TikTok to be banned in US in 45 days
Trump says his Executive Orders against Chinese mobile apps are in the interests of dealing with a national emergency
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August 06, 2020
06
Aug'20
Australia updates cyber security strategy but offers little new
The nation’s latest cyber security strategy includes centralised management of networks and a voluntary code of practice for deploying internet-connected devices, among other areas
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August 06, 2020
06
Aug'20
Qualcomm chip vulnerability puts millions of phones at risk
Qualcomm has patched multiple vulnerabilities in its chip hardware that left hundreds of millions of smartphones open to compromise by malicious actors
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August 06, 2020
06
Aug'20
GCHQ seeks researchers to tackle deep fakes and misinformation
A GCHQ research fellowship based at its Manchester office will explore various national security priorities such as deep fakes, fake news and the impact of AI
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August 05, 2020
05
Aug'20
Seven questions you need to ask when buying security insurance
Find out what you need to ask to make an informed decision on cyber security insurance with new help from the UK’s NCSC
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August 05, 2020
05
Aug'20
Second wave of Covid-19 cyber attacks locked in
More cyber attacks exploiting the pandemic seem likely, says Interpol
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August 04, 2020
04
Aug'20
Five signs you’re about to get hit with ransomware
A series of Sophos reports on the ransomware threat landscape shows how security professionals can sniff out a potential ransomware attack before it happens
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August 04, 2020
04
Aug'20
Liam Fox hack raises questions over government security
The hack of a former cabinet minister’s emails casts doubt over the effectiveness of safeguards and security training processes at the highest levels of the British government
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August 04, 2020
04
Aug'20
New foundation to bolster security of open source software
The Open Source Security Foundation will bring together key open source security initiatives across the industry to improve and support the security of open source software
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August 03, 2020
03
Aug'20
Estonian police and border services need better IT to block criminals from becoming e-residents
Police and Border Guard Board of Estonia needs to improve its IT systems to stop criminals from becoming e-residents, says report