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• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  People worried about data security in public sector, survey finds

  Majority of people are concerned with the security of the data they share with public sector organisations, according to a report

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  Security leaders investing in automation and AI, study shows

  Automation and artificial Intelligence are being used to defend against cyber threats, says report, but experts warn that these tools and technologies can be exploited by attackers

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  Economic impact of cyber crime is significant and rising

  Cyber attacks are becoming easier to carry out while defences remain inadequate, study shows

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  AI a threat to cyber security, warns report

  Artificial intelligence is being incorporated into a range of cyber security products, but the technology may also introduce new threats, a report warns

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  Demand for cyber security skills outstrips internal supply, research finds

  Businesses are increasingly looking for cyber security skills, but the gap between demand and supply is still prominent

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  Businesses face unprecedented volume of cyber attacks

  Organisations are facing the highest levels of cyber attacks in both number and sophistication as automated swarm attacks increase, a cyber threat report reveals

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  Strategic cyber criminals likely to capitalise on GDPR

  As cyber criminals concentrate on targeted, strategic, money-making attacks, they are likely to use GDPR fines as leverage to extort money from organisations, a report warns

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  UK local councils under huge cyber attack pressure

  Investigation underlines importance of security automation and employee awareness training

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  University of Cambridge to host ethical hacking challenge

  Cambridge is hosting its 2018 hacking challenge, aiming to captivate students and address the cyber security skills shortage

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Botnets shift focus to credential abuse

  Cyber criminals are increasingly using automated attacks that make use of stolen credentials, a security threat report warns

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Prepare for Y2K style Meltdown strategy

  The days of fixing the date bug in legacy systems may be long gone, but IT now has as much of an effort mitigating the Spectre/Meltdown processor flaw

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Lauri Love can stay in UK: prosecutors will not appeal extradition ruling

  Crown Prosecution Service gives undertaking to Lauri Love that it will not appeal against a court decision not to extradite him to the US – but prosecutors are seeking leave to appeal over part of the court ruling on extradition procedure

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Google reveals Edge flaw after Microsoft fails to meet deadline

  Google’s Project Zero has gone public with another Microsoft security vulnerability after the software giant failed to issue a fix within allotted time

• February 16, 2018 16 Feb'18

  Tech industry signs cyber security charter

  Nine technology organisations have signed a cyber security charter aimed at raising the level of cyber security internationally

• February 16, 2018 16 Feb'18

  A third of Brits plan to exercise right to be forgotten

  After the General Data Protection Regulation compliance deadline, a third of Britons polled say they plan to exercise their right to be forgotten, but few fully understand the GDPR and how it will affect them

• February 16, 2018 16 Feb'18

  US sentences two Russians for huge data breaches

  The US has sentenced two Russian cyber criminals who targeted major payment processors, retailers and financial institutions around the world, as the US joins the UK in condemning Russia for the 2017 NotPetya attacks

• February 16, 2018 16 Feb'18

  Few organisations managing cyber risk, survey shows

  Cyber risk management practices are not keeping up with rising cyber security concerns among senior executives around the world, a study shows

• February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18

  Briton jailed for two years for product testing for hackers

  A Briton has been jailed for two years for running a product-testing service for hackers

• February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18

  F-Secure warns against ‘evil maid’ attacks

  Business people are being urged not to underestimate the importance of physical security for their laptops, which can be used as entry points by attackers if not adequately protected

• February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18

  Atos investigates breach linked to Winter Olympics cyber attack

  IT services firm Atos is investigating a potential security breach in response to reports that employee credentials were found in malware used to target the Winter Olympics

• February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18

  UK Foreign Office minister condemns Russia for NotPetya attacks

  The UK has attributed to Russia the NotPetya malware that caused significant disruption globally, based on an assessment by the NCSC

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  100 days to GDPR compliance deadline

  As the clock ticks down to the deadline to comply with the EU’s new data protection regulations, some surveys indicate there is still some confusion, but the focus has shifted from the sanctions to the benefits

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Cyberthreat 2018 aimed at UK cyber security techies

  Cyberthreat 2018 is aimed at growing the UK’s network of cyber defenders, filling a key gap in the UK cyber security conference calendar and bridging the public-private sector divide

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Blockchain to give global LGBT community a louder economic voice

  Blockchain will underpin a global platform that aims to give the LGBT community a more powerful economic voice

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Telegram zero-day exploit is a warning

  The discovery of an exploit of a zero-day vulnerability in the Telegram messaging app demonstrates that not all “secure” apps are automatically safe, security experts have warned

• February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  Home Office fights terrorist content online with detection tool

  The Home Office has partnered ASI Data Science to create a tool which automatically detects terrorist content on online platforms

• February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  Industrial cyber security improving, but needs work

  Cyber attacks on industrial and critical infrastructure systems are increasing in number and sophistication, but more attention is being paid to security, says Honeywell at it opens new Dubai facility

• February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  The National Museum of Computing launches crowd-funding effort for Turing Bombe gallery

  The National Museum of Computing is looking for funding to support its efforts to develop a gallery for a working model of the Turing-Welchman Bombe

• February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  Cyber security awareness top priority in financial sector

  Information security chiefs in the financial sector say cyber security awareness needs to be a top priority

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  FS-ISAC enables safer financial data sharing with API

  The global financial industry's body for cyber and physical threat intelligence analysis and sharing has published an API to facilitate safer sharing of consumer financial information

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  Moscow puts municipal vehicles online to save fuel

  The city of Moscow has deployed a unified IoT platform to monitor and control all of its municipal vehicles

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  Criminals hijack government sites to mine cryptocurrency used to hide wealth

  Europol says criminals are hiding billions in cryptocurrencies, as thousands of government and other websites have reportedly been used to hijack computers to mine more

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  PyeongChang Winter Games hit by cyber attack

  Although critical operations were not affected by the incident, event organisers at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics had to shut down servers and the official games website to prevent further damage

• February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18

  Belgian police share Cryakl ransomware keys

  The Belgian police have released free decryption keys for the Cryakl ransomware through the No More Ransom project

• February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18

  Can we trust Intel Inside to mean secure computing?

  Intel has just released an updated patch after its previous update failed spectacularly. Now its CEO is promising security assurance

• February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18

  Europe in the firing line of evolving DDoS attacks

  The Europe, Middle East and Africa region accounts for more than half the world’s distributed denial of service attacks, a report from F5 Labs reveals

• February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18

  Malaysian regulator and firm sued over data breach

  The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission and a local company have been caught in a civil lawsuit over a massive data breach reported last year

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  DMA Group working to reduce fear around GDPR

  The DMA Group is focused on the GDPR for customer communications and marketing, but says the key aim is to reduce fear in the market

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  Norway’s government backs cyber defence mobilisation

  Norway has accelerated plans to scale up its national security infrastructure against threats emanating from the cyber domain

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  More POS malware detected in the wild

  The first new point of sale malware in many months is stealing data from the magnetic strips on payment cards, security researchers warn

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  Swisscom downplays data breach

  Telecommunication provider Swisscom has downplayed a data breach affecting around 800,000 customers, but security experts warn of potential long-term risks

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  Data breaches set to affect future sales

  The failure to protect customer data is set to create long-term business problems for organisations in Europe and the US, a survey reveals

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  Teenager suspected of crippling Dutch banks with DDoS attacks

  A large distributed denial of service attack on banks and other organisations in the Netherlands, first thought to emanate from Russia, is now thought to have been launched by a local teenager

• February 07, 2018 07 Feb'18

  Third party cyber breach risk set to rise

  Third party cyber security risk should always have been a priority, but this has never been more important than it is now in light of new technology risks and data protection regulations

• February 07, 2018 07 Feb'18

  UK government orders review of online laws

  The UK Law Commission is to review current legislation on offensive online communications to ensure they are up to date with technology

• February 06, 2018 06 Feb'18

  Most NHS trusts have failed their cyber security assessments, NHS Digital admits

  NHS Digital deputy CEO Rob Shaw told Public Accounts Committee all 200 trusts assessed for cyber security, both before and after the WannaCry attack, have failed their assessments

• February 06, 2018 06 Feb'18

  UK leads international crackdown on Luminosity spyware

  Law enforcement agencies shut down international support network for a hacking tool that allowed cyber criminals to gain remote control of victims’ computers

• February 06, 2018 06 Feb'18

  Many UK firms ill-equipped to deal the cloud security risks

  Many UK firms do not have the security tools, processes and skills required to ensure their cloud implementations are secure, a security researcher and advocate warns

• February 05, 2018 05 Feb'18

  Lauri Love plans to use ‘internet as a force for good’

  Engineering student Lauri Love says he plans to help businesses fight cyber crime, after the court of appeal ruled that he can be tried in the UK for allegedly hacking US computer systems, rather than face extradition to the US

• February 05, 2018 05 Feb'18

  NCSC shows how first year affected cyber attacks on the UK

  Initiatives by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have detected and prevented millions of online commodity attacks, the agency’s first annual report shows