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• June 18, 2021 18 Jun'21

  Carnival Cruises hit by fourth cyber incident in a year

  Latest data breach at Covid-hit cruise line comes hot on the heels of two recent ransomware attacks and a spring 2020 breach

• June 17, 2021 17 Jun'21

  Cyber crooks target Amazon Prime users ahead of retail bonanza

  A surge in malicious domain registrations ahead of Amazon Prime Day indicates cyber criminals have set their sights on exploiting vulnerable shoppers

• June 17, 2021 17 Jun'21

  UnitingCare Queensland restores IT systems after cyber attack

  Australian healthcare service provider has restored key corporate systems and integrations between applications following a cyber attack earlier this year

• June 17, 2021 17 Jun'21

  Biden tackles Putin on ransomware at Geneva summit

  Discussions between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin on cyber crime appear to have been somewhat positive, but the path ahead remains unclear

• June 16, 2021 16 Jun'21

  Cl0p ransomware gang clapped in irons, assets seized

  Ukrainian police report they have taken down the Cl0p, aka Clop, ransomware operation following a lengthy investigation

• June 16, 2021 16 Jun'21

  Organisations cannot rely on cyber insurance to cover losses

  Ransomware attacks have become a big driver of cyber insurance claims, but insurance must not be relied upon as a failsafe, says a report

• June 15, 2021 15 Jun'21

  NHS Test and Trace picks Risk Ledger to secure supply chain

  Risk Ledger’s technology promises ‘unparalleled’ visibility into NHS Test and Trace’s supply chain

• June 15, 2021 15 Jun'21

  Privacy pro salaries rise throughout pandemic, but at a cost

  Data from the IAPP’s latest salary survey reveals some insight into how the pandemic impacted the privacy profession

• June 15, 2021 15 Jun'21

  Ransomware most insidious cyber threat facing UK

  NCSC CEO urges organisations to do more to prepare for ransomware attacks

• June 15, 2021 15 Jun'21

  The Security Interviews: How to build a government model to ‘hack for good’

  Kyle Hanslovan started Huntress to give back after a career in the intelligence sector. After US authorities took action to help people hit by the Microsoft Exchange attacks, we discussed how governments can ‘hack for good’

• June 15, 2021 15 Jun'21

  Scottish government awards digital identity platform contract to Scott Logic

  Supplier is working on a two-year project to create a digital identity service through a suite of common platforms that will be adopted across Scottish government

• June 15, 2021 15 Jun'21

  How healthcare organisations are tapping data analytics

  Healthcare providers are harnessing data analytics to improve clinical and operational outcomes even as they continue to face challenges in data aggregation and data protection

• June 14, 2021 14 Jun'21

  G7 commits to action on ransomware, digital privacy

  The G7 urges Russia to do more to hold criminal ransomware gangs operating from within its borders to account as it commits to more action on the issue

• June 14, 2021 14 Jun'21

  HammondCare takes procurement to the cloud

  The Australian health and aged care provider migrated its procurement and invoicing systems to the cloud in just six months to improve efficiency and security

• June 11, 2021 11 Jun'21

  FBI planned a sting against An0m cryptophone users over drinks with Australian investigators

  Australian Federal Police and the FBI came up with the idea over drinks: build a cryptophone network with a built-in backdoor and sell it to crime gangs around the world

• June 11, 2021 11 Jun'21

  CMA secures commitments from Google on future of cookies

  The Competition and Markets Authority is opening a consultation on commitments offered to it by Google to ensure its Privacy Sandbox proposals do not harm digital advertising markets

• June 11, 2021 11 Jun'21

  UK promises tougher line on cyber crime

  Speaking ahead of the G7 Summit, foreign secretary Dominic Raab says the UK is ready to take on cyber criminals and other malicious actors wherever they may be

• June 11, 2021 11 Jun'21

  Australia names ‘strategic’ datacentre operators

  Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency certifies Macquarie Telecom, Canberra Data Centres and Australian Data Centres as strategic operators for hosting government data

• June 10, 2021 10 Jun'21

  Risk data shows UK energy sector most vulnerable to cyber attack

  New report compiled by insurance firm Hiscox reveals the state of cyber preparedness in the UK and beyond

• June 10, 2021 10 Jun'21

  Australian organisations face heightened cyber attacks

  Nearly three in four Australian organisations experienced cyber attacks that largely resulted from a growing remote workforce in 2020

• June 09, 2021 09 Jun'21

  FBI arrests distributors accused of selling An0m encrypted phones to crime groups

  Working with overseas law enforcement, the FBI has arrested eight people and named a further 13 accused of distributing An0m phones to organised crime groups

• June 09, 2021 09 Jun'21

  Unit 42 warns of emergent Prometheus ransomware

  Palo Alto’s Unit 42 shares intel on the emergent Prometheus ransomware gang, with apparent links to the Thanos crew

• June 09, 2021 09 Jun'21

  RSA spins out fraud and risk unit as Outseer

  RSA Security is transitioning its fraud and risk intelligence work into a new business to be called Outseer

• June 09, 2021 09 Jun'21

  Microsoft fixes seven zero-days on its Patch Tuesday rounds

  Fixes for six actively-exploited – and one yet-to-be-exploited – zero-day bugs are released in the June 2021 Patch Tuesday update

• June 09, 2021 09 Jun'21

  Colonial Pipeline ransom seizure is a win, but don’t relax yet

  The security community is enthusiastic about the US authorities’ recovery of a significant part of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware payment, but this positivity should perhaps be somewhat tempered

• June 08, 2021 08 Jun'21

  NHS Digital delays data collection plans until September

  NHS Digital has postponed its proposed collection of GP data for two months, to allow more time for the public to understand the process and opt out if wanted

• June 08, 2021 08 Jun'21

  We Open Tech community supports non-binary and trans security pros

  New tech community established to advocate for the interests of non-binary people, trans and cis women, trans men, and other marginalised genders in security

• June 08, 2021 08 Jun'21

  National data guardian calls for dialogue on NHS Digital GP plans

  The UK’s national data guardian says it is important the public has clarity on how their confidential medical information will be used and kept secure under NHS data-sharing plans

• June 07, 2021 07 Jun'21

  Police raids around world after investigators crack An0m cryptophone app in major hacking operation

  Police in 16 countries carried out raids on after Australian Police and the FBI cracked an encrypted An0M communications network used by crime groups

• June 07, 2021 07 Jun'21

  EU privacy chief investigates use of US cloud services

  Use of Amazon and Microsoft’s cloud services by public sector bodies in the European Union is being scrutinised by the bloc’s privacy watchdog

• June 07, 2021 07 Jun'21

  Siloscape malware a risk to Windows containers, Kubernetes

  Palo Alto’s Unit 42 reports on what appears to be the first-recorded malware targeting Kubernetes clusters through Windows containers

• June 07, 2021 07 Jun'21

  NCSC updates schools ransomware guidance amid surge

  The National Cyber Security Centre says it is dealing with a renewed surge of ransomware attacks targeting schools, colleges and universities

• June 07, 2021 07 Jun'21

  IBM pushes back against US government data requests

  Technology giant IBM says the US government has ‘no jurisdiction’ to request data from its European entities

• June 07, 2021 07 Jun'21

  Campaigners plan legal action over NHS data sharing

  Privacy coalition aims to force NHS Digital to push back its plans to scrape medical information on millions of patients into a central database

• June 07, 2021 07 Jun'21

  Updated standard contractual clauses will provide ‘legal certainty’ for transfer of data

  Organisations have 18 months to update data transfer agreements, known as standard contractual clauses, or SCCs, to continue sharing data outside the European Union

• June 07, 2021 07 Jun'21

  DNS attacks on the rise in APAC

  Attacks on the domain name system in Asia-Pacific grew by 15% last year, with Malaysian organisations seeing the sharpest rise in damages among countries in the region

• June 04, 2021 04 Jun'21

  HSBC offers all businesses scam awareness app

  HSBC is sharing information on the latest scams and how to defend against them thorough its latest app, available to all businesses

• June 04, 2021 04 Jun'21

  BCS: Lack of communication over NHS GPDPR ‘astonishing’

  The Chartered Institute for IT has warned that millions of people are not being properly informed of NHS Digital plans to harvest their data

• June 04, 2021 04 Jun'21

  Secrecy around EncroChat cryptophone hack breaches French constitution, court hears

  French lawyers claim that investigators are unlawfully withholding details of a cryptophone hacking operation in a case that could impact UK prosecutions

• June 04, 2021 04 Jun'21

  Government action on ransomware epidemic gathers pace

  The US government steps up action against ransomware operators, while the UK’s NCSC publishes guidance on preparing to deal with a ransomware attack

• June 03, 2021 03 Jun'21

  Reports raise alarm over Huawei access to Dutch networks

  Espionage accusations raise security questions for Netherlands organisations using Chinese supplier’s equipment and services

• June 03, 2021 03 Jun'21

  Norway’s auditor general lifts lid on energy industry’s cyber security risks

  Auditor General’s Office questions the security posture of Norway’s energy industry

• June 03, 2021 03 Jun'21

  Tories fined over email data protection breaches

  The Conservative Party broke the law by failing to properly keep records of who had unsubscribed from its mailing list

• June 03, 2021 03 Jun'21

  FireEye sold to private equity, Mandiant regains independence

  FireEye has agreed to sell its products business and name to a private equity consortium, while Mandiant will spin out as an independent threat intel business

• June 03, 2021 03 Jun'21

  Pandemic a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ chance to reshape security

  The volume of remote working has made it hard to paint an accurate picture of the true state of enterprise cyber security, but it presents an opportunity to change things up

• June 02, 2021 02 Jun'21

  Scottish businesses missing out on Cyber Essentials benefits

  More than a third of Scottish businesses do not believe they are adequately prepared to deal with a cyber security incident

• June 01, 2021 01 Jun'21

  European-led consortium investigates quantum cryptography

  The arms race to a quantum internet is under way – the European Commission is looking at secure critical national infrastructure and member state comms

• June 01, 2021 01 Jun'21

  Exagrid pays $2.6m to Conti ransomware attackers

  Backup appliance specialist hit by Conti ransomware in May with cyber criminals downloading employee and customer data, confidential contracts and source code

• June 01, 2021 01 Jun'21

  Ex-IT manager stole over £800,000 from NHS trust

  A former senior IT manager at an Essex NHS trust has pleaded guilty to defrauding his employer out of more than £800,000

• May 31, 2021 31 May'21

  Microsoft brings APAC policymakers together in security council

  Microsoft’s APAC public sector security council will meet once a quarter to share threat intelligence and best practices for combating cyber threats