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October 16, 2020
16
Oct'20
Spanish court to question witnesses over ‘illegal surveillance’ of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
The Spanish National Court in Madrid is to hear evidence from information security expert Andy Müller-Maguhn and two lawyers who were subject to ‘illegal surveillance’ of their meetings with Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London
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October 15, 2020
15
Oct'20
Arrests and indictments made in cyber money laundering ring
The NCA has revealed six men were arrested in the UK as part of an international investigation into a money laundering network which handled transactions for some of the world’s most prolific cyber criminal groups
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October 15, 2020
15
Oct'20
Cloud data protection keeps the Crick’s medical research Covid-secure
Cloud data management services from Rubrik gave the Francis Crick Institute a data protection edge and have helped keep its vital work going through the pandemic
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October 15, 2020
15
Oct'20
Hackney services still offline in ongoing cyber attack
Services remain disrupted two days after council was hit by a serious incident, as residents are warned to be on their guard
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October 14, 2020
14
Oct'20
Public sector security failings leave UK at risk, says think tank
Reform report urges adoption of new policies in the next version of the UK’s National Cyber Security Strategy
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October 14, 2020
14
Oct'20
US Elections: Malicious internet domains spike as campaigns heat up
Internet domains related to the US presidential election are 56% more likely to be malicious than regular ones
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October 14, 2020
14
Oct'20
Public data should not be held by US tech giants
One-off evidence sessions to follow up on the recommendations of the House of Lords AI Committee revisit the data and ethics debate
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October 14, 2020
14
Oct'20
Fintech ‘unicorn’ Klarna probed over data misuse
Online bank blames misuse of user data on human error as Information Commissioner’s Office weighs in
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October 14, 2020
14
Oct'20
Microsoft fixes 87 bugs in October 2020 Patch Tuesday
Smaller October Patch Tuesday update includes fixes for critical bugs in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019
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October 13, 2020
13
Oct'20
Suppliers neglecting virtual appliance security, putting users at risk
Software suppliers are often distributing their products on virtual appliances that contain known vulnerabilities or are running outdated or unsupported operating systems, according to a report
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October 13, 2020
13
Oct'20
Hackney Council services offline after ‘serious’ cyber attack
Services to residents of the London borough of Hackney are being disrupted by a cyber attack
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October 12, 2020
12
Oct'20
Trickbot forced offline in major cyber security victory
Coalition led by Microsoft obtained a court order enabling them to take down the infamous Trickbot botnet’s back-end server infrastructure
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October 12, 2020
12
Oct'20
Five Eyes spy group again demands access to private messages
Spooks are once again calling for the tech industry to break end-to-end encryption in messaging platforms
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October 12, 2020
12
Oct'20
Cyber security skills ad branded ‘crass’ by minister
Security skills campaign advert depicting a ballet dancer comes in for criticism as the arts sector struggles in the pandemic
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October 12, 2020
12
Oct'20
Software AG caught in double extortion ransomware hit
Data stolen from prominent German software company by Clop ransomware gang appears on the dark web
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October 12, 2020
12
Oct'20
Making sense of zero-trust security
Implementing zero-trust security is not an easy feat, but enterprises can still get it right if they approach it from a process perspective and get a handle on their infrastructure footprint
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October 09, 2020
09
Oct'20
Magecart strikes website of school payments service Wisepay
Magecart credit card skimmer harvested financial data of users of Wisepay’s platform over a two-day period
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October 08, 2020
08
Oct'20
NCSC relaunches SME security guide with home working focus
The NCSC is issuing an updated version of its guide to security for SMEs, reflecting the long-lasting changes to the world of work seen in 2020
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October 08, 2020
08
Oct'20
Emotet rated September’s ‘most popular’ malware
The current resurgence of Emotet is attracting attention as governments issue new warnings and cyber criminals rush to exploit the chaotic US election
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October 08, 2020
08
Oct'20
Coronavirus face mask spammer fined by ICO
The director of software company Studios MG spammed members of the public at the height of the pandemic as one of its directors tried to shift a job lot of face masks
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October 08, 2020
08
Oct'20
Crown Prosecution Service suffers 1,600 data breaches in 12 months
CPS sees a spike in data security incidents, many of them serious enough to be reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office
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October 08, 2020
08
Oct'20
Threat of GDPR fines increasingly driving security buying decisions
Scaring the people who hold the purse strings may be the best option for CISOs who need a little extra budget
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October 07, 2020
07
Oct'20
5G regulation failures are a threat to UK’s national security
Defence Committee report on the security of 5G brands existing regulations outdated and unsatisfactory
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October 07, 2020
07
Oct'20
Department for Education failed to protect data on millions of children, says ICO
The Department for Education’s National Pupil Database, which contains millions of items of data on the UK’s schoolchildren, was found to be non-compliant with data protection regulations across the board
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October 07, 2020
07
Oct'20
UK accounts for 45% of Europe’s card fraud as criminals target online transactions
Payment card fraudsters steal €1.5bn, with card-not-present attacks accounting for three-quarters of this sum
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October 07, 2020
07
Oct'20
ICO wraps up Cambridge Analytica investigation
Information Commissioner’s Office concludes its investigation into Cambridge Analytica, saying no additional evidence has come to light that would change its previous assessments
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October 07, 2020
07
Oct'20
Southeast Asia remains hotspot for cyber attacks
Geopolitics and Covid-19 have been fodder for cyber criminals to advance their motives in Southeast Asia in 2020
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October 06, 2020
06
Oct'20
EU’s top court questions legality of UK phone and internet data surveillance
European Court of Justice rules that the UK and EU member states must comply with EU privacy laws when harvesting people’s sensitive communications data from telecoms and internet companies
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October 06, 2020
06
Oct'20
Scotland digital identity prototype pilot successful
Digital Identity Scotland’s 10-week test of its digital identity prototype finds that users understand the concept of two-factor authentication and using the same credentials across services
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October 06, 2020
06
Oct'20
Ransomware attacks go through the roof
The volume of ransomware attacks has jumped 50% in the past three months, according to data produced at Check Point
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October 06, 2020
06
Oct'20
CISOs struggle to keep up with MITRE ATT&CK framework
Despite its proven benefits for security, the MITRE ATT&CK framework is proving difficult for many, according to a joint study from McAfee and UC Berkeley
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October 06, 2020
06
Oct'20
John McAfee arrested over cryptocurrency fraud
Erratic tech baron allegedly promoted initial coin offerings without disclosing he was being paid to do so
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October 05, 2020
05
Oct'20
MosaicRegressor APT campaign using rare malware variant
Kaspersky researchers have shared details of a APT campaign utilising a rarely seen and hard-to-stop variety of malware
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October 05, 2020
05
Oct'20
Fake news tops list of online concerns worldwide
Receiving false information is a greater worry than other online risks such as cyber bullying and fraud, says the Lloyd’s Register Foundation
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October 05, 2020
05
Oct'20
HMRC warns locked-down freshers of ‘wave’ of tax scams
New university intake may be being targeted by cyber criminals amid Covid-19 confusion
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October 05, 2020
05
Oct'20
FBI seized ‘legally privileged’ material from Ecuador Embassy, claims Julian Assange’s lawyer
The US struck a secret deal with Ecuador to seize WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s property from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London days before his arrest. The haul included legally privileged documents, says his solicitor
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October 02, 2020
02
Oct'20
WikiLeaks led the way for newsrooms to use encryption to protect sources, says Italian journalist
Stefania Maurizi says in written evidence that Julian Assange pioneered the use of encryption by journalists to protect sources. Her work shows that the US put pressure on Italy to stop the extradition and prosecution of CIA officers responsible for...
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October 02, 2020
02
Oct'20
Honesty is the best policy: Forging a security culture in the NHS
Clinician and technologist Sam Shah helped set up NHSX in 2019. Now he’s helping advance digital transformation in healthcare from the outside, and a big part of that is addressing security in the sector
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October 02, 2020
02
Oct'20
Security pros face sanctions if they help ransomware victims pay
New advisory from the US government warns cyber insurance and incident response specialists that they could be skating on thin ice if they help ransomware victims pay their attackers off
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October 02, 2020
02
Oct'20
Find and fix your Adobe Flash dependencies, says NCSC
As Adobe’s Flash Player approaches end-of-life, the National Cyber Security Centre is urging organisations to fix their Flash dependencies
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October 01, 2020
01
Oct'20
Judge to give verdict on Julian Assange’s extradition after Christmas
Judge Vanessa Baraitser said today that she would make a ruling in early January on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the US
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October 01, 2020
01
Oct'20
WikiLeaks revelations ‘shed light of truth’ on war on terror, court hears
WikiLeaks disclosures led to ‘revelations of extraordinary journalistic importance’ about detention in Guantanamo Bay and civilian casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan
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October 01, 2020
01
Oct'20
Blackbaud admits hackers stole banking details, passwords
Software firm paid off a ransomware gang, believed its hackers when they said they had destroyed the data, and has now discovered the cyber criminals accessed even more sensitive information than it thought
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September 30, 2020
30
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GitHub makes code vulnerability scanning feature public
Code-scanning service is now out of beta and generally available, helping teams to bake security into their code at the development stage
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September 30, 2020
30
Sep'20
‘American friends’ spied on Julian Assange in Ecuadorian Embassy, court hears
Two former employees of UC Global, which provides security services to the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, claim the company shared surveillance footage with the US of the WikiLeaks founder meeting with lawyers and other visitors
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September 29, 2020
29
Sep'20
Julian Assange would be held with convicted terrorist Abu Hamza in supermax prison, court hears
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would be held alongside convicted terrorist Abu Hamza in a supermax federal prison in Colorado, isolated from other prisoners, if he is extradited to the US, Old Bailey told
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September 29, 2020
29
Sep'20
Threat actors becoming vastly more sophisticated
Malicious actors have been busily honing their craft and cyber security incidents are up across the board as a result, according to a Microsoft report
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September 29, 2020
29
Sep'20
NCSC expands schools programme to north-east England and Northern Ireland
Following an initial roll-out in Gloucestershire and Wales, the NCSC’s CyberFirst Schools programme is being extended to north-east England and Northern Ireland
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September 29, 2020
29
Sep'20
NatWest offers online banking customers free security services
Bank responds to a surge in cyber crime targeting users of online banking services
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September 29, 2020
29
Sep'20
Ryuk attack downs private health provider in major incident
Private healthcare provider UHS has been been hit by a major big game hunting cyber attack that infected its systems with the Ryuk ransomware