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• July 17, 2019 17 Jul'19

  Facebook accused of ‘breathtaking arrogance’ over Libra cryptocurrency plan

  US senators grill Facebook’s David Marcus over social media giant’s plans to launch cryptocurrency

• July 17, 2019 17 Jul'19

  Suspected malicious MS Office tool maker arrested

  Dutch police have arrested a man suspected of producing and selling toolkits to create malicious Microsoft Office documents

• July 17, 2019 17 Jul'19

  Vulnerable firmware in enterprise server supply chain

  Researchers are warning of vulnerabilities in firmware from a third-party supplier that put some servers from Lenovo, Gigabyte and six other manufacturers at risk

• July 16, 2019 16 Jul'19

  NCSC calls out Microsoft over Dmarc reports

  The UK’s cyber security agency has called out Microsoft for seriously undermining global email security by failing to provide crucial reports from its email platforms

• July 16, 2019 16 Jul'19

  Digital safety skills initiative launched against cyber crime

  Security industry partners have launched an initiative aimed at raising individuals’ digital safety skills to enable them to protect themselves and their families from most common cyber attacks

• July 16, 2019 16 Jul'19

  UN resolution ignores special rapporteur’s call for halt to spyware sales

  UN’s Human Rights Council adopts resolution to explore the impact of new and emerging digital technologies on human rights, but the text ignores a damning report by the council’s own expert on freedom of expression

• July 16, 2019 16 Jul'19

  NCSC reports on second year of cyber defence at scale

  The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre releases a report on the second year of its Active Cyber Defence programme to demonstrate its effects in the public sector and wider UK cyber ecosystem

• July 15, 2019 15 Jul'19

  UK launches 5G security inquiry

  The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy is to probe the UK government’s approach to telecoms technology as a national security issue

• July 15, 2019 15 Jul'19

  Smartodds bets on Rubrik backup appliance with cloud archive

  Betting intelligence analytics firm Smartodds replaced its old tape backup infrastructure with Rubrik appliances to cut management time and database restores from hours to minutes

• July 15, 2019 15 Jul'19

  Billion-dollar privacy penalties put CEOs on notice

  Facebook’s potential $5bn settlement with the FTC follows notifications of planned GDPR fines for British Airways and Marriott International, underlining the importance of data stewardship

• July 15, 2019 15 Jul'19

  No technical grounds to ban Huawei, DCMS told

  Science and Technology Committee tells Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport that there are no technical grounds for it to exclude Huawei

• July 15, 2019 15 Jul'19

  Organisations turn to AI in race against cyber attackers

  Businesses are racing to automate their defences as hackers and nation states launch increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks

• July 15, 2019 15 Jul'19

  UK public sector needs to prioritise mobile device security

  Only 10% of public service stolen and lost mobile are recovered, underlining the need for mobile-centric, zero-trust model to reduce the risk, says MobileIron

• July 15, 2019 15 Jul'19

  UK boards ignoring £30bn cyber risk

  Despite the danger posed by cyber attacks to mid-sized companies, boards are not prepared to manage the risk and firms are over-confident in their cyber capabilities, report finds

• July 15, 2019 15 Jul'19

  How Apollo 11 influenced modern computer software and hardware

  On 16 July 1969, Apollo 11 began its historic journey to send man to the Moon. We look at the pioneering computer technology developed by Nasa

• July 12, 2019 12 Jul'19

  New FinSpy versions extend surveillance capabilities

  New versions of the FinSpy malware for iOS and Android smartphones have extended targeted surveillance capabilities, warn security researchers

• July 12, 2019 12 Jul'19

  Windows 10 to enable passwordless sign-in

  Windows 10 users will soon be able to sign in to devices without using a password to encourage the use of two-factor authentication methods to improve security

• July 11, 2019 11 Jul'19

  Attacks against AI systems are a growing concern

  European research group says attacks against AI systems are already occurring, difficult to identify, and could be far more common than currently understood

• July 11, 2019 11 Jul'19

  RiskIQ uncovers new Magecart campaign

  A fresh Magecart campaign is breaching websites on a massive scale using indiscriminate attacks exploiting misconfigured Amazon S3 buckets, say researchers

• July 11, 2019 11 Jul'19

  Dutch privacy watchdog tells banks not to use customer payment data for marketing

  Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens tells banks to respect client privacy and not to market products based on spending data

• July 10, 2019 10 Jul'19

  Max Schrems not calling for SCCs to be invalidated

  The privacy activist at the centre of legal battle against Facebook is not calling for all standard contractual clauses to be invalidated, according to his non-profit privacy organisation

• July 10, 2019 10 Jul'19

  Agent Smith mobile malware hits millions of devices

  New mobile malware that exploits Android vulnerabilities has infected millions of devices, security researchers have discovered

• July 10, 2019 10 Jul'19

  Demand for ICO help escalates in GDPR's first year

  The past year has seen increased demand across all support services offered by the UK’s privacy watchdog as new data protection laws went into force

• July 09, 2019 09 Jul'19

  Marriott International facing £99m GDPR fine

  Hotel group Marriott International is the second major company to be fined by the UK privacy watchdog for infringements of the GDPR

• July 09, 2019 09 Jul'19

  ICO issues warning about using facial recognition technology

  The UK privacy watchdog has ruled that any police force or private organisation using live facial recognition technology is processing personal data and needs to pay attention to data protection laws

• July 09, 2019 09 Jul'19

  European Court hears case on EU-US data transfers

  Facebook could be forced to rethink its legal position regarding transfers of data of EU citizens to the US, as the CJEU considers the validity of standard contractual clauses that many businesses rely on

• July 09, 2019 09 Jul'19

  Drone tech and the roar of Malaysia’s flying dragons

  Malaysia is ramping up initiatives to speed up the global growth of local technology champions in the drone tech sector

• July 09, 2019 09 Jul'19

  Nearly half of firms fear cloud apps make them insecure

  Survey shows more than one-third of global companies appoint a CISO in the face of data breaches, and the UK is giving CISOs more power despite making fewer appointments

• July 08, 2019 08 Jul'19

  TfL launches wireless device tracking to gather Tube data

  Transport for London aims to use passenger movement data to make using the London Underground a more pleasant experience

• July 08, 2019 08 Jul'19

  British Airways facing £183m GDPR fine

  British Airways is to appeal against a record fine for infringement of data protection rules for a breach of customer data in 2018

• July 08, 2019 08 Jul'19

  IISP gains Royal Charter status

  The UK finally has its first national professional body for cyber security that will be responsible for setting the standards for skills and knowledge in the industry to reduce the skills gap and increase diversity

• July 05, 2019 05 Jul'19

  St John Ambulance praised for response to ransomware attack

  Charity’s response to ransomware attack demonstrates that it is possible to ensure minimal disruption if properly prepared

• July 04, 2019 04 Jul'19

  Security and privacy key to smart buildings and cities

  Security and privacy capabilities are essential for stakeholders if they are to realise the benefits of smart buildings and cities, says expert whitepaper

• July 04, 2019 04 Jul'19

  Implementing IoT – overcoming barriers to commercial adoption

  Tim Wright from the Institute of Telecoms Professionals reports from a recent seminar exploring questions around the barriers to commercial, at-scale adoption of the internet of things, and how to overcome them

• July 04, 2019 04 Jul'19

  FireEye ties Microsoft Outlook exploit to Iranian hackers

  US Cyber Command has issued a warning that a patched Microsoft Outlook vulnerability is being exploited by unnamed threat actors, and recommended immediate patching

• July 04, 2019 04 Jul'19

  Email still top security vulnerability, survey shows

  Email is still the top security vulnerability, a survey shows, but security researchers caution that switching to instant messaging is not necessarily a solution in the longer term

• July 04, 2019 04 Jul'19

  APAC experts weigh in on cyber security trends

  The onslaught of cyber attacks being reported each day has been a wake-up call, but experts say businesses need to be mindful of the limitations of certain security measures

• July 03, 2019 03 Jul'19

  Sodin ransomware exploiting Windows zero-day, Kaspersky warns

  Security researchers are warning that a recently discovered type of ransomware is now exploiting a zero-day Windows vulnerability, and does not require user interaction to trigger an infection

• July 03, 2019 03 Jul'19

  Top VPNs secretly owned by Chinese firms

  Nearly a third of top VPNs are secretly owned by Chinese companies, while other owners are based in countries with weak or no privacy laws, potentially putting users at risk, security researchers warn

• July 03, 2019 03 Jul'19

  Cloudflare outage: Firm blames global website outage on routine software update gone rogue

  Content delivery provider traces outage back to failings that occurred during a routine update to its web application firewall service

• July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19

  CPS faces legal ruling over refusal to disclose emails with US on WikiLeaks and Assange extradition

  A court will decide whether the Crown Prosecution Service can refuse to neither confirm nor deny the existence of correspondence with US on investigations into Julian Assange and WikiLeaks

• July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19

  UK consumers still concerned about personal data security

  Most UK consumers are still concerned about the security of their personal data, indicating that organisations need to do more to gain consumer trust, such as implementing biometric controls

• July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19

  Sweden’s Protective Security Act targets cyber risks

  IT suppliers must comply with tighter cyber security requirements, but are being offered help from government agencies

• July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19

  Orvibo data leak puts security spotlight on IoT back end

  The security of devices that make up the internet of things (IoT) is a top concern for many in the industry, but leaks from an IoT database highlights the importance of back-end security too

• July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19

  Singapore to beef up police tech capabilities

  Singapore government singles out biometrics, data analytics and digital forensics as promising areas to boost crime-fighting efforts

• July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19

  Few UK firms are cyber insured despite financial losses

  More than one-fifth of UK firms have been impacted financially by cyber attacks, yet potentially more than three-quarters of companies polled have never been insured for cyber-related losses

• July 01, 2019 01 Jul'19

  Symantec gearing up for future cyber security

  Symantec is focusing on enabling businesses to secure data in the cloud after a string of acquisitions, but it also has its eye on the future, which will be all about empowering people, says CTO Hugh Thompson

• July 01, 2019 01 Jul'19

  Huge jump in cyber incidents reported by finance sector

  The number of cyber incidents reported by financial services firms increased nearly 12-fold in 2018 from 2017, mainly due to third-party failures, highlighting several key areas that need improvement

• June 28, 2019 28 Jun'19

  TIN coalition calls for industry action against cyber fraud

  An industry group aimed at improving cyber security by tackling enduring challenges has called for collaboration in the fight against cyber fraud

• June 28, 2019 28 Jun'19

  Cyber crime reporting crucial, say UK police

  UK police are gearing up to make it easier for business to report cyber crime, saying that under-reporting continues to be a challenge