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• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  Keeping IT operations running for remote workers

  Measuring employee experience and enabling self-service are some of the ways businesses can manage and empower a remote workforce

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  How managed threat hunting helps bust malicious insiders

  Managed threat hunting services can help take some of the pressure off security operations centres and help ensure potential breaches don’t escalate into something far worse. We explore one such case with a happy ending

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  Government launches IoT security funding round

  A £400,000 funding pot is on offer for innovators to design schemes that boost internet-of-things security

• May 29, 2020 29 May'20

  How Sega Europe slashed incident response times using cloud SIEM

  Gaming company’s SOC radically improves its operational efficiency with Sumo Logic’s cloud SIEM service

• May 28, 2020 28 May'20

  IoT buyers eye private network deployments for added security

  Fully private, segregated networks for IoT deployments are becoming increasingly attractive to many organisations, according to a report

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  Enterprise clouds hammered by cyber attacks during pandemic

  Remote workers logging onto enterprise cloud service accounts are an easy access point for attackers, says McAfee

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  Fears contact-tracing app will open the floodgates for cyber criminals

  Study of UK consumers reveals worries over an uptick in cyber crime and a lack of trust in government

• May 25, 2020 25 May'20

  Coronavirus: Australia calls for stronger defences amid cyber attacks

  The Australian Cyber Security Centre offers guidance for critical infrastructure operators to guard against cyber attacks which have already hit the healthcare sector

• May 22, 2020 22 May'20

  EasyJet to be sued over customer data breach

  If successful, airline’s potential liability for the loss of millions of customer records could be as high as £18bn

• May 20, 2020 20 May'20

  NCSC discloses multiple vulnerabilities in contact-tracing app

  National Cyber Security Centre has received mountains of feedback on the security of the government’s Covid-19 contact-tracing app, and has now taken the step of making multiple disclosures

• May 19, 2020 19 May'20

  Cancelled NCSC CyberUK event gets green light for 2021

  The NCSC’s popular CyberUK event has been rescheduled to next year, and will again take place in Newport in south Wales

• May 15, 2020 15 May'20

  Questions raised after UK’s electrical grid shrugs off cyber attack

  Attack on Elexon was resolved within hours with no impact on the national electricity supply, but it could have been much worse

• May 14, 2020 14 May'20

  China targeting Covid-19 researchers through IT suppliers, claims US

  The US CISA says it is seeing targeting and attempted network compromise of Covid-19 research centres by China

• May 14, 2020 14 May'20

  SK Telecom brings quantum security to the masses

  The South Korean telco is readying the world’s first 5G smartphone equipped with a quantum random number generator chipset

• May 13, 2020 13 May'20

  Report reveals inadequate cyber security at Schiphol Airport

  A report has revealed problems with critical security systems in Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport

• May 13, 2020 13 May'20

  Nation state APT groups prefer old, unpatched vulnerabilities

  The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI have published details of the most commonly exploited vulnerabilities of recent years, and there are some “classics” on the list

• May 13, 2020 13 May'20

  European comms bodies set up standards group, call for vigilance on contact-tracing apps

  New ETSI group will develop standardisation framework for secure smartphone-based proximity tracing systems, helping to break Covid-19 transmission chains

• May 12, 2020 12 May'20

  Details released of second UK contact-tracing app development

  Contractual documents show Zuhlke Engineering receiving an official start date of 6 May to supply a managed delivery team to support and run proximity mobile application and services for the UK

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  Zoom buys secure messaging service Keybase

  Unified comms platform Zoom says the acquisition of Keybase will finally let it bring end-to-end encryption to the table

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  Contact-tracing app fails to protect privacy and human rights

  Reassurances over the security and human rights implications of NHSX’s approach to developing its Covid-19 contact-tracing app are insufficient, says the cross-bench Human Rights Committee

• May 05, 2020 05 May'20

  GoDaddy owns up to October 2019 data breach

  Web hosting services provider has suffered yet another security incident, confirming that an unauthorised individual accessed hosting accounts

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  Xen Orchestra latest victim of Salt cryptojackers

  More victims of cyber criminals exploiting two critical Salt vulnerabilities are coming forward

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  Blogging platform Ghost hacked through Salt vulnerability

  Publishing service’s network was taken over by illicit cryptominers after failing to patch a critical vulnerability

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  IT Priorities 2020: Compliance and risk are top security concerns

  When it comes to security, buyers are prioritising solutions and services that address compliance issues, risk management and data protection, according to the Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities 2020 study

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  IMDA to issue 5G spectrum to Singtel and StarHub-M1 venture

  Singapore’s telco regulator will award 5G spectrum to major operators whose proposals have exceeded its requirements in some cases

• April 28, 2020 28 Apr'20

  Almost half of security pros being redeployed during pandemic

  Close to half of cyber security professionals say they have been taken off some or all of their security duties to focus attention elsewhere during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic

• April 22, 2020 22 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Cyber criminals may be changing tactics

  Cyber criminals “may soon shift to heavier exploitation of footholds established through phishing and other scams”, warns Cyber Threat Coalition

• April 21, 2020 21 Apr'20

  Revealed: The man behind the first major computer virus pandemic

  After 20 years of silence, Onel de Guzman has admitted unleashing the “Love Bug”, the computer virus that caused havoc by infecting 45 million machines around the world

• April 20, 2020 20 Apr'20

  NCSC launches coronavirus cyber security campaign

  The National Cyber Security Centre has launched a reporting service for scam emails as part of a campaign to help people protect themselves from cyber criminals exploiting the pandemic

• April 20, 2020 20 Apr'20

  Dutch organisations address business email compromise fraud

  Public-private partnership in the Netherlands works to break the chains used by fraudsters to carry out BEC attacks

• April 17, 2020 17 Apr'20

  EU warns no compromise on privacy as NHS clashes with tech firms on contact tracing

  EU and UK regulators express data privacy concerns days after Silicon Valley giants announce collaboration on contact-tracing apps to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus

• April 16, 2020 16 Apr'20

  Check Point sounds alarm over double extortion ransomware threat

  Researchers say double extortion ransomware attacks are likely to increase in frequency, and warn organisations to be on guard

• April 16, 2020 16 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: India eases lockdown restrictions for IT service providers

  Indian government allows IT services firms to bring half their staff back to delivery centres

• April 16, 2020 16 Apr'20

  NHS Wales to get free security services during coronavirus pandemic

  NHS Wales Informatics Services enlists Thales to help it face down security threats and let its teams focus on the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis

• April 16, 2020 16 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Cyber attacks on banks seen spiking, says Carbon Black

  VMware’s Carbon Black observes a spike in cyber attacks on financial services organisations

• April 14, 2020 14 Apr'20

  Coronavirus puts brakes on 5G core deployments

  Research firm identifies short- and long-term impacts that global pandemic will have on 5G core and edge networks

• April 10, 2020 10 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Warning over surge in Zoom security incidents

  Check Point researchers have observed a surge in suspicious Zoom domains as cyber criminals target popular remote working and collaboration tools

• April 07, 2020 07 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Criminals using Zoom installer to spread cryptominer

  Videoconferencing application targeted to deliver cryptomining malware to unsuspecting victims

• April 06, 2020 06 Apr'20

  Zero-day exploits increasingly commodified, say researchers

  The exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities increasingly demonstrates access to cash, rather than skills

• April 05, 2020 05 Apr'20

  Google data shows high interest in security and remote working

  An analysis of the most Googled technology terms during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the scale of the cyber security challenge presented by the crisis

• April 02, 2020 02 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Is Zoom safe and should security teams ban it?

  Zoom’s rapid rise to prominence has highlighted a score of security problems with the service. Should CISOs try to steer their organisations away from it, or ban it outright?

• April 01, 2020 01 Apr'20

  CDN and cloud suppliers join routing security initiative

  Akamai and Amazon Web Services are among a group of cloud and content delivery network providers to participate in a global initiative to address the security threats to internet routing systems

• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  Marriott International hotel chain in second data breach

  Marriott International notifies customers of a major data breach that unfolded earlier in 2020 – the second it has experienced in the past two years

• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  How IT leaders and their teams are supporting employees through the coronavirus crisis

  We talk to four top IT chiefs across the UK to find out how their teams are supporting their organisations and staff to keep working through the Covid-19 outbreak

• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  Too late to protect online privacy, say Brits

  Most UK consumers are concerned about data privacy, but think it’s too late to do much about it, according to a report

• March 27, 2020 27 Mar'20

  Insurance firm Chubb may be latest Maze ransomware victim

  Maze ransomware group claims to have stolen personal data from the systems of cyber security insurance firm Chubb

• March 27, 2020 27 Mar'20

  Lorca calls on security scaleups to tackle coronavirus challenge

  Lorca innovation programme has launched an open call for its next cohort of cyber security scaleups, with a timely focus on coronavirus challenges

• March 26, 2020 26 Mar'20

  Coronavirus: What are the latest free cyber security offers?

  We round up the latest free offers on cyber security products and services being made available during the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis

• March 24, 2020 24 Mar'20

  Legacy AV defenceless against onslaught of evasive malware

  More than two-thirds of malware detected by WatchGuard in the last three months of 2019 was able to evade signature-based antivirus products, rendering them effectively useless in most instances

• March 23, 2020 23 Mar'20

  Coronavirus: UK mobile operators discuss sharing crowd movement data with government

  Reports emerge of unprecedented cooperation between UK telcos and government to provide people-modelling data to prevent spread of coronavirus

• March 20, 2020 20 Mar'20

  Unpatched Zyxel storage devices co-opted into IoT botnet

  Owners of Zyxel network-attached storage devices are in danger of being hijacked by Mukashi, a descendant of the infamous Mirai botnet, if they don’t patch a critical vulnerability

• March 18, 2020 18 Mar'20

  Coronavirus now possibly largest-ever cyber security threat

  The cumulative volume of coronavirus-related email lures and other threats is the largest collection of attack types exploiting a single theme for years, possibly ever

• March 18, 2020 18 Mar'20

  Prudential turns to AI to secure computer networks against cyber attacks

  Prudential, the UK’s largest listed insurer, is turning to artificial intelligence to protect its computer networks in the US, Asia and Africa from malware hackers and internal threats

• March 17, 2020 17 Mar'20

  Covid-19: NCSC issues secure remote working guidance

  With hundreds of thousands likely to be working remotely for some time, the UK’s NCSC has issued best practice guidance to enable security teams to support them

• March 17, 2020 17 Mar'20

  SentinelOne makes security platform free to support remote workers

  Endpoint protection platform service will be made free until 16 May 2020 to help protect remote workers during the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis

• March 13, 2020 13 Mar'20

  Coronavirus-linked hacks likely as Czech hospital comes under attack

  The world of cyber security is on high alert to heightened vulnerabilities as the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus changes daily life across Europe

• March 13, 2020 13 Mar'20

  UK’s security sector failing on most diversity measures

  A DCMS report on the state of the UK’s cyber security workforce highlights a huge lack of diversity and a substantial skills gap

• March 11, 2020 11 Mar'20

  Microsoft locks down new vulnerability with EternalBlue echoes

  Microsoft has moved to get ahead of a serious remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Server Message Block 3.1.1, which was accidentally disclosed then missed in its March Patch Tuesday update

• March 05, 2020 05 Mar'20

  Huawei: MPs air concerns over security risks in code and managed contracts

  The risk Huawei poses to the UK's 5G network roll out was raised during a recent Westminster Hall debate

• March 04, 2020 04 Mar'20

  5G security is a concern for most companies

  A study has found that decision-makers fear that 5G technology will make organisations more vulnerable to cyber attacks and will raise security-related costs

• March 03, 2020 03 Mar'20

  Horangi and Tokio Marine team up on cyber security services

  Singapore-based Horangi will provide penetration testing, among other cyber security services, to Tokio Marine Insurance Singapore’s cyber risk insurance clients

• March 02, 2020 02 Mar'20

  The Security Interviews: Inside the world of bug bounties

  You may not make a million as a bug bounty hunter, but you might help remove some of the stigma that persists around cyber security, says HackerOne’s Shlomie Liberow

• February 27, 2020 27 Feb'20

  Redcar & Cleveland Council confirms ransomware attack

  Local authority’s systems are still offline nearly three weeks after being attacked

• February 27, 2020 27 Feb'20

  Kr00k vulnerability compromises billions of Wi-Fi devices

  Billions of Wi-Fi chips used in IoT devices, laptops, smartphones and tablets are vulnerable to a serious vulnerability

• February 26, 2020 26 Feb'20

  Fake CDNs obscuring credit card fraudsters

  Fake content delivery networks and ngrok servers are being pressed into service to obscure credit card skimming activities

• February 26, 2020 26 Feb'20

  Cloud Snooper firewall bypass may be work of nation state

  Cloud Snooper deploys a combination of specialised techniques to sneak past enterprise firewalls, warns Sophos

• February 26, 2020 26 Feb'20

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be legally extradited for ‘political offences’, say lawyers

  Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange argue that he has been charged with political offences and cannot be legally extradited to the US under the US-UK extradition treaty

• February 25, 2020 25 Feb'20

  Sports retailer Decathlon left employee data exposed

  More than 123 million records were accidentally exposed on an unsecured ElasticSearch server

• February 25, 2020 25 Feb'20

  The Security Interviews: Gil Shwed’s 10-year vision for security

  Check Point founder Gil Shwed discusses his new Infinity Next concept and how he plans to remodel the world of cyber security in the next 10 years

• February 25, 2020 25 Feb'20

  Cloud data leaks compounded by lack of automation tools

  Data leaks caused by misconfigured clouds are being compounded because security teams lack appropriate automation and integration tools, according to a report

• February 24, 2020 24 Feb'20

  WikiLeaks founder Assange ‘put lives at risk’ by disclosing names in leaked documents, court hears

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ‘put lives of US informants at risk’ by publishing unredacted documents, lawyers for the US argued at the first day of a week-long extradition hearing

• February 24, 2020 24 Feb'20

  Open security group unveils common OpenDXL language

  Open Cybersecurity Alliance announces the availability of OpenDXL Ontology, the first open source language for connecting disparate security tools through a common messaging framework

• February 24, 2020 24 Feb'20

  Cisco goes all-in on security integration with SecureX platform

  CISOs are struggling to stitch together disparate cyber security products and services – Cisco believes its cloud-native SecureX platform will change their working lives for the better

• February 20, 2020 20 Feb'20

  UK and US accuse Russian spooks of Georgia cyber attacks

  Foreign secretary describes 2019 campaign of cyber attacks as reckless, brazen and unacceptable

• February 20, 2020 20 Feb'20

  Facilities firm ISS World crippled by ransomware attack

  An apparent ransomware attack has compromised some IT and email systems at Danish facilities firm ISS World

• February 18, 2020 18 Feb'20

  Untrusted security teams being left out of business decisions

  Only a third of organisations are involving their cyber security function at the planning stage of business initiatives

• February 17, 2020 17 Feb'20

  Australians more savvy about cyber security

  More Australians look out for signs of security features such as SSL encryption even as they remain sceptical of the data protection capabilities of small businesses

• February 17, 2020 17 Feb'20

  Mastercard opens European security resilience unit

  Mastercard’s European Cyber Resilience Centre will bring together its partners and other industry bodies to support enterprise resilience

• February 17, 2020 17 Feb'20

  Ex-soldiers to become ethical hackers

  A new programme will give armed forces veterans in Scotland a grounding in cyber security skills, including penetration testing and ethical hacking

• February 11, 2020 11 Feb'20

  Chinese military personnel accused of Equifax hack

  A US federal grand jury has indicted four Chinese army personnel over the 2017 Equifax breach

• February 10, 2020 10 Feb'20

  Norway braces for possible China backlash over 5G loss

  Norway fears trading relationship with China will suffer as a result of Huawei losing 5G contract to Ericsson

• February 06, 2020 06 Feb'20

  Stressed, overworked CISOs losing £23k a year in unpaid overtime

  Nominet’s latest CISO Stress Report has revealed the extent to which organisations are taking advantage of their security staff, and the deleterious effects of overwork and stress on mental health

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  Darktrace signs to McLaren for 2020 F1 season

  McLaren Racing has enlisted Darktrace to become its official artificial intelligence cyber security partner

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  Web app ubiquity gives cyber criminals new opportunities

  The popularity and ubiquity of web-based apps such as Office 365 and Salesforce is a temptation too good to miss for cyber criminals

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  Check Point pledges end to security updates

  Check Point’s Gil Shwed expands on a vision for the next 10 years of cyber security, which he calls Infinity Next

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  IoT network flaw left Philips Hue bulbs open to attack

  Vulnerabilities in the ZigBee internet of things networking protocol have left market-leading smart devices, including Philips Hue lightbulbs, open to exploitation

• February 03, 2020 03 Feb'20

  NHS adds supplier security audits to procurement platform

  A new feature in the NHS’s Edge4Health procurement platform will help NHS suppliers improve their cyber security posture and NHS organisations make better buying decisions

• January 30, 2020 30 Jan'20

  NCSC launches study on cyber security diversity

  The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre wants to improve the diversity of the cyber security sector

• January 29, 2020 29 Jan'20

  UK cyber security sector worth more than £8bn

  The UK’s cyber security industry employs 43,000 full-time workers, and contributed nearly £4bn to the UK economy in 2019, according to DCMS

• January 29, 2020 29 Jan'20

  NHS suffers fewer ransomware attacks, but threat persists

  Ransomware attacks against the NHS have tapered off dramatically, according to statistics obtained under FoI legislation, but this does not mean the threat has diminished

• January 28, 2020 28 Jan'20

  Data privacy benefits outweigh spend, says Cisco

  Cisco’s 2020 data privacy study shows organisations can generate substantial returns on their data privacy and protection spending

• January 27, 2020 27 Jan'20

  UK in catch-22 decision over Huawei security

  The UK’s final decision on whether to permit mobile operators to use Huawei equipment is expected imminently, and its decision will have ramifications far beyond the technology sphere

• January 27, 2020 27 Jan'20

  Government tightens law around IoT cyber security

  New legislation developed by DCMS and the NCSC may help guarantee the security and privacy of users of consumer IoT devices

• January 27, 2020 27 Jan'20

  SANS Institute calls on Manchester security pros

  Manchester will play host to a week-long cyber security training event during February

• January 24, 2020 24 Jan'20

  Milan hosts Cisco’s first European security innovation unit

  Cisco has cut the ribbon on its first Cyber Security Co-Innovation Centre in Europe, at Milan’s Leonardo da Vinci Science and Technology Museum

• January 23, 2020 23 Jan'20

  Travelex hackers shut down German car parts company Gedia in massive ‘cyber attack’

  Car parts manufacturer says cyber attack will have far-reaching consequences for its business, and it has put emergency plans in place to continue deliveries

• January 23, 2020 23 Jan'20

  Seven projects funded to explore CAV security

  The winners of the Cyber Securities Feasibility Studies contest, exploring cyber security for self-driving cars, have been revealed

• January 22, 2020 22 Jan'20

  Citrix releases IoC scanner for ADC and Gateway vulnerabilities

  As patches for its compromised NetScaler ADC and Gateway products begin to roll out, Citrix enlists FireEye Mandiant to develop an indicator of compromise scanner for end-users

• January 22, 2020 22 Jan'20

  Internal error left Microsoft customer service data exposed

  Customer service and support records of nearly 250 million Microsoft customers left exposed after database misconfiguration

• January 21, 2020 21 Jan'20

  5G builders test vulnerabilities in Finnish hackathon

  University hackathon puts 5G security to the test as new wireless technology’s roll-out nears