New, custom ransomware delivered to orgs via extremely targeted emails
Ransomware campaigns are usually wide-flung affairs: the attackers send out as many malicious emails as possible and hope to hit a substantial number of targets. But more …
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Disturbing lack of cyber attack awareness among directors
Britain’s top firms and charities urgently need to do more to protect themselves from online threats, according to new government research and a ‘cyber health check’. One in …
UK essential service operators with poor cyber security face massive fines
Organisations who fail to implement effective cyber security measures could be fined as much as £17 million or 4 per cent of global turnover, as part of plans to make …
New UK data protection law to offer more control to users
UK citizens will have more control over how their personal information is used by businesses, and the right to demand from social media companies and online traders the …
Employees working while on holiday open orgs to security risks
Many workers will feel the need to check-up on work emails while they are away from the office and enjoying a well-earned vacation. Unfortunately, by doing that, they can open …
UK govt urges teenagers to apply for cyber security training programme
UK teenagers are being encouraged to register in a cyber security training programme rolled out to help the nation address the risk of a future skills shortage. The Department …
A UK business will spend more than £1m recovering from a data breach
A UK business would have to spend £1.1m on average to recover from a breach – more than the global average of £1m. An NTT Security study of 1,350 non-IT business decision …
Operators of decade-old Malware-as-a-Service outfit charged
As Crackas With Attitude hacker “Incursio” got handed a 2-year prison sentence for gaining unauthorized access to government computers and online accounts of a …
As UK govt calls for encryption backdoors, EU lawmakers propose a ban on them
As the UK gets hit by terror attacks one after the other, the government’s cry for making sure terrorists and criminals can’t find “safe spaces” online …
Is Europe ready for GDPR?
What impact will GDPR have on businesses across the UK, France, Belgium and Luxemburg? Vanson Bourne surveyed 625 IT decision makers in four countries and found that the UK is …
