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The TrickBot Trojan has been upgraded with new modules to make detection, and defense, more difficult. First discovered in 2016, TrickBot is a financial Trojan which targets the customers of major banks. The Trojan is most commonly connected to phishing campaigns which Read More …
The UK’s police forces have spent more than £1.3 million in the last three years training its staff on cybersecurity issues. The figures, contained in a new report released by the Parliament Street Think Tank, show that almost 40,000 staff have Read More …
Millions of National Lottery players have been urged to change their passwords following what parent company Camelot describes as “suspicious activity” involving lottery accounts. Camelot, which runs the National Lottery, insists there’s been no access to core systems or databases Read More …
Brexit means Brexit, according to the prime minister, but with little more than a year until 29 March 2019 — the date the UK is due to depart the European Union — there are still many questions to be answered Read More …
The government wants to position the UK as a global leader in cybersecurity and make it one of the safest countries to do business. These aims were set out in its Cyber Security Export Strategy; a five year plan for the Read More …
Tech firms said they welcome the government’s latest data protection plans, which could see an ongoing EU-level role for Britain’s information commissioner UK technology ndmpanies have welcomed a commitment by the government to seek a broader role for Britain in Read More …
Britain’s local governments were hit by almost 100 million cyber attacks in the last five years, while one in four councils’ systems were successfully breached, according to research. Privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch sent Freedom of Information to all Read More …
The United Kingdon’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office has formally “attributed the NotPetya cyber-attack to the Russian Government”, specifically the nation’s military. “The decision to publicly attribute this incident underlines the fact that the UK and its allies will not tolerate Read More …
Yet another defeat in the courts for the UK government’s use of mass surveillance as an indiscriminate and, as it frequently turns out, unlawful investigatory tool. Today the UK’s Court of Appeal handed down its ruling in a long running challenge to Read More …
Under half of businesses are aware of upcoming data protection laws they’ll be subject to in just four months’ time — or what the new legislation means for how information security is handled. A lack of awareness about the forthcoming Read More …
