Latest Cyber Security News
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UK cyber security watchdog calls for common industry standards
The UK’s cyber security regulator has joined a chorus of voices calling for an industry effort to install common data security standards, particularly within businesses....
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Microsoft leads tech firms signing cyber security agreement
Several of the world’s largest technology companies have co-signed a security charter that will mandate them to protect their products and customers from increasingly complex...
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We need to share cyber security burden, says Amber Rudd
In an announcement made this week, home secretary Amber Rudd said that business owners, cyber security specialists and the general public have a shared responsibility...
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Processor attacks: the next big threat in 2018
The beginning of 2018 was dominated by headlines mentioning exploits like Meltdown and Spectre, malware which would exploit a device’s processor in order to access...
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Ransomware to target incident response services, says study
A new study of the methods used by cyber attackers has found that those using ransomware switched their focus from extorting money from victims to...
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Compliance & Strategy
New Chinese law opens firms to cyber exploitation
China has introduced a new cyber security law that will enable its government to monitor and potentially discover any breaches to the security systems of...
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Calls for 'urgent action' after leaked report on NHS cyber security failings
Labour has called on Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to 'wake up' to the cyber threat against the National Health Service and take urgent action to...
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Indian government spearheads mobile cyber security
The Indian government is proving itself at the forefront of the fight against cyber threats as they move to finalise cyber security standards for mobile...
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NHS cyber-defender arrested in US
The 23-year-old cyber-security whizzkid Marcus Hutchins, who battled the WannaCry attack against the NHS in May, is due to appear in a US court charged...
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Breaches
NHS hit with cyber attack in major incident
NHS services across England and Scotland have been hit with a major cyber attack, with reports of ambulances being diverted, patients urged to avoid some...