According to internet service provider (ISP) Beaming, 2020 was the busiest year on record for cyber attacks against UK firms, which is no surprise, given that reliance on technology... Read more »
The UK Cyber Security Council – the government-backed association dedicated to security education, training, skills and certifications – has invited its 16 founding member bodies to apply for a... Read more »
A new campaign of malicious activity from the same cyber criminal group that caused widespread disruption after breaking into the systems of various organisations via a tainted upgrade to... Read more »
Businesses in the UK will be able to continue to exchange data with Europe following a long-awaited decision that the UK’s data protection regime is compatible with Europe’s data... Read more »
Push payment fraud, where individuals, businesses and financial institutions are tricked into sending payments to bank accounts controlled by fraudsters, is a very common occurrence. Such scams are not... Read more »
The contribution of the insurance sector to improving cyber security best practice to date has been more limited than both policy makers and businesses might like, and an industry-wide... Read more »
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Binance Markets Limited – part of the Binance cryptocurrency trading platform – from undertaking any regulatory activity in the UK, and has... Read more »
The number of officially reported HMRC-branded phishing scams jumped from 572,029 in the 2019-2020 fiscal year to 1,069,522 in the 2020-2021 period, an 87% surge, according to statistics obtained... Read more »
Lindy Cameron, CEO of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), is highlighting the importance of collaboration between the UK and Ireland on cyber security issues and threats, in... Read more »
Isle of Anglesey County Council in north Wales has been forced to shut off IT systems at all five of the island’s secondary schools following a cyber attack of... Read more »
