Parliamentary devices left in taxis, buses, trains and pubs

A total of 96 laptops, tablets, smartphones and other devices were lost by or stolen from parliamentary staffers between January 2019 and December 2020, with one device disappearing within... Read more »

Best practices for secure printing

In terms of security risks, printers are often given a relatively low priority. In the corporate world, they tend to reside in an office, inside the firewall, and they... Read more »

NHS app reaches six million, thanks to Covid vaccine feature

The NHS app can now boast more than six million users around the UK, having added 2,737,842 new users since a 17 May update that added an individual’s Covid-19... Read more »

NHS App reaches six million users, thanks to Covid vaccine feature

The NHS App can now boast more than six million users around the UK, having added 2,737,842 new users since a 17 May update that added an individual’s Covid-19... Read more »

ping sweep (ICMP sweep)

What is ping sweep (ICMP sweep)? A ping sweep (also known as an ICMP sweep) is a basic network scanning technique used to determine which of a range of... Read more »

Lorca Ignite programme targets breakout cyber talent

The London Office for Rapid Cybersecurity Advancement (Lorca) is inducting six of the most successful scaleups to have come through its Accelerator programme in the past three years into... Read more »

Carnival Cruises hit by fourth cyber incident in a year

Following a March 2020 data breach in which a malicious actor stole personal data after accessing company email accounts, and two separate ransomware attacks, one in August and one... Read more »

Cyber crooks target Amazon Prime users ahead of retail bonanza

Almost 80% of domains containing the word Amazon are potentially dangerous, and with over 2,300 new domains linked to the retail giant registered in the past 30 days ahead... Read more »

Biden tackles Putin on ransomware at Geneva summit

A crucial meeting between US president Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin has resulted in an agreement in principle that something must be done to bring the current surge... Read more »

Cl0p ransomware gang clapped in irons, assets seized

The Ukrainian authorities have made several arrests and seized multiple assets in a major takedown of the Cl0p (or Clop) ransomware operation that has also seen the disruption of... Read more »
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