Security News

BBC points Russians to the Tor version of itself
2022-03-04 15:30

Russia has reportedly blocked access to Western media outlets including the BBC to netizens within its borders, as suspicions rise that the country has begun implementing a "Splinternet" plan to seal itself off from the wider internet. These frequencies can be received clearly in Kyiv and parts of Russia.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee and the BBC stage a very British coup to rescue our data from Facebook and friends
2021-10-04 08:30

BBC R&D discovered it too didn't much like the way personal data was in the hands of the wrong people. You keep your personal data stored on an edge device you control.

University of California San Francisco pays ransomware gang $1.14m as BBC publishes 'dark web negotiations'
2020-06-29 16:29

A California university which is dedicated solely to public health research has paid a $1.14m ransom to a criminal gang in the hopes of regaining access to its data. The University of California San Francisco paid out in the apparently successful hope that the Netwalker group would send it a decryption utility for its illicitly encrypted files, which it referred to as "Data ... important to some of the academic work we pursue as a university serving the public good".

Facebook scam steals famous faces and BBC branding
2019-11-07 12:19

An email scam from earlier this year has resurfaced on Facebook - don't fall for it!

New BBC ‘dark web’ Tor mirror site aims to beat censorship
2019-10-28 13:08

A mirror copy of the BBC’s international news website is now available to users on the so-called dark web.

Tor blimey, Auntie! BBC launches dedicated dark web mirror site
2019-10-24 10:59

Censor-dodging news for those sat in ban-happy countries The BBC has launched a .onion version of its news website on the Tor anonymising network aimed at readers based in countries that ban its services.…

Tor blimey, Auntie! BBC launches dedicated 'dark web' portal
2019-10-24 10:59

Censor-dodging news for those sat in ban-happy countries The BBC has launched a .onion version of its news website on the Tor anonymising network aimed at readers based in countries that ban its services.…

BBC micro:bit vendor Kitronik says customers' deets nicked, fingers Magecart malware
2018-11-02 09:30

We're one of 7,000 victims here, firm insists Educational electronics outlet Kitronik has suffered a data breach which its data controller suspects was caused by the same strain of malware that...

Malvertising campaign hits MSN.com, NY Times, BBC, AOL (Help Net Security)
2016-03-16 17:47

In the last couple of days, visitors of a number of highly popular websites have been targeted with malicious adverts that attempted to install malware (mostly ransomware, but also various...