Security News

Now Uncle Sam would like a word with Brit teen TalkTalk hacker about a huge crypto-coin heist
2019-09-26 12:02

Someone's popular! One of the teens behind the 2015 hack on UK telco TalkTalk has been indicted in the US over a huge cryptocurrency heist.…

Eco-activists arrested by Brit cops after threatening to close Heathrow with drones
2019-09-12 19:34

Five nabbed over conspiracy to commit a public nuisance Five people have been arrested by the Metropolitan Police for threatening to fly drones around London’s Heathrow airport this Friday to...

Brit infosec firms urge PM Boris to reform the Computer Misuse Act
2019-07-29 09:00

Let us compete globally, say threat intel outfits A group of British infosec companies has written to UK prime minister Boris Johnson asking him to reform the Computer Misuse Act 1990, saying the...

Brit events and info biz Incisive Media admits open server port may have left readers deets exposed
2019-04-29 11:59

Home of CRN UK, Computing and others warn remaining readers to update their freakin' passwords UK events and publishing outfit Incisive Media today urged subscribers to change their account...

Brit spy chief: We need trust or we won't have a 'licence to operate in cyberspace'
2019-04-24 14:33

GCHQ U-turns, wants Joe Public onside as well as industry Cyber UK 2019 GCHQ's director-general has called for more public trust in the controversial British spy agency.…

Brit Watchkeeper drone fell in the sea because blocked sensor made algorithms flip out
2019-04-15 13:58

Report scolds maker Thales for poorly understood software A British Army Watchkeeper drone stalled itself and crashed into the sea on a bad weather flight test, military investigators have said –...

Brit hacker jailed for strapping ransomware to smut site ad networks
2019-04-09 17:15

6 years in the cooler for cybercrim who made £700k+ from Angler Exploit Kit A student hacker who used pornography websites' ad networks to deploy the Angler Exploit Kit onto his marks' devices has...

You don't need a PhD to phish a Brit university: Nonprofit claims 100% hit rate is easy peasy
2019-04-04 13:06

And if it ain't that, it's hacked-off students firing out DDoSes British university admin folk are alarmingly easy to phish, according to an academic support body which claims a 100 per cent...

Brit founder of Windows leaks website BuildFeed, infosec bod spared jail over Microsoft hack
2019-03-29 18:20

26 and 24-year-olds slapped with suspended sentences, community work orders The Brit who ran the BuildFeed website of Windows leaks has been handed a suspended prison sentence – along with a...

Brit founder of Windows leaks website Buildfeed and infosec bod spared jail for hacking Microsoft
2019-03-29 18:20

26 and 24-year-olds slapped with suspended sentences, community work orders The Brit who ran the BuildFeed website of Windows leaks has been handed a suspended prison sentence – along with a...