Security News

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...

Huawei savaged by Brit code review board over pisspoor dev practices
2019-03-28 12:44

HCSEC pulls no technical punches in annual report Britain's Huawei oversight board has said the Chinese company is a threat to British national security after all – and some existing mobile...

Brit Police Federation cops to ransomware attack on HQ systems
2019-03-21 15:22

Sort-of union for bobbies has triggered criminal investigation The Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW), a sort-of trade union for police workers, has been battling to contain a...

China's tech giants are a security threat to the UK, says Brit spy bigwig
2019-02-25 19:08

Times are strange when spies talk about infosec and economics colliding The world must "understand the opportunities and threats from China's technological offer", GCHQ director Jeremy Fleming...

Holby damned! We've caught a virus: Brit medical soaps team up for 'cyber' episode
2019-02-15 16:16

WannaCry? You will do BBC "sister" medical drama shows Holby City and the venerable Casualty from which it sprang have announced that they are teaming up for a two-part "cyberattack special". NHS...