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Shared, not stirred: GCHQ chief says Europe needs British spies
2018-06-20 10:46

Director insists collaboration will continue after Brexit The head of GCHQ has publicly called for security co-operation with Britain's EU allies to continue after Brexit.…

'Tesco probably knows more about me than GCHQ': Infosec boffins talk surveillance capitalism
2018-06-04 10:11

Cambridge Uni powwow broods on Facebook, Wannacry Privacy of medical data and the machinations of surveillance capitalism were under the spotlight at a Cambridge University symposium last week.…

GCHQ bod tells privacy advocates: Most of our work is making sure we operate within the law
2018-05-29 15:22

'If you whack governments on privacy it will only drive the vulnerability market' Privacy advocates, journalists and a representative from GCHQ squared off in a debate on surveillance in Cambridge today.…

GCHQ boss calls out Russia for 'industrial scale disinformation'
2018-04-12 15:46

Kremlin 'blurring boundaries between criminal and state activity' – director GCHQ‬ boss Jeremy Fleming has hailed the success of a cyber-offensive against ISIS last year and warned of the growing...

GCHQ's infosec crew plans to 'scale up' Web Check to improve uk.gov site security
2018-04-01 00:00

That's the National Cyber Security Centre when it's at home Efforts to improve the UK.gov's secure server setup are being ramped up through an expansion of a scheme from the National Cyber...

GCHQ Found -- and Disclosed -- a Windows 10 Vulnerability
2017-12-19 12:06

Now this is good news. The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) -- part of GCHQ -- found a serious vulnerability in Windows Defender (their anti-virus component). Instead of keeping it...