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99% of UK Businesses Faced Cyber Attacks in the Last Year
2024-10-15 13:00

Nearly half of respondents blamed remote work for these incidents.

US and UK govts warn: Russia scanning for your unpatched vulnerabilities
2024-10-12 03:05

Also, phishing's easier over the phone, and your F5 cookies might be unencrypted, and more in brief If you need an excuse to improve your patching habits, a joint advisory from the US and UK...

US, UK warn of Russian APT29 hackers targeting Zimbra, TeamCity servers
2024-10-10 18:49

U.S. and U.K. cyber agencies warned today that APT29 hackers linked to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) target vulnerable Zimbra and JetBrains TeamCity servers "at a mass scale." [...]

UK's Sellafield nuke waste processing plant fined £333K for infosec blunders
2024-10-05 06:07

Radioactive hazards and cyber failings ... what could possibly go wrong? The outfit that runs Britain's Sellafield nuclear waste processing and decommissioning site has been fined £332,500...

UK nuclear site Sellafield fined $440,000 for cybersecurity shortfalls
2024-10-04 12:57

Nuclear waste processing facility Sellafield has been fined £332,500 ($440k) by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) for failing to adhere to cybersecurity standards and putting sensitive...

One-Third of UK Teachers Lack Cybersecurity Training, While 34% Experience Security Incidents
2024-10-03 15:40

A third of U.K. teachers have not received cyber security training this year, and only two-thirds of those that did deemed it useful, according to a government poll.

Public Wi-Fi operator investigating cyberattack at UK's busiest train stations
2024-09-26 10:29

See it, say it… not sorted just yet as network access remains offline A cybersecurity incident is being probed at Network Rail, the UK non-departmental public body responsible for repairing and...

UK government's bank data sharing plan slammed as 'financial snoopers' charter'
2024-09-26 08:31

Access to account info needed to tackle benefit fraud, latest bill claims Privacy campaigners are criticizing UK proposals to force banks to share data from the accounts of government benefit...

‘Titanic Mindset’: Just 54% of UK IT Pros Confident in Data Recovery
2024-09-25 18:07

IT pros at U.K. companies are not regularly testing their data recovery processes, largely due to a lack of support from higher-ups.

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Clickbaity or genius? 'BF cheated on you' QR codes pop up across UK
2024-09-20 14:10

A new wave of QR codes has popped up across UK claiming to share a video of a boyfriend who "cheated" on a girl named Emily last night. Clickbaity or genius? [...]