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UK Considers Banning Ransomware Payments
2025-01-15 16:19

The proposed mandate intends to discourage criminals from targeting critical national infrastructure and public services, as there will be no financial motivation.

It's not just Big Tech: The UK's Online Safety Act applies across the board
2025-01-14 12:15

That niche forum running for 20 years – get ready, there's work to do Analysis A little more than two months out from its first legal deadline, the UK’s Online Safety Act is causing concern among...

UK floats ransomware payout ban for public sector
2025-01-14 11:04

Stronger proposals may also see private sector applying for a payment 'license' A total ban on ransomware payments across the public sector might actually happen after the UK government opened a...

UK domain registry Nominet breached via Ivanti zero-day
2025-01-13 20:03

The number of internet-facing Ivanti Connect Secure instances vulnerable to attack via CVE-2025-0282 has fallen from 2,048 to 800 in the last four days, the Shadowserver Foundation shared today....

UK domain registry Nominet confirms breach via Ivanti zero-day
2025-01-13 16:50

Nominet, the official .UK domain registry and one of the largest country code registries, has confirmed that its network was breached two weeks ago using an Ivanti VPN zero-day vulnerability. [...]

UK ICO not happy with Google's plans to allow device fingerprinting
2024-12-23 09:31

Also, Ascension notifies 5.6M victims, Krispy Kreme bandits come forward, LockBit 4.0 released, and more in brief Google has announced plans to allow its business customers to begin...

UK Cyber Risks Are ‘Widely Underestimated,’ Warns Country’s Security Chief
2024-12-05 19:24

Richard Horne, the head of the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre, says that hostile activity has “increased in frequency, sophistication and intensity.”

Shape the future of UK cyber security
2024-12-05 09:03

Support the industry by sponsoring the UK Cyber Team Competition Partner Content The opportunity to identify, foster and nurture talented young people towards a cyber security career should always...

UK disrupts Russian money laundering networks used by ransomware
2024-12-04 20:18

​A law enforcement operation led by the United Kingdom's National Crime Agency (NCA) has disrupted two Russian money laundering networks working with criminals worldwide, including ransomware gangs. [...]

Severity of the risk facing the UK is widely underestimated, NCSC annual review warns
2024-12-03 11:45

National cyber emergencies increased threefold this year The number of security threats in the UK that hit the country's National Cyber Security Centre's (NCSC) maximum severity threshold has...

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