Security News

Who's hacking into UK unis? Spies, research-nickers... or rival gamers living in res hall?
2018-09-17 10:20

Report fingers students and staff for academic cyber-attacks Who's hacking into university systems? Here's a clue from the UK higher education tech crew at Jisc: the attacks drop dramatically...

Talking UK Cyberwar With Sir David Omand
2018-09-13 13:56

Over the last few days, UK national press has run headlines such as "IT'S CYBER WAR! Prime Minister May vows to take on President Putinís novichok spy network" (Daily Mail); and "Novichok...

23% of UK SMBs still use USB drives as their primary data storage solution
2018-08-27 11:15

Mny British companies are finding it hard to store and manage their company’s data effectively. Seagate polled a representative sample of 1,006 UK SMB employees, asking them about their employers’...

Superdrug: Hackers claim to have 20k online UK customer records
2018-08-21 21:23

Company says it's just 386 Hackers claim to have grabbed the personal details of almost 20,000 bods that shopped online at Superdrug, the cosmetics retailer has confirmed - payment information is...

Healthcare security nightmare: UK's NHS lost nearly 10K patient records last year
2018-08-20 13:41

Despite having electronic record systems in place, 94% of NHS Trusts still use handwritten notes for patient record keeping, according to a report from Parliament Street.

UK Police Deploy Homemade Mobile Fingerprint Scanners
2018-08-14 13:44

The UK Metropolitan Police Service -- the Met, the UK's largest police force and one of the largest in the world -- has introduced a new portable fingerprint scanner. This is not the first...

UK cyber cops: Infosec pros could help us divert teens from 'dark side'
2018-08-13 08:11

Police seek mentor-like techies to help talented kids UK police are looking to cybersecurity firms to help implement a strategy of steering youngsters away from a life in online crime.…

Rights groups challenge UK cops over refusal to hand over info on IMSI catchers
2018-08-07 12:32

Activists sick of 'neither confirm nor deny' excuse British cops' efforts to keep schtum about their use of IMSI grabbers to snoop on people's mobile phones is to be challenged in court.…

Rights groups challenge UK cops over refusal to hand over info on ISMI catchers
2018-08-07 12:32

Activists sick of 'neither confirm nor deny' excuse British cops' efforts to keep schtum about their use of IMSI grabbers to snoop on people's mobile phones is to be challenged in court.…

Here's why UK and Irish businesses must prepare for a flood of GDPR data requests
2018-08-06 15:12

According to a SAS survey, 27% of UK and Irish consumers have already exercised their personal data rights under GDPR, and more are planning to.