Security News

UK spy agency warns Brit telcos to flee from ZTE gear
2018-04-16 14:55

GCHQ's cyber guys don't say why... GCHQ's cyber security advice group has formally warned of the risk of using ZTE equipment and services for the UK's telco infrastructure.…

UK health service boss at the heart of WannaCry outbreak warns of more nasty code infections
2018-04-13 18:27

Assume we're going to get hacked next time and plan for it The UK's National Health Service has learned from last year's WannaCry attack – and started putting in place disaster recovery measures...

How will we know UK has hit Cyber DEFCON 1? Glad you asked
2018-04-12 10:35

Of course we're not going to call it that The UK government has launched a new cyber attack categorisation that is designed to improve response to incidents – sadly it doesn't go up to 11.*…

Rudd-y hell, dark web! Amber alert! UK Home Sec is on the war path for stealthy cyber-crims
2018-04-11 18:23

Hashtag game over crooks question mark question mark Britain's Home Secretary Amber Rudd has launched a crackdown on criminals who exploit the dark web.…

Breach at UK's Great Western Railway: Commuters told to reset passwords
2018-04-11 09:44

1,000 accounts compromised Great Western Rail is urging all customers to change their passwords after identifying a successful attack to access GWR.com accounts over the last week.…

UK.gov unveils cyber security export strategy – only thing missing is the strategy
2018-04-01 00:00

More b*llsh... IT The UK government has published a details-light "cyber security export strategy" intended to help local SMEs win contracts abroad - despite having struggled to boost its own...

Privacy activists to UK plod: Wanna slurp folks' phone records? Come back with a warrant
2018-04-01 00:00

Lack of regulation and records risks abuse, says charity Cops should need a search warrant to slurp information from peoples' phones, Privacy International has said as it calls for a government...

Don't want to alarm you, but defence bods think North Korea could nuke UK 'within a few years'
2018-04-01 00:00

Report on threat posed by rogue state demands more cash for government hackers North Korea maintains a hacking base in China, the UK Parliament's Defence Select Committee has been told, while...

How a QR code can fool iOS 11's Camera app into opening evil.com rather than nice.co.uk
2018-04-01 00:00

Miscreants can spoof URL with potentially nasty results A security researcher based in Germany has identified a flaw in the way Apple's iOS 11 handles QR codes in its Camera app.…

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...