Security News

UK users bombarded with scammy offers via Facebook, WhatsApp (Help Net Security)
2017-01-18 14:42

Since the beginning of the year, survey scammers have mounted a veritable onslaught against Facebook and WhatsApp users from the UK. The lure comes in the form of a fake free gift card or voucher...

An SQL Injection Attack Is a Legal Company Name in the UK (Schneier on Security)
2017-01-04 21:17

Someone just registered their company name as ; DROP TABLE "COMPANIES";-- LTD. Reddit thread. Obligatory xkcd comic....

KFC Warns 1.2 Million UK Customers of Colonel’s Club Breach (Threatpost)
2016-12-13 17:08

KFC Corporation warned 1.2 million of its UK-based Colonel’s Club members to reset their passwords after 30 members were targeted in an attack.

UK organisations have a worrying digital security gap (Help Net Security)
2016-11-25 12:30

UK organisations reveals that while 82 percent of C-Suite and senior managers admit they are concerned about the vulnerability of their web sites, mobile applications and social media accounts to...

Fraudsters accessed Three UK customer database with authorised credentials (Help Net Security)
2016-11-18 18:23

Three UK, a telecom and ISP operating in the United Kingdom, has suffered a data breach. According to Three’s status report on the investigation, the attackers were able to access the company’s...

UK Home Secretary signs extradition order for British hacker Lauri Love (Help Net Security)
2016-11-15 15:59

The extradition order for British hacker Lauri Love has been signed on Monday by the UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd, and Love has 14 days to appeal the decision. The 31-year-old was first arrested...