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• January 27, 2020 27 Jan'20

  Government tightens law around IoT cyber security

  New legislation developed by DCMS and the NCSC may help guarantee the security and privacy of users of consumer IoT devices

• January 27, 2020 27 Jan'20

  SANS Institute calls on Manchester security pros

  Manchester will play host to a week-long cyber security training event during February

• January 24, 2020 24 Jan'20

  NHS alerted to severe vulnerabilities in GE health equipment

  A series of vulnerabilities in patient monitoring equipment manufactured by General Electric could have left patient data exposed in hospitals around the world, including the UK

• January 24, 2020 24 Jan'20

  Milan hosts Cisco’s first European security innovation unit

  Cisco has cut the ribbon on its first Cyber Security Co-Innovation Centre in Europe, at Milan’s Leonardo da Vinci Science and Technology Museum

• January 23, 2020 23 Jan'20

  Seven projects funded to explore CAV security

  The winners of the Cyber Securities Feasibility Studies contest, exploring cyber security for self-driving cars, have been revealed

• January 23, 2020 23 Jan'20

  End-user security ignorance laid bare in new report

  Proofpoint’s 2020 State of the Phish report highlights an urgent need for better user training and reporting

• January 22, 2020 22 Jan'20

  Citrix releases IoC scanner for ADC and Gateway vulnerabilities

  As patches for its compromised NetScaler ADC and Gateway products begin to roll out, Citrix enlists FireEye Mandiant to develop an indicator of compromise scanner for end-users

• January 21, 2020 21 Jan'20

  5G builders test vulnerabilities in Finnish hackathon

  University hackathon puts 5G security to the test as new wireless technology’s roll-out nears

• January 17, 2020 17 Jan'20

  App developers sue Facebook over ‘anti-competitive conduct’

  Lawsuit is based on leaked internal Facebook documents obtained and published by Computer Weekly and NBC last year

• January 17, 2020 17 Jan'20

  Emotet reinvigorated after Christmas break

  The high-volume Emotet campaign is back in action after the Christmas holidays, and is just as dangerous as ever

• January 16, 2020 16 Jan'20

  A quarter of users will fall for basic phishing attacks

  Phishing emails that appear to be security alerts are the most effective method of compromise, says KnowBe4

• January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20

  Lorca announces new cohort of 20 security scaleups

  20 scaleups will focus their attention on automation, zero trust and supply chain security

• January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20

  Last Windows 7 patch updates critical remote desktop flaw

  It is no longer being supported with free updates, but Microsoft's final Patch Tuesday for Windows 7 fixes a major flaw in the 10-year-old operating system

• January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20

  LGBTQ+ social app Grindr accused of breaching GDPR

  Norwegian Consumer Council files complaints about LGBTQ+ social networking app, alleging it is in breach of the General Data Protection Regulation

• January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20

  Threat landscape grew in complexity in 2019, no respite in sight

  Check Point’s annual state of security report shares some 2019 trends and looks ahead to 2020

• January 14, 2020 14 Jan'20

  Two-thirds of UK healthcare organisations breached last year

  The majority of healthcare organisations in the UK experienced a cyber security incident during 2019, with almost half the result of viruses and malware introduced on third party devices

• January 14, 2020 14 Jan'20

  Researchers find cryptojacker hiding in Wav audio file

  Victim network was compromised by obfuscated malware hiding a Monero cryptominer, lurking inside a Wav audio file

• January 14, 2020 14 Jan'20

  Cyber criminals spend three months lurking in target networks

  Cyber criminals are spending longer hiding in target networks before launching their attacks, as more organised groups turn to business disruption to achieve their objectives

• January 14, 2020 14 Jan'20

  Turn the end of Windows 7 support into a security advantage

  CISOs can take advantage of the end of support for Microsoft Windows 7 by making the case for more investment in cyber security

• January 14, 2020 14 Jan'20

  Citrix NetScaler vulnerabilities won’t be patched until end of January

  Some vulnerabilities identified in Citrix products will not be fully patched until the end of January 2020

• January 13, 2020 13 Jan'20

  Sextortion campaign hits Nest home security cameras

  Owners of Google’s Nest home security cameras are being targeted in a sextortion scam by criminals playing on fears over IoT security

• January 10, 2020 10 Jan'20

  National Lottery hacker jailed for nine months

  Small-time cyber criminal jailed for his role in a cyber attack on lottery operator Camelot that netted him just £5

• January 09, 2020 09 Jan'20

  Retail group Dixons Carphone fined £500,000 over data breach

  Dixons Carphone receives maximum possible pre-GDPR fine from the ICO following a 2018 data breach

• January 09, 2020 09 Jan'20

  Don’t become the next Travelex: Get ready for ransomware

  With Travelex’s IT still in disarray and banks and travellers left without access to funds more than a week after it was hit by a ransomware attack, we ask what others can learn from the foreign exchange services company’s response to the incident

• January 08, 2020 08 Jan'20

  TikTok video-sharing app left user data exposed

  Check Point uncovered serious vulnerabilities in the TikTok video-sharing app that left users exposed

• January 07, 2020 07 Jan'20

  Broadcom flogs Symantec enterprise security unit to Accenture

  Acquisition is set to make Accenture a global leader in managed cyber security services

• December 24, 2019 24 Dec'19

  Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2019

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cyber crime stories of 2019

• December 23, 2019 23 Dec'19

  Top 10 cyber security stories of 2019

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cyber security stories of 2019

• December 20, 2019 20 Dec'19

  Finnish government supports local authorities in cyber security initiative

  The Finnish government has committed resources to a cyber security project aimed at local authorities

• December 17, 2019 17 Dec'19

  Group-IB CEO talks up global threat landscape

  Public attribution of cyber attacks could backfire while a global cyber norms framework won’t emerge until a catastrophic incident occurs, says the head of Singapore-based Group-IB

• December 16, 2019 16 Dec'19

  Barco fixes ClickShare wireless flaw, but users still at risk

  Supplier patches a major vulnerability in its popular ClickShare wireless presentation system with a firmware upgrade, but experts warn that users are not out of the woods yet

• December 13, 2019 13 Dec'19

  Alarm bells ring, the IoT is listening

  With Christmas bearing down on us, a series of vulnerability disclosures has drawn attention to the parlous state of IoT security, and serves as a timely warning to people planning to buy smart devices as gifts

• December 09, 2019 09 Dec'19

  Public sector still losing user devices in high numbers

  The Ministry of Justice has lost 354 smartphones, PCs, laptops and tablets in the past 12 months, according to a Freedom of Information request, and other government departments are in the same boat

• December 09, 2019 09 Dec'19

  Jailed hacker ordered to pay back £270k

  An Essex man jailed in April over malware offences dating back years has been ordered to pay back the profits of his crime spree, and sell valuable assets

• December 09, 2019 09 Dec'19

  China bans foreign computing kit from government contracts

  All government offices and public institutions must eliminate foreign hardware and software within three years, according to a leaked directive dubbed 3-5-2

• December 06, 2019 06 Dec'19

  How commodities firm ED&F Man solved its threat detection challenges

  After a minor server breach, leading commodities trader turned to Vectra’s Cognito service to expose hidden threats, spot privilege misuse, and conduct conclusive investigations

• December 06, 2019 06 Dec'19

  Dutch government must facilitate and coordinate a broad eID system

  The Dutch government should push for an electronic ID system for its citizens that works across the public and private sectors, according to a report

• December 05, 2019 05 Dec'19

  Aviatrix VPN vulnerability left user endpoints wide open

  Immersive Labs has disclosed a serious vulnerability in VPN supplier Aviatrix’s enterprise client that could have granted hackers elevated user privileges across enterprise targets

• December 05, 2019 05 Dec'19

  Hackers primed to exploit 5G to Wi-Fi handover flaws

  Warning that attackers will find new vulnerabilities to access voice and data on 5G mobile phones as carriers hand off calls and data to Wi-Fi networks to save bandwidth

• December 04, 2019 04 Dec'19

  Black Hat Europe: Red teams and blue teams must evolve in the 2020s

  The red team versus blue team dichotomy is somewhat arbitrary and risks pigeonholing skilled security professionals into certain roles, says Facebook’s Amanda Rousseau

• December 03, 2019 03 Dec'19

  Biometrics to enable $2.5tn of mobile payments by 2024

  Juniper Research study predicts that biometric technology will be present on 90% of smartphones in five years’ time

• December 02, 2019 02 Dec'19

  Top Android apps at risk from StrandHogg vulnerability

  Researchers at Promon say all of the 500 most-downloaded Android apps are at risk from a newly discovered vulnerability

• November 29, 2019 29 Nov'19

  Cyber criminal RAT busted by cops

  Police forces around the UK have arrested nine people as part of an international operation targeting users of a remote access trojan

• November 25, 2019 25 Nov'19

  Conservatives propose national cyber crime force

  Manifesto also says Tories would “empower the police to safely use new technologies like biometrics and artificial intelligence, along with the use of DNA, within a strict legal framework”

• November 20, 2019 20 Nov'19

  Mimecast blocked 99 billion suspicious emails in third quarter

  Latest threat intelligence report reveals the scale of the threat posed by malicious emails, with the transport, legal and financial sectors hit hardest

• November 20, 2019 20 Nov'19

  Carbon Black to open Australia datacentre in 2020

  Australia datacentre comes on the heels of VMware’s acquisition of Carbon Black and will serve organisations with data sovereignty requirements

• November 19, 2019 19 Nov'19

  Anti-stalkerware coalition calls time on intrusive abusers

  New coalition plans to tackle the scourge of stalkerware as a tool of domestic and other forms of abuse

• November 19, 2019 19 Nov'19

  Businesses failing to wipe data from old endpoints

  Organisations are not taking adequate precautions to sanitise data held on endpoints when refreshing their PC or mobile device estates

• November 14, 2019 14 Nov'19

  Home Office Brexit app contains multiple security flaws

  The Home Office’s Brexit app may be putting EU citizens’ personal data at risk

• November 14, 2019 14 Nov'19

  Cyber criminals tool up for Christmas fraud season

  Organised criminals are trying to cash in on the festive retail boom with both brand new and tried-and-tested techniques