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Feb 7
1 min

Iranian and Russian hackers targeting politicians and journalists

By Gordon Corera Security correspondent, BBC News Iranian and Russian hackers are targeting British politicians and journalists with...

Jan 6
1 min

Twitter: Millions of users' email addresses 'stolen' in data hack

By Chris Vallance BBC News Data alleged to contain the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users is being given away for...

Nov 22, 2022
2 min

Vanuatu: Hackers strand Pacific island government for over a week

By Frances Mao BBC News Vanuatu's government has been knocked offline for more than 11 days after a suspected cyber-attack on servers in...

Apr 21, 2022
1 min

Actors launch campaign against AI 'show stealers'

By Chris Vallance Technology reporter Actors' livelihoods are at risk from artificial intelligence (AI) unless the law changes, a union...

Apr 5, 2022
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Australia’s early plans for ‘dangerous’ encryption law revealed

Documents show Canberra began seeking powers to crack encrypted communications nearly two years before unveiling law. By John Power...

Apr 5, 2022
1 min

The Works isn't working!

The retailer says it is sure that customer financial data has not been compromised but it is still investigating what else may have been...

Mar 16, 2022
1 min

Will Russia launch a cyberattack on the West?

If you want to stop a television tower from broadcasting, as the Russian army did in Kyiv on 1 March, then it's quicker and easier to do...

Feb 10, 2022
2 min

Increasingly sophisticated ransomware attacks' prompt joint alert from UK, US, and Australia

From Sky News The advisory warns there is "a growing wave" of attacks which could impact critical infrastructure and have "devastating...

Jan 28, 2022
1 min

British firms warned to bolster cyber defences against threat of new Russian attacks (From Sky News)

Deborah Haynes Security and Defence Editor @haynesdeborah Ukraine was hit on 14 January by what Ukrainian officials described as a...

Nov 22, 2021
1 min

UAE50 Conference Day 1

We're off! And what a great start too with a terrific introduction from Mariët Westermann, Vice Chancellor of NYU Abu Dhabi for H E Zaki...

Nov 21, 2021
1 min

UAE50 Conference news. Just one day to go and the team are all arrived!

Our intrepid and hard-working team are there to moderate and run our UAE50 Conference in partnership with NYU Abu Dhabi on Monday and...

Nov 19, 2021
2 min

A Conference in the face of Covid

Despite the difficulties and restrictions brought on by the global Covid pandemic, the strict rules imposed by the UAE government may...

Nov 17, 2021
1 min

Cyber attacks on the UK hit new record...

COVID vaccine research is the prime target A review by the National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ, found that a number of the...

Aug 27, 2021
1 min

Internet cookie requests could be on their way out

The pop-up banners asking users permission to access certain data have become a familiar part of landing on a new website - but they...

Aug 16, 2021
1 min

One-click button will flag dodgy emails

Cyber crime has cost organisations more than £5 million in the past 13 months, with employees being tricked into downloading malware that...

Jul 4, 2021
1 min

Hundreds of US companies hit by 'devastating' ransomware attack

A security firm said the REvil gang, a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate, appears to be responsible for the attack. A "colossal and...

Jun 14, 2021
1 min

OCA and CRA are teaming up!

The Oxford Cyber Academy and Cyber Risk Aware are teaming up to present a series of webinars... These webinars will see thought-leaders...

Jun 11, 2021
2 min

Building momentum for the UAE50 Programme

Making good friends in the UAE as we prepare for our conference at NYU Abu Dhabi in November with our research arm, The Oxford Commission...

Apr 14, 2021
2 min

NATO prepares for world's largest cyber war game

Alexander Martin Technology reporter @AlexMartin Military cyber security specialists are preparing for the largest cyber war game in the...

Mar 27, 2021
1 min

UNESCO trials PixselChat

"...an amazing experience!" The World is beating a path to PixselChat and UNESCO is leading the way! Yesterday, 26th March 2021,...

Mar 12, 2021
1 min

Exchange email hack: Hundreds of UK firms compromised

By Joe Tidy Cyber reporter Hundreds of UK companies have been compromised as part of a global campaign linked to Chinese hackers....

Feb 25, 2021
1 min

GCHQ says AI can help UK combat disinformation attacks

GCHQ says AI can be used widely in the fight against disinformation - and will commit to using it ethically. Article by Deborah Haynes...

Feb 18, 2021
1 min

OCA joins the 2021 Trends and Predictions Panel at the DRI Resilience Excellence Summit

Our Director of Security Studies, Richard Knowlton, is joining the DRI Resilience Excellence Summit on 1-3 March 2021, for a special DRI...

Feb 9, 2021
1 min

OCA proud to play its part with Vrije Universiteit Brussels and Deloitte

OCA welcomes the publication of the Study on the implementation of the new provisions in the revised Audio-visual Media Services...