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Feb 6, 2021
1 min

Ransomware: A company paid millions to get their data back...

By Danny Palmer| February 2, 2021 -- 09:56 GMT (09:56 GMT) | Topic: Security Ransomware: A company paid millions to get their data back,...

Feb 4, 2021
4 min

SOME REASONS WHY CYBER REGULATION DOESN’T WORK

Some good observations from the Internet Security Alliance (ISA) in Washington. You can hear much more about these issues from a European...

Feb 3, 2021
1 min

Google says it’s too easy for hackers to find new security flaws

by Patrick Howell O'Neill In December 2018, researchers at Google detected a group of hackers with their sights set on Microsoft’s...

Feb 3, 2021
1 min

Second SolarWinds Hack Deepens Fears

It appears that not only Russia but also China targeted the company, a reminder of the many ways interconnectedness can go wrong. IT'S...

Feb 2, 2021
1 min

AI - The Future

Estimates show that AI could deliver a 10% increase in UK GDP in 2030. If approached correctly, this would offer huge benefits to the...

Feb 1, 2021
1 min

NHS Test and Trace 'unaffected' by cyber attack at Serco

Alexander Martin Technology reporter @AlexMartin NHS Test and Trace, headed up by Baroness Dido Harding, has faced regular criticism...

Jan 28, 2021
1 min

Police raids take down botnet

The botnet was linked to as much as 70% of the malware used around the world to steal financial data and install ransomware Emotet, one...

Jan 11, 2021
1 min

WhatsApp and Facebook to share users' data outside Europe and UK

WhatsApp is forcing users to agree to sharing information with Facebook if they want to keep using the service. The company warns users...

Jan 6, 2021
1 min

Wake up...and smell the coffee!

By Zoe Kleinman Technology reporter Future Zoom users will be able to smell the virtual coffee People in video meetings will, in future,...

Jan 6, 2021
1 min

Coronavirus: AI steps up in battle against Covid-19

By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter It feels as if a superhuman effort is needed to help ease the global pandemic killing so many....

Jan 6, 2021
1 min

How artificial intelligence may be making you buy things

By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter "Our AI system tracks people's behaviour patterns rather than their purchases, and the more you...

Jan 5, 2021
1 min

SolarWinds: The more we learn, the worse it looks

While you've been distracted by the holidays, coronavirus, and politics, the more we learn about the SolarWinds security fiasco, the...

Jan 5, 2021
1 min

Ticketmaster admits it hacked rival company before it went out of business

DAN GOODIN - 1/4/2021 Ticketmaster has agreed to pay a $10 million criminal fine after admitting its employees repeatedly used stolen...

Jan 4, 2021
1 min

New Golang-based Crypto worm infects Windows and Linux

By Pierluigi Paganini Experts from Intezer discovered a Golang-based worm that targets Windows and Linux servers. The worm spreads by...

Jan 4, 2021
1 min

Cybersecurity: 4 key areas that IT leaders need to address

by Michael Kassner Collaboration between organizations and even countries might be the only way to have a positive impact on cybercrime,...

Jan 4, 2021
1 min

Turkey reveals its three-year cybersecurity plan

The country hopes to defend its citizens from cyberattacks through a set of new measures. As Turkey has faced 325,000 cyberattacks in the...

Jan 4, 2021
1 min

Ransomware Is Headed Down a Dire Path

Lily Hay Newman 2020 was a great year for ransomware gangs. For hospitals, schools, municipal governments, and everyone else, it’s going...

Dec 21, 2020
1 min

Donald Trump downplays 'cyber hack' against US government

From Sky News reporter Deborah Haynes Foreign affairs editor @haynesdeborah Donald Trump has attempted to downplay what one of his top...

Dec 21, 2020
1 min

US nuclear agency a target in 'massive' cyber attack

From Sky News' reporter Deborah Haynes Foreign affairs editor @haynesdeborah The US Department of Energy, with responsibility for...

Dec 10, 2020
1 min

European Medicines Agency targeted by cyber attack (From Sky News)

It is not clear whether the attack was successful, nor whether it will have an impact on the agency approving COVID-19 vaccines. The...

Dec 3, 2020
1 min

Hackers targeted vaccine 'cold supply' chain network

This development illustratres once again how there is an immediacy to cyber threats that requires diligence and awareness beyond even...

Nov 27, 2020
1 min

Hackers for Goalposts?

Manchester United are being assisted by the UK's cyber security agency after an online attack left the club unable to fully restore its...

Nov 24, 2020
1 min

Richard Knowlton of OCA elected a Fellow of the Institute of Strategic Risk Management (ISRM)

OCA are proud to announce that Richard Knowlton, our Director of Security Studies, has been elected as a Fellow of the Institute of...

Nov 24, 2020
1 min

Knock knock...

Weak passwords and poor data encyption are leading to an 'open door' status for smart doorbells. The bottom line here is that several...