US government given permission to appeal UK’s decision to not extradite Julian Assange

The High Court has given permission for the US government to appeal against a decision not to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The US government will be able to... Read more »

ICO to probe Hancock over private email use

Former health secretary Matt Hancock, who resigned in June after breaking social distancing laws amid a storm of criticism for his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, now faces an... Read more »

How the UK Cyber Security Council plans to professionalise security

The so-called elevator pitch has become something of a cliché espoused by motivational speakers at a hundred Ted talks, but in the late 1990s, Claudia Natanson got a chance... Read more »

Opportunists seen targeting Kaseya REvil victims

Opportunistic cyber criminal operations appear to have started taking advantage of the 1,000-plus victims of the $70m REvil ransomware attack on managed service provider (MSP) customers of Kaseya, as... Read more »

Security Think Tank: As offices reopen, address patching and ‘build drift’

The start of home working at the beginning of lockdown caused several logistical and security problems with the roll-out of more VPN endpoints and additional security measures for home... Read more »

About 60 Kaseya customers hit by REvil

The number of managed service provider (MSP) customers impacted by a wide-ranging REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware attack orchestrated through Kaseya’s VSA product has been revised upward from around 40 to about... Read more »

Klarna under investigation by Swedish finance watchdog

Sweden’s financial services watchdog is investigating an IT incident at fintech unicorn Klarna which enabled users to briefly access the information of others. The incident, in May, was caused... Read more »

Cyber insurance costs up by a third

The proliferation of double extortion ransomware attacks and the relative ease of their execution by cyber criminal gang affiliates has led to what may be the largest medium-term rate... Read more »

BA reaches settlement in data breach group action

A group action lawsuit against British Airways (BA) following its September 2018 data breach has been settled on confidential terms following mediation between the claimants legal representatives and the... Read more »

Security Think Tank: Returning workers to the office: Is your security posture up to date?

By Rasika Somasiri Published: 06 Jul 2021 Home working for UK office workers began at scale in March 2020, with formal guidance that employees should work from home wherever... Read more »
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