Apple scheme to detect child abuse creates serious privacy and security risks, say scientists

Apple’s proposal to compel iPhone users to accept updates that would automatically and covertly search shared images for possible abuse material and send reports to Apple or law enforcement... Read more »

NHS Digital enhances in-house cyber awareness drive

NHS Digital has relaunched a new cyber security awareness campaign to help staff across the health service understand more about current security threats and how to reduce their overall... Read more »

Encryption protects the marginalised – and it’s under threat

Encryption is an essential tool that empowers marginalised people around the world to live their lives online without the risk of retribution. It protects the communications of vulnerable communities from... Read more »

The complete guide to ransomware

Pandemics, like the one of we’re currently facing, present the perfect opportunity for malicious actors to threaten organizations and users with cybersecurity attacks. Coronavirus-themed phishing and ransomware have emerged... Read more »

Google Cybersecurity Action Team springs into life

Google has announced a dedicated cyber security advisory unit made up of experts drawn from across the company, tasked with supporting government bodies, critical national infrastructure (CNI) owners and... Read more »

FCA warns over future hybrid working security risks

The security community has been reacting to freshly published guidance from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), warning of the cyber security risks regulated organisations such as banks face when... Read more »

Microsoft warns of MysterySnail on October Patch Tuesday

Windows users are on the trail of a MysterySnail as Microsoft patches a newly discovered zero-day under active exploitation that is being used to deliver a remote access trojan... Read more »

Former signals intel leader named godfather of UK security

A retired Royal Corps of Signals colonel, John Doody, has been named the Godfather of Security at the annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards, which recognises the country’s best... Read more »

BCS calls on government to retain protections against AI

A citizen’s right to have decisions made by automated or artificial intelligence (AI) systems reviewed by a fellow human must not be removed while AI is in its infancy,... Read more »

Microsoft thwarts mega-DDoS attack on Azure platform

Microsoft’s Azure Networking team have shared details of how they beat off one of the largest attempted distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in internet history, which targeted an... Read more »
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