Apple patches ForcedEntry vulnerability used by spyware firm NSO

Apple has issued a patch for a recently discovered vulnerability that has reportedly been exploited by government customers of Israeli cyber security firm NSO Group to install its Pegasus... Read more »

Smishing attacks up sevenfold in six months

The volume of scam text messages – commonly known as smishing scams – sent to UK mobile customers during the first six months of 2021 grew by close to... Read more »

Olympus likely victim of BlackMatter ransomware

The European operations of Japanese optical technology giant Olympus remain offline today, following an apparent ransomware attack, thought likely to be the work of the BlackMatter syndicate. Although at... Read more »

UK government’s new digital identity system to cost up to £400m

The Cabinet Office is planning to ask for up to £400m to fund its latest digital identity programme over the next three years. Computer Weekly has learned that the... Read more »

Here’s Your Preparing House for Baby Checklist

Home > Blog > Here’s Your Preparing House for Baby Checklist Once your baby arrives, you’ll have enough to do without worrying about home improvements that need to be... Read more »

UK GDPR faces changes under planned reforms

A year after the publication of the UK’s National Data Strategy, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is embarking on a major new consultation centring on... Read more »

Latest Microsoft zero-day being actively exploited

Security analysts are once again warning of another zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft products after reports emerged of active exploitation of CVE-2021-40444, a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the... Read more »

REvil reappearance may herald new ransom campaigns

The apparent return of the REvil ransomware syndicate amid the reactivation of its infrastructure and dark web leak site – known as the Happy Blog – has cast doubt... Read more »

Covid positive for security market, but still a source of stress

The majority of cyber security professionals believe that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a net positive impact on the security market, but this has come at great cost in... Read more »

Stolen credit card data worth about £13 on dark web, PayPal worth more

The value of stolen credit card data on an underground dark web marketplace has dropped by about a quarter during 2021, according to new data released by researchers at... Read more »
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