Why identity is the central problem for the future of the internet

If you strip back the competing agendas and hyperbole, there is a split in how the internet is viewed by different governments and companies. Some see it as an... Read more »

PrintNightmare haunts Microsoft as patch may miss mark

Microsoft released a rare out-of-band patch on 7 July to fix the so-called PrintNightmare vulnerability, but appears to have failed to address some fundamental aspects of the Windows Print... Read more »

Security Think Tank: Reopening is an opportunity to reassess wider security posture

The “return to the office” has been a talking point throughout much of the pandemic, viewed with a mixture of anticipation and trepidation. But the common thread running through... Read more »

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 »
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