Category Archives: BT

British teens accused of hacks against Uber and Rockstar Games’s Grand Theft Auto 6

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A London court has heard that two British teens hacked and blackmailed a series of companies, causing millions of dollars worth of damage.

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Cyber Security Roundup for October 2020

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A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, October 2020.
COVID-19 wasn’t the only virus seriously disrupting the start of the new UK academic year, … Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for October 2020→

UK’s Biggest ISP Is Bundling Google Stadia With Its Broadband Offers

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Google is teaming up with UK’s largest internet service provider BT, with BT offering unique Stadia plans to new subscribers for its broadband plans.
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What’s the greater risk to UK 5G, Huawei backdoors or DDoS?

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Have we been focusing too much on the Huawei backdoor threat instead of the DDoS threat facing the incoming 5G network infrastructure? Lee Chen, CEO at A10 networks thinks so.
The size and sophistication of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks … Continue reading What’s the greater risk to UK 5G, Huawei backdoors or DDoS?→

Locky delivered by fake BT bill

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The next in the never ending series of Locky downloaders is an email with the subject of New BT Bill  pretending to come from  BT Business <btbusiness@bttconnect.com> with a link in body of email to download a zip file These are much more believable emails than the usual Locky malspam. … Continue reading → Continue reading Locky delivered by fake BT bill→