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The potential threat posed by Huawei to the UK national infrastructure continues to be played out. GCHQ called for a ban on Huawei technology within UK critical networks, such as 5G networks, while Three said a Huawei ban would delay the UK 5… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for March 2019
I was a panellist at the e-Crime & Cybersecurity Congress last week, the discussion was titled ‘What’s happening to your business? Cloud security, new business metrics and future risks and priorities for 2019 and beyond”, a recap of the points I ma… Continue reading e-Crime & Cybersecurity Congress: Cloud Security Fundamentals
On 19th July 2018 the UK government, through the GCHQ backed Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre, gave “limited assurance” that Huawei poses no threat to UK National Security. Since then the UK, EU, and NATO member government politician… Continue reading Is Huawei a Threat to UK National Security?
Cybercrimes cost UK small companies an average of £894 in the year ending February of 2018. Small businesses are an easy target for cybercrooks, so it little surprise that around about 43% of cybercrime is committed against small businesses. Accor… Continue reading 43% of Cybercrimes Target Small Businesses – Are You Next?
The final Cyber Security Roundup of 2018 concludes reports of major data breaches, serious software vulnerabilities and evolving cyber threats, so pretty much like the previous 11 months of the year.5.3 millions users of “make your own avatar” app Boom… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for December 2018
Office 365 – the online, subscription-based version of Microsoft’s Office application suite – is one the most widely used enterprise cloud applications/services, which makes it the preferred target of attackers looking to gain access to sen… Continue reading Mitigating the risk of Office 365 account hijacking
A government task force hopes to improve federal agencies’ ability to identify insider threats and avoid the leak of sensitive or classified information. The National Insider Threat Task Force (NITTF) — run by the FBI and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence — released the “ Insider Threat Program Maturity Framework” on Thursday. It complements a set of standards the task force released in 2012 that set the “minimum elements necessary to establish functional insider threat programs.” The aim with the new framework is to help federal agencies go beyond the minimum guidelines issued six years ago and be “more proactive, comprehensive, and better postured to deter, detect, and mitigate insider threat risk.” It can be used to start an insider threat program or augment an existing one. The framework comprises 19 “maturity elements,” such as the ability to adapt a program to comply with changing laws; educating employees […]
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Aside from Brexit, Cyber Threats and Cyber Attack accusations against Russia are very much on the centre stage of UK government’s international political agenda at the moment. The government publically accused Russia’s military ‘GRU’ intelligence … Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for October 2018
The largest data breach disclosed this month was by T-Mobile, the telecoms giant said there had been “unauthorised access” to potentially 2 million of their 77 million customer accounts. According to the media, a hacker took advantage of a vulnera… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for August 2018
Following further investigations, Currys PC World today confirmed 10 million of their customer personal details may have been stolen by hackers, a revised number from the 1.2 million customers and 5.9 million payment cards it advised back in June.
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