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Two years after the WannaCry ransomware outbreak shone a light on the computer security of the the UK’s National Health Service, and five years after Microsoft said it would no longer release patches for Windows XP, the NHS still has 2300 PCs running t… Continue reading Thousands of NHS computers are still running Windows XP from beyond the grave
Two years after the WannaCry ransomware outbreak shone a light on the computer security of the UK’s National Health Service, and five years after Microsoft said it would no longer release patches for Windows XP, the NHS still … Continue reading Thousands of NHS computers are still running Windows XP from beyond the grave
An NHS health board has found itself in the awkward position of apologising to 37 HIV patients, after accidentally disclosing their identities.
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Quickly applying software updates (patching) to mitigate security vulnerabilities is a cornerstone of both a home and business security strategy. So it was interesting to see how the mainstream news media reported the disclosure of three separate ̵… Continue reading WhatsApp, Microsoft and Intel Chip Vulnerabilities
Almost two years since the ransomware attack that brought the NHS (National Health Service) to a halt, healthcare IT professionals feel more confident in their ability to respond to a cyber-attack, according to new research from Infoblox. As healthcare… Continue reading Healthcare IT pros now confident in their cyber attack response ability
The UK’s National Health Service, one of the highest-profile victims of last year’s devastating WannaCry ransomware attack, has pledged to phase out fax machines from its trusts by 2020. NHS made headlines in 2017 when its entire fleet of h… Continue reading Star WannaCry victim NHS to ban fax machines by 2020
Genomics England announced it’s sequenced 100K Brits’ genomes… and then had to store them in a military base after multiple hacking attacks. Continue reading Hacker-besieged DNA data tucked away under military care
In recent years, the scale and scope of cyberattacks has increased dramatically. So, too, has the complexity and dynamism of organisation’s IT infrastructures. Collectively, this means that businesses have had to shift their attitude towards info… Continue reading Protecting the NHS from the Consequences of Cybercrime
We all know what happened on 12 May 2017. That’s the day when an updated version of WannaCry ransomware announced itself to the world. In a matter of days, the malware encrypted data stored on 200,000 computers across 150 countries. One of the vi… Continue reading Why Computer Criminals Are Targeting the NHS
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The National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom has
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