The UK Cabinet is meeting on Zoom… here’s the meeting ID
In case you’ve lost the Zoom meeting ID for today’s UK Cabinet meeting, here it is.
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Category Archives: UK government
Stop facial recognition trials now, warns UK committee
The UK government should suspend trials of automatic facial recognition systems until it can meet regulators’ concerns about the technology, according to a report released Friday. Continue reading Stop facial recognition trials now, warns UK committee
Is a sticky label the answer to the IoT’s security problems?
How can IoT security be improved? The UK Government just published new details of its surprising and unfashionable answer. Continue reading Is a sticky label the answer to the IoT’s security problems?
53% of Britain’s most frequent porn watchers aren’t aware that they’re about to be blocked
A new survey has revealed that the majority of Brits are blissfully unaware that next month the UK Government will be requiring porn websites to verify that their users have obtained a “porn passport.”
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AVIEN resource page updates 22nd February 2018
CRYPTOCURRENCY/CRYPTO-MINING NEWS AND RESOURCES Sean Nichols for The Register: Guys, you’re killing us! LA Times homicide site hacked to mine crypto-coins on netizens’ PCs “The newspaper’s IT staffers left at least one of t… Continue reading AVIEN resource page updates 22nd February 2018
Age verification legislation will lead to porn habit database
“Data collection creates an inherent risk of data loss through hack, breach, or other forms of intrusion.” Continue reading Age verification legislation will lead to porn habit database
UK government threatens to launch drone strikes against hackers
For all its bombastic bravado, the UK government would be wise to remember that it is incredibly difficult to accurately attribute an attack.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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Hackers attempt to break into UK MPs’ email accounts, as Houses of Parliament targeted by cyber attack
The British Houses of Parliament have been targeted by hackers who attempted to break into email accounts of MPs and their staff.
Here are simple steps that everyone – not just the UK’s top politicians – should take to better defend their systems.
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Ouch! UK Govt’s Cyber Essentials scheme suffers data breach due to configuration error
The UK Government’s Cyber Essentials digital security scheme has suffered a data breach caused by a configuration error in a software platform.
Emails exposed, which means phishing attacks could follow…
David Bisson reports.
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Businesses falling short when it comes to cybersecurity, says Government report
A “sizable proportion” of businesses have still not put in place basic protection and policies to protect themselves from attack.
Is that true of your company?
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.
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