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Hacking prosecutions continue to fall
There were just 47 prosecutions for hacking under the Computer Misuse Act in 2017 claims UK legal firm RPC. It is 18% lower than...
Forensics key to NCA challenge
29 people, one just 14 years of age, gathered at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom for the latest Cyber Security Challenge face-to-face...
Millions of emails spreading the Marap downloader
Researchers at Proofpoint have identified a new malware downloader they have called Marap. It is being used in a new email malspam campaign aimed...
Malspam campaign drops FlawedAmmyy RAT
Trustwave has spotted a new malspam (malware spam) campaign posing as an invoice. Malspam emails with infected invoices are nothing new. Most organisations see...
MedChain and Cognition Foundry to use blockchain and IBM technology
MedChain, a start-up building globally compliant healthcare blockchain and decentralized applications (dApps) for electronic medical records (EMRs), has announced it is teaming up with...
Vulnerability hits Microsoft MFA
Multifactor Authentication is seen as the solution to weak password-based security. Unfortunately, like any solution, it is just as prone to vulnerabilities as anything...
Oracle punches Rimini Street hard in court
Oracle has issued an almost gleeful announcement after its latest win in its ongoing litigation battle against Rimini Street. In contrast Rimini Street issued...
Partnership to accelerate space exploration through blockchain
Goonhilly Earth Station (Goonhilly), the UK satellite communications and space gateway, has announced it is collaborating with space blockchain technology pioneers, Spacebit. Their intention...
KeyPass is the latest ransomware to hit computers
In the last week security researchers from several companies have reported seeing a new ransomware. It is called KeyPass and, according to Bleeping Computer,...
Talking Cyber Resilience with Felicity March
The risk of a business threatening cyber-attack is ever present today. Ransomware locks up data making it hard for businesses to operate. The impact...
4 million malvertising hits blocked in a single day
Confiant has revealed that on 11 June it blocked the biggest single-day malware redirect ever seen. The attack lasted for more than 7.5 hours...
Do you have sufficient in-house cyber security skills?
Struggling to find staff with cyber security skills? Can't find affordable staff to protect your data? That's not the case for customers of backup...
Duo Security hunts Twitter Bots
There is considerable attention on the problem of fake social media accounts. These accounts are enrolled into botnets that are used to push fake...
Hackers give the Fax a new lease of life
Forgotten about that fax in the corner of the office? Once the ‘must have’ communications device in every office, it has since be usurped...
