UK SMEs sharing confidential files via email during Covid-19 lockdown
Security risks on the rise as new polling from the Lanop accountancy group exposes a worrying trend of businesses sharing confidential data over email during the Coronavirus lockdown
- 16 June 2020
Hackers hijack reCaptcha walls to increase phishing attack effectiveness
Barracuda Networks Global Threat Spotlight report reveals that there have been 128,000 emails to various organisations and employees using reCaptcha walls to conceal fake Microsoft login pages as cyber risk grows during Covid-19 outbreak
- 30 April 2020
Kew Gardens hit with 4.4 million spam email attacks in 2019
Email attacks on London's premier beauty spot continue as hackers and mischief-makers issu
- 21 January 2020
Businesses in the dark over shared cloud security risks, warns Centrify study
Global research from Centrify, the leading cyber security company, has discovered that the majority of businesses misunderstand the shared responsibility model for cloud security and incorrectly believe the cloud provider is responsible for securing privileged access
- 12 November 2019
Georgia hit by major cyber attack forcing thousands of sites offline
Thousands of websites and a national TV station have been taken out by a major cyber-attack in the eastern European nation of Georgia, according to media reports
- 29 October 2019
UK Government announces £35 million cyber proposals
The Government announced it is partnering with the AI technology firm Arm in a project to develop new chips that are more resistant to cyber threats, backed by £36m in funding
- 18 October 2019
Hackers target Boris Johnson's government with 100,000 malicious emails every month
Top government departments have been attacked with over 100,000 spam emails, including phishing attacks and viruses, every month according to official figures published today
- 26 September 2019
Government rural agencies face cyber security risk after losing 540 devices
Cyber risk for UK's rural departments as over 500 mobiles, laptops and tablet computers have been reported missing over the last three financial years.
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CPS in the dock over 100 ‘serious’ data breaches
Crown Prosecution Service under fire for a 12% overall increase in personal data incidents, including over 100 'serious' incidents of lost devices and confidential information
- 4 September 2019
Brexit cyber threat: MPs attacked with 2 million scam emails every month
Cyber research reveals that Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords are being hit with around 20m email attacks every year, including spam, phishing and malware
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Ministry of Defence data breaches and lost devices jump by 300%
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has sheen a sharp rise in data breaches and device losses, according to official figures released today. The findings reveal a 300% rise in serious incidents of data and device loss as well as paper records.
- 29 July 2019
Cyber criminals hit London tourist landmarks with 100 million attacks
Hackers breach emails systems and servers at Kew Gardens whilst the Natural History Museum, Tate Galleries and Imperial War Museum are hit by tens of thousands of attacks as fraudsters seek confidential data
- 18 March 2019
Hack Attack! Cyber attacks on social media up 14% in one year
UK police forces are under increasing pressure to launch criminal investigations into incidents of social media and computer hacking, according to a new report from the Parliament Street think tank. Industry must work with academia to tackle the problem says Institute of Coding chief
- 3 December 2018
Police need the latest cyber skills to keep Britain safe
In an exclusive opinion article, Patrick Sullivan, CEO of leading UK think tank Parliament Street argues that it’s time to give police forces extra cybercrime resources to tackle sophisticated attacks from Russia
- 19 March 2018
Police spend over £1.3m on cybercrime training
UK police forces have spent over £1.3 million training officers and back office staff on the latest cybercrime skills, according to a new policy paper published by the Parliament Street think tank.
- 19 March 2018
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