Russia spoofed AIS data to fake British warship's course days before Crimea guns showdown
Great powers clash while the rest of us sigh and tut at data feed meddling
24 Jun 2021 | 157
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23 Jun 2021 | 47
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Second public meeting threatened unless dot-UK registry plays ball
23 Jun 2021 | 38
£1bn lawsuit by Google Shopping rival staggers back to feet in London High Court
Judge rules in Chocolate Factory's favour during prelims of 2015-era case
23 Jun 2021 | 5
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23 Jun 2021 | 7
MI5 still risks breaking the law on surveillance data through poor controls – years after it was first warned
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22 Jun 2021 | 17
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18 Jun 2021 | 37
CREST president Ian Glover to retire after 13 years – but where's the transparency, bossman?
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18 Jun 2021 | 5
Ex-Brave staffer launches GDPR sueball in Germany over tech giants' real-time bidding for ad inventory
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17 Jun 2021 | 21
Ryuk ransomware recovery cost us $8.1m and counting, says Baltimore school authority
Spreadsheet breaks down spend on staving off future badness
16 Jun 2021 | 6
Cuffed: Ukraine police collar six Clop ransomware gang suspects in joint raids with South Korean cops
Cobalt Strike and Flawedammyy RAT named as favoured tools
16 Jun 2021 | 11
Zoll Defibrillator Dashboard would execute contents of random Excel files ordinary users could import
Medical device cybersecurity raises its head in CISA warning
15 Jun 2021 | 15
NCSC chief: Ransomware is more of a threat to Britain than hostile nations' spies
Lindy Cameron gives private industry an unusual nod in speech full of interventionism
15 Jun 2021 | 7
G7 nations call out Russia for harbouring ransomware crims ahead of Biden-Putin powwow
Hopes raised in West of an extradition or law enforcement agreement to stem the tide
14 Jun 2021 | 15
UK tells UN that nation-states should retaliate against cyber badness with no warning
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11 Jun 2021 | 44
BT sues supplier for £72m over exchange gear that allegedly caused wave of ADSL outages
Tii Technologies claims hamfisted BT bods caused problems, not their kit
11 Jun 2021 | 27
EA Games looted by intruders: Publisher says 'no player data accessed' after reported theft of FIFA 21, Frostbite source
'Surprise stealing mechanics' made short work of network perimeter security
11 Jun 2021 | 18
BT promises firmware update for Mini Whole Home Wi-Fi discs to prevent obsessive Big Tech DNS lookups
Meanwhile users complain their IPs are being flagged for suspicious traffic
11 Jun 2021 | 23
Risk and reward: Nefilim ransomware gang mainly targets fewer, richer companies and that strategy is paying off, warns Trend Micro
Criminal operators emerged from woodwork just as COVID hit the West
09 Jun 2021 | 2
Mysterious Gelsemium APT was behind February compromise of NoxPlayer, says ESET
Malicious crew targets ME and Asia but also tries evading Chinese AV suites
09 Jun 2021 |
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Unimpressed beak orders Transport for London to let them onto Southwark roof
09 Jun 2021 | 76
Custom HMCTS video platform bought as part of £280m digitisation project used less than Zoom, say judges
At least it was more popular than Skype... just
07 Jun 2021 | 13
We're right behind Computer Misuse Act reforms for busting ransomware gangs, says UK infosec industry
Plus: CyberUp campaign writes to Home Sec
07 Jun 2021 | 3
Oracle hits UK reseller with lawsuit for allegedly reselling grey market Sun hardware
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07 Jun 2021 | 40
