Ticketmaster has admitted that it has suffered a security breach, which the BBC understands has affected up to 40,000 UK customers. Malicious software on third-party customer support product Inbenta Technologies…
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UK government enforces minimum standards for cyber security
Government departments have autonomy in how they comply with the new rules Tom Allen The UK government has published its first attempt at setting a minimum cyber security standard for…
US Dark Web Raids Lead to Arrests and Seizures
Phil Muncaster The US authorities are claiming victory after a nationwide dark web clampdown which led to multiple arrests and seizure of illegal goods. The year-long operation involved the Department…
Scammers abuse multilingual domain names
Cyber-criminals are abusing multilingual character sets to trick people into visiting phishing websites. The non-English characters allow scammers to create “lookalike” sites with domain names almost indistinguishable from legitimate ones.…
EU Set for New Cyber-Response Force
Phil Muncaster EU member states have agreed to develop a cyber-response force designed to combat future attacks, according to the Lithuanian government. A Declaration of Intent proposed by the Baltic…
The biggest cybersecurity risk to US businesses is employee negligence, study says
Carmen Reinicke Hackers are no match for human error. Employee negligence is the main cause of data breaches, according to a state of the industry report by Shred-it, an information…