Extent of attacks on UK healthcare revealed in numbers NHS trusts across England experienced more than 1,300 hours of downtime in the last three years, according to results from Freedom…
Tag: malware
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…
Swann home security camera sends video to wrong user
By Leo Kelion A leading security camera-maker has sent footage from inside a family’s home to the wrong person’s app. Swann Security has blamed a factory error for the data…
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…
Shipping needs cyber reporting scheme now
by Martyn Wingrove Shipping needs an anonymous reporting scheme for cyber threats and attacks to prevent the same mistakes happening time and again. All shipping companies face cyber threats, regardless of…