By Mary-Ann Russon More than 746,000 phishing emails pretending to be from the NHS were blocked in just one month in 2017, the National Cyber Security Centre says. A reportĀ on…
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Cyber-attack: US and UK blame North Korea for WannaCry
The US and UK governments have said North Korea was responsible for the WannaCry malware attack affecting hospitals, businesses and banks across the world earlier this year. The attack is…
Hacking the House: do MPs care about cyber-security?
Rory Cellan-Jones, Technology correspondent What’s the cyber-security policy in your organisation? Is it common to share login passwords with your colleagues? Because that’s how it works in the House of…
UK cyber-defence chief accuses Russia of hack attacks
One of the UK’s cyber-defence chiefs has accused Russia of having attacked Britain’s media, telecommunications and energy sectors over the past year. Ciaran Martin, chief executive of GCHQ’s National Cyber…
Message encryption a problem - Rudd
Dave Lee,North America technology reporter The major technology companies must step up their fight against extremism or face new laws, the home secretary has told the BBC. Amber Rudd said…
London attack: Politicians v the internet
Prime Minister Theresa May has said more must be done to tackle terror online. In a speech on Sunday, following the terrorist attack in London, she said the internet provided…