Companies that fail to protect themselves effectively from cyber-attacks will face fines of up to £17m, the government has announced. Energy, transport, water and health companies are expected to have…
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IT 'heroes' saved Maersk from NotPetya with ten-day reinstallation bliz
4,000 servers, 45,000 PCs and 2,500 apps all rebuilt, while other staff went manual By Richard Chirgwin It’s long been known that shipping giant Maersk suffered very badly from 2017’s…
Major UK cyber attack is 'when, not if', says security chief
A major cyber attack on the UK is a case of “when, not if”, says the head of the National Cyber Security Centre. Speaking to the Guardian, Ciaran Martin said…
Firms buy insurance 'in mad panic' as cyber-attacks soar
By Matthew Wall With cyber-attacks increasing in frequency and severity, many companies are turning to insurance to cover their mounting losses. But can insurers quantify the risk accurately and could…
If 2017 could be described as 'cyber-geddon', what will 2018 bring?
By Gordon Corera Scenarios once the province of thriller writers are now anything but fiction in the world of cyber-security. That is the lesson of the past year. It’s a…
Tech Giants Take Steps to Disrupt Lazarus Group
Phil Muncaster Microsoft and Facebook have joined other members of the security community in taking steps to disrupt the ongoing operations of the infamous North Korean Lazarus Group, now officially…