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A Canadian doctor who is being bullied online over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic has called for people to treat each other with kindness and respect. The receipt of online threats has been an issue for the medical officer of health for the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, Dr. Wajid...

Alleged members of a Nigerian cybercrime gang that compromised 500,000 companies and government organizations in more than 150 countries have been arrested. The arrests were made in Lagos as part of the year-long, INTERPOL-led Operation Falcon targeting cyber-criminals who use business email...

Phishing and social media/email hacks are the most frequently reported cybercrimes in the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively, according to new research by cybersecurity company Clario and British cross-party think-tank Demos. The finding was included in "The Great Cyber...

French IT services giant Sopra Steria has admitted a ransomware attack on its systems last month is likely to cost the company tens of millions of dollars. The Paris-headquartered firm, which is a supplier to the UK’s NHS, was hit by a new variant of the infamous Ryuk family, forcing systems...

UK government security experts are urging organizations to rapidly patch a remote code execution flaw in MobileIron products being actively exploited in the wild by nation state groups. The notice from GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) explained that CVE-2020-15505, which affects the...

Security experts are warning that a new ransomware group is rapidly escalating threat activity, with double extortion attacks on scores of victims so far in Q4. The Egregor group first came to light with an attack on Barnes & Noble and video game developers Ubisoft and Crytek back in October...

Cyber-protection firm Acronis has announced that it is collaborating with the World Economic Forum (WEF) Center for Cybersecurity to address rising cybercrime around the globe. The WEF Center for Cybersecurity is an independent and impartial global platform focused on fostering international...

The number of DDoS attacks targeting e-commerce in Europe has increased four-fold over the last eight months. According to research by Stormwall, between February and October 2020, the number of DDoS attacks targeted at online retail services quadrupled compared to the same period last year...

Harmonization of data protection regulation should still be the aim, despite Brexit, to enable companies to trade across Europe. Speaking during the Westminster Events Conference on data protection, Chris Combemale, CEO of the Data and Marketing Association, said that since the implementation...

The success of the GDPR has been praised, but it is in conflict with the amount of data we create and how we do not consider consent. Speaking during the Westminster Events Conference on data protection, Dr Subhajit Basu, associate professor of information technology (cyber law) at the...

The ways in which CISOs should go about transforming the cybersecurity capabilities of an entire organization was discussed during the DTX Cyber Security Mini Summit by Michael Jenkins MBE, CISO at Brunel University. Jenkins previously spent a long career in the military including positions in...

Hundreds of NHS patients and staff have had their personal data exposed to strangers after internal process failures, it has emerged this week. Human error at NHS Highland earlier this month led to the personal information of 284 patients with diabetes being shared via email with 31...

More than one in seven emails sent on Black Friday today could be a scam, security experts have warned. Vade Secure claims to protect one billion inboxes around the world with AI-powered security for Microsoft 365. Its Current Events tracker has detected a predictable spike in malicious...

Skills gaps and mass remote working are the biggest security challenges facing small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) today, according to new research from Infosecurity Europe. The organizers behind the number one cybersecurity event in the region canvassed opinion from nearly 3700 industry...

The UK government has unveiled plans to develop a new statutory code for tech companies that is designed to give customers more choice and control over their data. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said that a dedicated Digital Markets Unit will work alongside...

Two in five remote workers in the UK are vulnerable to cyber-attacks as they have not received information about how to avoid COVID-19 scams or had any video call security training. This is according to a new report by Fasthosts, which looked at the additional cyber-risks businesses are facing...

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is assisting Manchester United in dealing with the cyber-attack which struck the English football club last week. Last Friday, the Premier League side confirmed in a statement that an incident had taken place, following which affected systems were shut...

There needs to be better steps taken by politicians and social media platforms to deal with fake news, especially as the COVID-19 vaccine is created. Speaking during the Westminster Forum Conference on tackling fake news and online misinformation, event chair Khalid Mahmood MP, shadow defense...

Steps can be taken to reduce the threat of fake news infiltrating online advertising. Speaking during the Westminster Forum Conference about tackling fake news and online misinformation, Konrad Shek, deputy director, policy and regulation at the Advertising Association, said the advent of...

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