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The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is urging Christmas shoppers to exercise caution online this holiday season. The GCHQ offshoot rolled out its updated Cyber Aware campaign today alongside the Home Office, the Cabinet Office and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport...

Speaking as part of the online Web Summit in conversation with John Micklethwait, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, former deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg said there is a concern where technology is blamed for everything from the results of elections to...

Ransomware is set to evolve into a greater threat in 2021 as service offerings and collaborations increase. Speaking on a webinar this week, Carbon Black’s Tom Kellermann, Greg Foss and Rick McElroy said the year turned out “different than predicted” and the shift to working from home also...

The former chief executive officer of a technology startup based in Virginia has admitted conning investors out of millions of dollars. Danny Boice pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of securities fraud and one count of wire fraud before senior United States district judge T.S. Ellis III of...

A trio of companies is launching a new research institute whose intended purpose is to strengthen privacy and trust for decentralized artificial intelligence (AI). The Private AI Collaborative Research Institute, originally established by Intel's University Research & Collaboration Office...

As the UK begins preparations to deploy a COVID-19 vaccine, law enforcers are warning of counterfeit versions circulating on the dark web. After passing the UK’s strict regulatory approvals process in record time, the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine will begin rolling out to vulnerable groups this...

The FBI has warned that the economic recession caused by COVID-19 is creating the perfect conditions for a surge in money mule activity. An alert sent out by the Baltimore Field Office on Friday was designed to alert potential recruits to the fact they may be unwittingly breaking the law by...

One of the world’s largest recruitment agencies has become the latest victim of a serious ransomware attack, after being hit by the Egregor variant. Randstad claims to have 280,000 clients and operations in 38 countries. Its 38,000 employees helped to generate nearly €24bn ($29bn) in revenue...

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has reported 11 “serious” personal data incidents to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the most recent financial year, according to official figures. As disclosed in its recent annual report, HMRC outlined that the incidents are estimated to have...

Global losses from cybercrime now total over $1tn, according to a new report released today by McAfee in partnership with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). "The Hidden Costs of Cybercrime" concludes that cybercrime costs the world economy more than one percent of global...

Cyber-safety company NortonLifeLock today announced that it will acquire Avira from Investcorp Technology Partners. The all-cash transaction to acquire the company, whose roots go back to 1986, will see roughly $360m change hands. Avira is headquartered on the shores of Lake Constance...

A new report on the cybersecurity of the education sector has found that nearly half of the schools in the United States did not implement new training or tools to protect staff and students during the pandemic. The CTNT report “Lessons learned: How education coped in the shift to distance...

A Russian national has been sentenced to five years after being found guilty by a French court of large-scale money laundering, although charges relating to his alleged involvement in ransomware development were dropped. Alexander Vinnik was extradited at the start of 2020 to France from...

The National Security Agency (NSA) has issued an alert warning that Russian state hackers are exploiting a VMware vulnerability to access sensitive data and maintain persistence in targeted systems. The NSA urged network administrators at the US National Security System (NSS), Department of...

Thales has announced a collaboration with Google Cloud to allow users to securely migrate sensitive data between public cloud, hybrid and private IT infrastructures. The joint innovation will allow the two companies to offer new capabilities which will enable security teams to own and control...

Former National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) CEO Ciaran Martin has joined the board of the Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC) to strengthen its strategic cyber-relationships across the UK. Martin was the first CEO of the GCHQ spinout and held the position from 2017 until he stepped down...

Security experts have warned victims of sophisticated cyber-attacks not to think of intrusions as a one-off event, as a majority of organizations end up getting hit again within the year. CrowdStrike compiled an analysis of its own incident response and managed services engagements in 2020, to...

Around one in five (19%) items listed on UK online marketplaces over Black Friday and Cyber Monday this year showed signs of being fraudulent or dangerous, according to an analysis by Besedo. In total, the investigation of around 3000 public listings in the month of November found that 15% of...

Cloud security provider Orca Security has announced a $55m Series B fund round led by ICONIQ Growth with participation from previous investors GGV Capital, YL Ventures and Silicon Valley CISO Investments. The funding will see the firm expand its cloud security and compliance capabilities, with...

The United States Department of Justice has brought charges against the alleged operator of a puppy scam website that defrauded American consumers. A criminal complaint was unsealed on December 4 in federal court in Pittsburgh charging Desmond Fodje Bobga with conspiracy to commit wire fraud...