ITAR and EAR compliance

What is ITAR and EAR compliance? The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) are two important U.S. export control laws that affect the manufacturing, sales and... Read more »

International post resumes thanks to Royal Mail ‘workarounds’

Royal Mail has resumed a “limited” international export service for letters and parcels leaving the UK, after successfully putting in place some technical workarounds that seem to have been able to bypass... Read more »

KFC, Pizza Hut parent shuts UK restaurants after cyber attack

Yum! Brands, the organisation behind iconic restaurant and fast food franchises including KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, was forced to close approximately 300 outlets across the UK on Wednesday 18 January... Read more »

Fraudsters and cyber criminals stole more than £4bn in the UK through 2022

More than £4bn was stolen by fraudsters and cyber criminals in the UK through 2022 after a huge increase from the previous year. According to a major report from money.co.uk, this represented... Read more »

Mailchimp suffers third breach in 12 months

Email marketing specialist Mailchimp has suffered its third data breach arising from a social engineering attack in the space of a year, but on this occasion has won some praise for its... Read more »

Outdated IT infrastructure poses growing risk to UK Security Vetting

A pattern of chronic underperformance arising in part from a legacy IT estate in dire need of modernisation has left the Cabinet Office-backed UK Security Vetting (UKSV) service facing delays to its... Read more »

Ukraine CERT leaders touch down in London for talks

Ukraine’s cyber security leaders have been in London to meet with their UK counterparts at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), discussing the latest developments in the conflict and building improved cyber... Read more »

David Anderson KC to review UK surveillance laws

The Home Office has appointed David Anderson, the former independent reviewer of Terrorism Legislation to review the UK’s surveillance law, the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. Lord Anderson, a barrister and leading expert... Read more »

Ukraine cyber teams responded to more than 2,000 attacks in 2022

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) responded to 2,194 cyber incidents during 2022, 25% of them targeting the government and local authorities, with the defence and security, energy, financial services,... Read more »

Cloudflare urged to clamp down on pirates, counterfeiters

The operators of a “disproportionate” number of websites specialising in online piracy or counterfeiting are routinely abusing content delivery network (CDN) services offered by Cloudflare, a report has revealed. In a whitepaper,... Read more »