Customer frustrations mount as Rackspace investigation proceeds

Rackspace says it is making good progress on its investigation and remediation of a ransomware attack that crippled its Hosted Exchange business, and is still engaged in actively transitioning affected customers onto... Read more »

Security Think Tank: Embrace prioritisation, people, imperfections

In the life of a CISO, there are always things that need to be dealt with quickly – including rolling out the latest technology, embarking on new transformation projects, and even just... Read more »

CIISec, DCMS to fund vocational cyber courses for A-level students

Three hundred students from across the UK will receive access to skills, qualifications and professional support to help them establish their careers in cyber security, under a joint programme to be run... Read more »

Iranian APT seen exploiting GitHub repository as C2 mechanism

An Iranian advanced persistent threat (APT) group associated with the operation tracked as Cobalt Mirage has turned to GitHub as a means to operate its latest custom malware, known as Drokbk, using... Read more »

Security Think Tank: 2022 changed how we thought about resilience

2022 saw the cyber security landscape continue to evolve and become ever more challenging for businesses and governments. A post-Covid new normal has been in full force this year, with companies embracing... Read more »

Consumers to get new protections against dodgy apps

The government is today setting out plans for a voluntary code of practice governing operators of app stores, and the developers of the applications they make available, that will strengthen consumer protections... Read more »

Too many secrets: What can today’s cyber teams learn from a 30-year-old film?

“The world isn’t run by weapons any more, or energy, or money. It’s run by little ones and zeros, little bits of data,” says Ben Kingsley as Cosmo in the film Sneakers.... Read more »

Apple to tap third party for physical security keys

Apple is to introduce three security features focused on protecting user data in the cloud as the next step in an ongoing programme of cyber improvements, among them the addition of the... Read more »

Clinicians who raised patient safety risks claim Berkshire NHS trust deleted email evidence

Two clinicians who say they lost their jobs at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust after raising patient safety concerns claim the trust’s legal team brought a five-figure costs threat against them to... Read more »

Rackspace email outage confirmed as ransomware attack

Rackspace has confirmed that an ongoing outage affecting its hosted Microsoft Exchange customers is the result of a ransomware attack against its hosted Exchange environment, carried out by an unspecified group. The... Read more »