Google, MS, Oracle vulnerabilities make November ’22 a big month for patching

Nine newly disclosed vulnerabilities with high-risk scores in products from some of the most widely used suppliers made November a busy month for security teams, with comparatively high numbers of disclosed bugs... Read more »

Security Think Tank: As cyber pros, we need to articulate our needs better

We are coming to the end of the year, Black Friday has been and gone and the shops are full of Christmas offers. And the scammers, of course, are having a field... Read more »

Legacy IT magnifies cyber risk for Defra, says NAO

While the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is making progress on tackling the “urgent service risks and vulnerabilities” introduced by historic under-investment in technology, it is still failing to... Read more »

Industrial IoT focus of next NCSC startup challenge

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), alongside innovation hub partner Plexal, are scouting emerging cyber talent to form the next cohort of startups to be inducted into the NCSC for Startups... Read more »

Don’t become an unwitting tool in Russia’s cyber war

Russia-backed or aligned threat actors have compromised networks at multiple organisations in the UK and other countries, including at least one Fortune 500 business and more than 15 healthcare providers, and appear... Read more »

Fake investment ads persist on Meta’s social networks

Despite measures being put in place to block them, misleading and fraudulent investment adverts continue to be shown to UK consumers using Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms, according to consumer advocacy organisation... Read more »

Cohesity doubles down on cyber-defence failings via backup

Most organisations fail miserably at defending themselves from cyber attack and ransomware intrusion. That’s the view of James Blake, EMEA CSO at Cohesity, who spoke to Computer Weekly about key features in... Read more »

Security Think Tank: The more you buy, the less you protect

The most important lesson learned in 2022 is that the more security controls an organisation has in place, the less secure it is. The layered approach to security is broken! “That’s not... Read more »

French cyber consultancy Hackuity sets up UK operation

Risk-based vulnerability management company Hackuity has announced it is to open a UK office as it looks to extend its global client base among blue-chip and enterprise organisations. The company, headquartered in... Read more »

Twitter ‘replacement’ Hive shuts off service in privacy alert

Hive Social, a social media network that has gained significant traction as a potential Twitter “replacement” after the latter was taken over by erratic tech billionaire Elon Musk, has been forced to... Read more »