Santander calls for cooperation to tackle APP fraud

Santander has urged organisations across the financial sector to come together to tackle the scourge of so-called authorised push payment (APP) fraud, calling for the imposition of consistent rules to prevent the... Read more »

The Conservatives are laughing at cyber security pros

If causing a cyber security breach is a matter over which one should resign, then to be able to waltz back into the same job barely seven days later is utterly unacceptable,... Read more »

Cuba ransomware cartel spoofs Ukraine armed forces

Ukraine’s governmental Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT UA) issued a warning earlier this week of an apparent Cuba ransomware campaign that is spoofing the press office of the General Staff of the... Read more »

Apple patches new iPhone zero-day

Apple has released a series of security updates to its iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16 mobile operating systems (OSes), targeting 20 newly discovered vulnerabilities, including one actively exploited zero-day. Tracked as CVE-2022-42827,... Read more »

US authorities charge two Chinese spies over telco security probe

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has accused two Chinese nationals and alleged intelligence officers of interfering in the criminal prosecution of a China-based global telecoms firm named Company 1, after supposedly orchestrating... Read more »

Digital-first businesses more willing to accept some fraud

Of businesses that are prepared to accept some degree of fraud during the customer onboarding process, those that were set up within the last 20 years or so will accept a higher... Read more »

Complacency biggest cyber risk to UK plc, says ICO

It is organisational complacency, rather than the specific actions of cyber criminals and other threat actors, that poses the greatest source of risk to British businesses, information commissioner John Edwards has warned.... Read more »

Half of staff might quit after a cyber attack, report says

Experiencing a cyber attack can be so discombobulating for ordinary employees that over half of office workers say they would reconsider working for a company that had recently fallen victim to an... Read more »

Microsoft slams external researchers over its own data leak

Microsoft has criticised external security researchers at threat intelligence specialist SOCRadar, accusing them of needlessly exaggerating the scope of, and potential danger arising from, the exposure of Microsoft customer data that leaked... Read more »

What do the US’s new software security rules mean for UK organisations?

On 14 September 2022, the White House released Memorandum M-22-18, which requires executive departments and agencies of the US government to ensure that all companies providing them with software and services are... Read more »