Transatlantic PET contest open for entries

A competition to uncover innovative privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) to tackle financial crime and public health emergencies has finally opened to entries. Sponsored by the UK and US governments, and first announced at... Read more »

Cato aims to bust cyber myths as it extends network protections

As secure access service edge (SASE) specialist Cato Networks burnishes its cyber credentials with the addition of multiple features to its platform, the company’s senior director of security strategy, Etay Maor, has urged... Read more »

Russia’s Cozy Bear abusing DropBox, Google Drive to target victims

The Russia-based advanced persistent threat (APT) group tracked variously as Cozy Bear, Nobelium, APT29 and Cloaked Ursa is incorporating legitimate cloud storage services into its attack chain to make its attacks harder... Read more »

US cyber agency CISA to open London office

The United States’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced the opening of an Attaché Office in London, its first outside of the US, to serve as a focal point for... Read more »

What to look for when taking out a cyber insurance policy

The increase in remote working during and after the pandemic has greatly increased cyber vulnerabilities. Speaking recently on the BBC’s Today programme, Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto, discussed how people in... Read more »

Log4Shell on its way to becoming ‘endemic’

The Log4Shell vulnerability in Apache Log4j, which caused consternation across the technology industry when it surfaced at the end of 2021, will be with us for a long time to come, perhaps... Read more »

NHS trust ‘deliberately’ deleted up to 90,000 emails before tribunal hearing

An NHS Trust “deliberately” deleted as many as 90,000 emails that were “potentially” critical to a legal case brought by a whistleblower who revealed that under-staffing in an intensive care unit was... Read more »

Videogame maker Bandai Namco confirms cyber attack

After days of fevered speculation, Bandai Namco, the Japan-based developer of videogames including Pac-Man, Dark Souls, Soulcaliber and Tekken, has confirmed a cyber attack against its systems did take place, although it... Read more »

How hostile government APTs target journalists for cyber intrusions

The past 18 months have seen a series of sustained and ongoing cyber campaigns by state-aligned threat actors targeting journalists and media organisations around the world, which show no sign of letting... Read more »

ICO wants to ‘empower people through information’

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has set out a three-year plan detailing its regulatory focus and priorities between now and 2025, with a commitment to safeguard the information rights of society’s most... Read more »