Patch Tuesday dogged by concerns over Microsoft vulnerability response

Microsoft dropped the last Patch Tuesday update in its current form yesterday evening, but security researchers are voicing growing concerns that the Microsoft Security Response Centre (MSRC) is repeatedly dropping the ball... Read more »

Final Patch Tuesday dogged by concerns over Microsoft vulnerability response

Microsoft dropped the last ever Patch Tuesday update – at least in its current form – yesterday evening, but security researchers are voicing growing concerns that the Microsoft Security Response Centre (MSRC)... Read more »

Security Think Tank: Basic steps to secure your supply chain

When we think about supply chains, we typically think of them in relation to manufacturing, for example a car typically will have a radio supplied by one manufacturer, an air-conditioning system from... Read more »

MS Azure Synapse vulnerability fixed after six-month slog

Ethical hackers at Orca Security have added their voices to a growing number of concerns in the community over how tech companies go about fixing responsibly disclosed vulnerabilities in a timely manner,... Read more »

UK, US prepare to launch PET project

A series of joint UK-US prize challenges designed to accelerate development and adoption of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) will get under way later this summer, with a focus on combating financial crime. Challenge... Read more »

Government recommits to UK’s cyber future in Digital Strategy

The government today reinforced multiple previously-made commitments to the UK’s burgeoning cyber security sector, using its new Digital Strategy policy paper as an opportunity to re-announce a £114m funding increase for the... Read more »

New UK digital strategy aims to secure future growth for £150bn digital economy

The government has announced a new, wide-ranging digital strategy that aims to help co-ordinate and focus efforts around the £150bn UK digital economy. Launched by digital secretary Nadine Dorries at London Tech... Read more »

New warning over tech suppliers in thrall to hostile governments

Europe’s inability to turn fundamental technical research into thriving businesses leaves it prey to Chinese and Russian suppliers under the thumb of their intelligence services and a more benign but still self-interested... Read more »

Health data strategy to exorcise ghosts of GPDPR

NHS patients are to get greater access to their GP data records through the NHS App, and will be given more power over how their personally identifiable information (PII) is used by... Read more »

Qatar bolsters cyber security in preparation for World Cup

Qatar hosts the FIFA World Cup this year – the first time the event has been staged in the Arab world. Cyber security experts in the country predict that ticketing, hotel bookings... Read more »