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Visit/policy-legislation/data-protection/355184/supreme-court-finds-morrisons-was-not-liable-for-2014
Supreme Court rules Morrisons was not liable for 2014 data breach
Supermarket can't be held liable for the criminal actions of a former auditor who leaked financial data
1 Apr 2020
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FBI warns of ‘Zoom-bombing’ hackers amid coronavirus usage spike
Cyber criminals are disrupting online meetings with hate speech and pornographic images
31 Mar 2020
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Hackers target Three customers with "sophisticated" phishing scam
Cyber criminals use elements from Three’s style and links out to its website
26 Mar 2020
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Critical NHS cyber security checks suspended due to coronavirus response
NHSX grants six-month extension to complete annual surveys as resources are channeled into handling the virus outbreak
19 Mar 2020
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What is cyber warfare?
We explain what cyber warfare is and why you need to pay attention to the threats posed
16 Mar 2020
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Journalist Glenn Greenwald charged with cyber crimes in Brazil
The Snowden-era investigative journalist has been accused of playing a key role in hacking into public officials' mobile phones
22 Jan 2020
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Europol seizes more than 30,000 counterfeit sites on Cyber Monday
The joint operation resulted in three arrests based on 26,000 luxury goods taken from the cyber criminals
3 Dec 2019
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Labour Party targeted by ‘large scale’ cyber attack
Election campaigning was 'slowed down' but the attack ultimately failed, and no data was lost
12 Nov 2019
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Leading ASP.NET host crippled by ransomware attack
The platform is working to restore services to more than 440,000 affected customers
11 Nov 2019
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FBI asks private sector for advice on ransomware attacks
The “Ransomware Summit” opens lines of communication between corporate and government
7 Nov 2019
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Tenable: There are far more dangerous threats than zero-days
‘If you’re scared of zero-days, you don’t know what you’re talking about’ claims Tenable
7 Nov 2019
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Trend Micro insider sells customer data to scammers
Scammers used stolen data to make fraudulent phishing calls
6 Nov 2019
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Neighbourhood Watch and Avast to tackle cyber crime
Growing concern over cyber crime launches new Cyberhood Watch with Avast
5 Nov 2019
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First mass BlueKeep exploitation spotted in the wild
Amateurish coin mining attack discovered six months after the critical Microsoft vulnerability was discovered
4 Nov 2019
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Valve thwarts criminals using CS:GO as laundering platform
The video game giant said 'stopping criminals was more important than preserving its microtransaction system'
4 Nov 2019
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US allies targeted by WhatsApp video hack
Victims include high profile government and military officials spread across 20 countries, report
1 Nov 2019
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Businesses stung by convincing Office 365 voicemail scam
This latest wave of phishing attacks incorporates real audio recordings to create a sense of urgency
31 Oct 2019
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Thousands infected with malware that 'reinstalls itself'
More than 45,000 Android devices have been affected by the Xhelper malware since March
30 Oct 2019
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US military data exposed in 179GB Autoclerk leak
Travel arrangements of hundreds of thousands disclosed via “unsecured and unencrypted” AWS database
22 Oct 2019
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Russian hacking group masquerades as Iranian spy network
Hacking technique highlights how difficult it is to attribute blame after a cyber attack
21 Oct 2019
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Sesame Street store hacked with Java cookie
Credit card info is being trafficked to another site via a rogue Google Cloud storage domain name, according to a researcher
10 Oct 2019
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APT groups exploiting VPNs to carry out cyber attacks
NCSC and NSA warn that services from Palo Alto, Fortinet and Pulse Secure are vulnerable
9 Oct 2019
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This tool can figure out often you will face insider attacks
Size, sector and employee welfare all used as factors of email-based intrusion
7 Oct 2019