Category: Industry News

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

A former security chief for Twitter has turned whistleblower and testified that the company misled users and US regulators about gaps in its security. Read via BBC News

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Apple has released an update to fix security flaws on its iPhone, iPad and Mac devices, which it says hackers may have “actively exploited”. Read via BBC News

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Microsoft has confirmed to Sky News that criminals are posting counterfeit packages designed to appear like Office products in order to defraud people. Read via Sky News

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

South Staffordshire Water “has been the target of a criminal cyber attack”, the company has confirmed. In a statement, it stressed it was “still supplying safe water to all of our Cambridge Water and South Staffs Water customers”. Read via Sky

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Facebook has avoided the risk of being forced to shut down its service in Europe this summer as a result of the latest twist in a long-running data protection complaint saga that relates to a clash between EU privacy and U.S. surveillance law. Read via Yahoo

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Atlas VPN researchers have found that ransomware hackers have been terrorising businesses of all sizes and industries worldwide. Ransomware hackers have stolen more than 30 terabytes (TB) of personal and other sensitive data throughout more than 300 attacks in 2022.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

People seeking medical help via the NHS 111 call line have been warned of delays after a cyberattack caused a “major” computer system outage, which may not be resolved until next week. Read via Independent    

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

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With email presenting a major vector for cyber-attacks, inadequate protections create an opening for hackers to access sensitive data. Top universities in the UK, the US and Australia are putting their students and staff at risk by failing to implement high standards of email security. Read via Digit

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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The head of WhatsApp will not compromise the security of its messenger service to bend to the UK government’s efforts to scan private conversations.