Category: Industry News

• by Anthony Orjally
• Industry News

The report highlights that Microsoft’s customers have faced a staggering 600 million attacks daily from cybercriminals and nation-states. Read Here.

• by Anthony Orjally
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A former British soldier accused of passing secret information to Iran could have put special forces personnel “at threat” when he covertly gathered their names, a court has heard. Read Here.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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Detectives confirmed officers were “liaising with other European law enforcement partners” to determine whether the blaze was linked to similar incidents on the continent. Read via Sky News.

• by Anthony Orjally
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Motorists have been urged not to scan QR codes to pay for parking in Coventry. Scammers have been placing bogus stickers on pay-and-display machines across the city, prompting a warning to ‘stay alert.’ Read Here.

• by Anthony Orjally
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When your organisation becomes the subject of negative news, it is crucial to respond effectively and strategically to minimise damage and rebuild stakeholder trust. Read Here.

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There is relief that the cyber incident affecting Gloucestershire council is “nothing like” the hack suffered by neighbouring authority three years ago – and “was a case of its systems testing its own security”. Read Here.

• by Anthony Orjally
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Disney is reportedly phasing out its use of Slack following a significant data breach, with plans to migrate over to Microsoft Teams for internal communications and collaboration. The move comes after a July incident where hackers accessed Disney’s internal Slack archives to leak 1.1TB of sensitive information, exposing confidential company messages, project details and employee information. Read Here.

• by Anthony Orjally
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TfL has said some customer data was compromised in the cyber attack, including customer names and contact details. Some Oyster card data, which could include bank account details, may also have been accessed. Read Here.

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Global scrutiny on hack-for-hire services and spyware tools has heightened over the past few months, with many countries strengthening their legal response to human rights and security violations leveraging these tools and services. Read Here.

• by Anthony Orjally
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The mobile numbers of Scottish NHS staff at seven health boards have been compromised following a software company data breach. Read Here.