Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
MPs Bombarded by Nearly Three Million Monthly Email Attacks
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
UK Members of Parliament (MPs) have been targeted by a 60% year-on-year increase in cyber-attacks so far in 2020, according to new data from Parliament Street. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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Manchester United hit by cyber attack but say fan data safe
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Manchester United have been hit by a “sophisticated” cyber attack. The club, who host West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford on Saturday, say they are confident there has not been a breach of personal data of fans. read via BBCNews.
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UK To Create National Cyber Force, Amid £16.5bn Defence Rise
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The National Cyber Force’s existence has been publicly confirmed after months of speculation and a decade after the UK first began offensive cyber-operations. Read via BBCNews.
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HMRC Records 73% Growth in Email Phishing Attacks During #COVID19
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The UK’s HMRC detected a 73% rise in email phishing attacks in the six months that the COVID-19 pandemic struck the country, according to official data obtained following a FOI request by accountancy firm Lanop Outsourcing. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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MoD Receives Funding Boost and Confirms Increase in Cyber-Spending
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The UK government has dedicated an extra £16.5bn to defense spending which will see a heavy investment in cybersecurity defense and offensive capabilities. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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Attacks on Pharma Rise Amid Targeting of #COVID19 Vaccine Development
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Attacks on the biotech and pharmaceutical industry have risen by 50% in 2020 compared to 2019, according to a new report from BlueVoyant. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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Employees Have Access to an Average of 10 Million Files
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The average employee has access to around 10.8 million files, with larger organizations having around 20 million files accessible. Read via InfoSecurityMag
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UK Firms Least Likely to Pay Ransom Globally
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Two-fifths of UK firms have been hit by ransomware over the past year, and although they were the least likely to pay a ransom globally, those that did paid out some of the highest sums, according to CrowdStrike. Read via InfoSecurityMag
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Ticketmaster fined £1.25m over payment data breach
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Ticketmaster UK has been fined £1.25m for failing to keep its customers’ personal data secure. The fine was issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) following a cyber-attack on the Ticketmaster website in 2018. Read via BBC NEWS.
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ICO Demands Urgent Data Protection Changes from UK Parties
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The UK’s privacy watchdog has told the country’s largest political parties to make urgent improvements to their data handling practices, following concerns that many voters are unaware of how their information is being used. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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