Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Twitter confirms it was hit by targeted spearphishing attack
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Investigation into 15 July 2020 hack of a number of high-profile accounts by cryptocurrency scammers has found evidence of a targeted spearphishing incident. Read story by Alex Scroxton in Computer Weekly.
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List of Blackbaud breach victims tops 120
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
More than 120 education and third-sector organisations may have had their data compromised through the breach of Blackbaud’s cloud platform Read the story by Alex Scroxton for Computer Weekly
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National Trust joins victims of Blackbaud hack
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
The UK’s National Trust is among a growing list of organisations to issue data breach alerts after an attack on cloud computing provider Blackbaud. Read story by Leo Kelion & Joe Tidy for BBC News
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Over Half of Universities Suffered Data Breach in Past Year
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Over half (54%) of UK universities reported a data breach to the regulator in the past 12 months, with an average of two reports each, according to new Freedom of Information (FOI) data collected by Redscan. Read full story by Phil Muncaster for Infosecurity Group
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Blackbaud Hack: Universities lose data to ransomware attack
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
At least six universities in the UK and Canada have had student data stolen after hackers attacked a cloud computing provider. Read story by Joe Tidy & Leo Kelion for BBC
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Russia Report reveals long-running cyber warfare campaign against UK
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Russia has been hacking the UK for years and the British government has also known about it for years, according to the Intelligence and Security Committee’s report. Read Alex Scroxton’s story in Computer Weekly.
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ICO: Contact tracing – protecting customer and visitor details
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
We understand that organisations have lots of new measures to put in place so that they can re-open safely to the public. For many, this includes collecting customers’ and visitors’ personal information for the first time, to support the various contact tracing schemes in the UK. GO to ICO site
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Government proposes IoT security enforcement body – Computer Weekly
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
The government is today publishing new proposals concerning planned legislation that will protect users of smart IoT devices from cyber criminals. Read the story by Alex Scroxton in Computer Weekly
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UK businesses and organisations who send or receive data to or from Europe
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
If you are a UK business or organisation that receives data from contacts in the EEA, you need to take extra steps to ensure that the data can continue to flow at the end of the transition period. Read the ICO post.
Read MoreCatch our Ransomware presentation at Security Twenty Virtual Event
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News Industry News
Security Twenty Virtual Event goes live 14th July and you can access our Ransomware presentation easily. The event features a wide range of security equipment to view via the Exhibition Hall, as well as a lively and varied Conference Centre, A Literature Library and a Networking Lounge where you can virtually catch up with industry colleagues and […]
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