Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Cyber security takes its place alongside UK’s armed services
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Head of armed services says cyber security will take its place alongside the army, navy and air force as a key pillar of the UK’s defence strategy Read via Computer Weekly.
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Lib Dems, Labour and SNP ‘Ahead’ on Election Security
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Security researchers are warning UK voters to be on their guard after revealing that most of the country’s political parties still don’t have best practice email security measures in place to mitigate fraud risks. Read via InfosecMag.
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UK Fashion Store Sweaty Betty Suffers Magecart Heist
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
British e-commerce store Sweaty Betty has become the latest victim of a digital skimming attack after customers unwittingly had their card data stolen over the period of a week. Read via InfoSecurity.
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General Election: Labour’s Ben Bradshaw claims he was ‘targeted by Russian hackers’
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The phishing campaign apparently targeting critics of Russia has been conducted during the middle of the election. Read More via Sky News.
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Data of 21 million Mixcloud users put up for sale on the dark web
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A hacker has breached online music streaming service Mixcloud earlier this month, and is now selling the site’s user data online, on a dark web marketplace. Read via ZDNET.
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Cyber criminal RAT busted by cops
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Police forces around the UK have arrested nine people as part of an international operation targeting users of a remote access trojan. Read More via Computer Weekly.
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Tracking the threat actors: NCSC’s Eleanor Fairford on the evolving menace to the UK’s critical infrastructure
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
‘We’re seeing ransomware increasingly deployed against utility providers, law enforcement and emergency response units Read Via Computing.co.uk.
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UK IT Pros: Brexit Will Increase Skills Shortages
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Over 90% of UK IT professionals believe Brexit will make chronic industry skills shortages even worse, according to new research from RedSeal. Read more via InfoSecurity.
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Tim Berners-Lee launches ‘Contract for the Web’ to govern internet giants and governments
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Google, Facebook and others sign-up to Berners-Lee’s ‘global plan of action to make our online world safe and empowering for everyone’ Read more via Computing.
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MoJ to develop cyber security log platform
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is working on improving its understanding of its cyber security posture. Read more via UK Authority.
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