Category: General

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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Royal Mail has experienced a data breach where customers have seen the information of others users. Read via Sky News.

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Drum roll, please… Mike Gillespie, Advent IM MD, has been announced as a finalist for the Outstanding Cyber Security Professional category at the 2022 Cyber Outstanding Security Performance Awards! This is the third award this year that Mike has been shortlisted for and we think that is a great achievement! Commenting on the list of […]

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Four out of five (80%) organizations have been notified of a vulnerability or attack in their supply chain of software in the past 12 months, according to new research from BlackBerry. Read via InfoSecurityMag.

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Shipping company DHL has knocked LinkedIn off the top spot as the number one brand being imitated in phishing attempts between July and September. Read via InfoSecurityMag.

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The head of the UK’s data watchdog has vowed to fine firms falling short on cybersecurity after warning “complacency” within companies is the “biggest cyber risk businesses face”. The warnings come after the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) today fined British construction firm Interserve £4.4m over its failure to protect its employees’ data from cyberattacks. […]

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While the Digital Strategy for Defence seems to be going well, the National Audit Office is concerned there is no overarching plan to implement it, or a clear way of measuring whether it is on track. Read via Computer Weekly.

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An FOI request by the Parliament Street think tank discovered the stolen BBC devices increased year on year between 2019 and 2021. UK broadcaster the BBC has reported more than £150,000 worth of electronic devices stolen over the past three years. Read via DIGIT-FYI.

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The owner of fast-fashion site Shein has been fined $1.9m (£1.69m) over its handling of a data breach. Login details for 39 million Shein accounts were stolen in 2018 after its parent company, Zoetop, was targeted by hackers. Read via BBC News.

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The education sector experienced a 44% increase in cyber-attacks when compared to 2021, with an average of 2297 attacks against organizations every week, according to Check Point’s 2022 Mid-Year Report. Read via InfoSecurityMag.

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Cybersecurity tops annual business risk survey, reflecting the rapidly weaponised cyber attack landscape, as geopolitical uncertainty rises. Read via ICAEW.