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• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog

World Password Day raises awareness about the significance of secure passwords and the importance of passwords. Our digital identities and personal information can be jeopardised by a single compromised password. We have terrible password hygiene in the UK, as you can see in the video below. The top 20 most often used UK passwords would […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

The man allegedly spent the night eating, drinking, and sharing banter with senior officers before being offered a bed for the night. Read via Sky

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

Good afternoon, everyone. Happy Friday, everyone! It’s been a while since we’ve had a full week, so without further ado: Coca-Cola is investigating claims of a large-scale data breach by Russian-linked cybercrime gang Stormous. Read here Happy World Intellectual Property Day. Watch here Ransomware Attacks Cost Universities Over £2m. Read here  Destructive Malware Attacks Against […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Coca-Cola is investigating claims of a large-scale data breach by Russian-linked cybercrime gang Stormous. Read via Info Security Magazine

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog

The event was established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2000 to raise awareness of how patents, copyright, trademarks and designs impact on daily life and to celebrate creativity, and the contribution made by creators and innovators to the development of societies across the globe. Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM News

The UK’s education sector continues to be hit by spiraling ransomware attacks, which can cost affected organizations in excess of £2m per incident, according to a new Jisc report. Read via Info Sec Magazine 

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

According to the new Modern Bank Heists 5.0 report from VMware, 63% of global financial organisations were hit by destructive cyber-attacks in the past year. This was a 17% increase compared to the previous year’s report. Read via Digit

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog

Another 4 day week is almost complete! But once again the security industry does not sleep.. This week in stories: No 10 network targeted with spyware, says group Read here Funky Pigeon suspends orders after cyber-attack Read here Google to update cookie consent banner in Europe following fine Read here Do you work in the […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM News

Google has shared a screenshot of its new cookie consent popup. At first, the new popup will be available on YouTube in France. But the company says it plans to roll out the new design across Google services in Europe. Read via Yahoo

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

The online greetings card and gifts business Funky Pigeon has stopped taking orders after being hit by a cyber-attack last week. Read via Guardian