Tag: cyber attack
News and information from the Advent IM team.
GCHQ warns not to use Windows 7 computers for banking or email after Tuesday
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
GCHQ has warned people not to do internet banking or use emails from computers with Windows 7 from Tuesday, when Microsoft will end support for the software. Read via The Telegraph
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Nationwide retailer fined half a million pounds for failing to secure information of at least 14 million people
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined DSG Retail Limited (DSG) £500,000 after a ‘point of sale’ computer system was compromised as a result of a cyber-attack, affecting at least 14 million people. Read via ICO.
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Cyber-Attacks Hit UK Firms Once Per Minute in 2019
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM News
UK businesses were deluged with cyber-attacks in 2019, with the average firm hit by over half a million attempts to compromise systems, according to new stats from Beaming. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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ICO: Travelex hasn’t reported a data breach
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
‘The company has not reported a data breach,’ ICO tells Computing, but adds that they may be required to ‘explain why it wasn’t reported’ Read via Computing.
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Travelex: Met Police called-in last week as Travelex FINALLY admits Sodinokibi ransomware attack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Travelex statement admits Sodinokibi ransomware outbreak but claims that no “structured personal customer data” has been compromised. Read via Computing.
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Travelex being held to ransom by hackers
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Hackers are holding foreign exchange company Travelex to ransom after a cyber-attack forced the firm to turn off all computer systems and resort to using pen and paper across its thousands of sites. Read via BBC News.
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Travelex site taken offline after cyber attack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The foreign-currency seller has been working on the issue since the software virus attack on New Year’s Eve. Read via BBC News.
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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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The Labour Party cyber incident – Mike Gillespie’s opinion
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
During any election political parties make attractive targets to a whole range of online threat actors. This particular attack so far seems to be a low level and unsophisticated DDOS. Nothing unusual about this really, the proliferation of unsecured Internet connected devices has helped to make this an easy enough activity for even the most […]
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British spooks expose Russian-based cyber hacking gang masquerading as Iranian crooks after they targeted a UK academic organisation
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM Blog
British spooks have exposed a Russian-based cyber hacking gang masquerading as Iranian crooks after they targeted an academic organisation in the UK. Read via Mail Online
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