• by Connor McBean
• Industry News

A record number of online scams were removed from the internet last year thanks to the nation’s cyber experts significantly expanding the UK’s defences to push back against fraudsters, it has been revealed today. Read via City AM

• by Connor McBean
• Industry News

The Works has been forced to shut shops temporarily and suspend new stock deliveries after a cyber-attack. Read via BBC

• by Connor McBean
• Advent IM Blog Advent IM News

This is your weekly recap of everything that has happened in the world of security as well as what we have been up to here at Advent. So, without further ado, Our #5MinSecurityRead series is back starting with: I am not a target, by Head of Marcomms and Media, Ellie Hurst. Read here  War in […]

• by Connor McBean
• Industry News

Google is to purchase cybersecurity firm Mandiant for $5.4 billion, hoping to boost its cloud security solutions as companies are facing a flood of cyberattacks on their systems. The Mandiant deal is Google’s second-largest transaction ever, behind its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola a decade ago. Google says the acquisition will enable its cloud unit […]

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• Industry News

SCOTLAND’S auditor general has revealed that a huge cyber attack on the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) was carried out after “human error” allowed criminals to access systems. Sepa suffered a huge ransomware attack on Christmas Eve in 2020 which led to around 1.2GB of data, amounting to at least 4,000 files, being stolen. An […]

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• Advent IM Blog General

National Computer Security Day commenced in 1988. Its inception closely followed an attack on ARPANET -the internet’s predecessor- that harmed 10% of connected computers. The Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) first inaugurated the holiday. National Computer Security Day is designed to raise awareness about cyber security issues. It also helps people maintain online security. Check […]