Latest articles by Sabina Weston
Major AWS outage knocks a host of services offline
News Coinbase, Venmo, Disney+, and Tinder are among the many services affected
Virgin Media O2 completes gigabit upgrade
News This makes it the only UK operator to have rolled out gigabit speeds across its entire network
Facebook hit with $150 billion lawsuit over Myanmar hate speech
News The tech giant has been accused of failing to prevent disinformation from thriving on its platform
BitMart suspends withdrawals following hack
News Hackers managed to get away with at least $150 million (£113 million) in cryptocurrencies
Planned Parenthood cyber attack exposes data of 400,000 patients
News Patients have been advised to check their health insurance statements for fraudulent activity
UK gov criticised after £5bn in Bounce Back Loans paid to fraudsters
News A National Audit Office report has also branded plans to recover 0.1% of stolen funds "inadequate"
Ubiquiti data breach orchestrated by “trusted insider”, says DoJ
News Software engineer Nickolas Sharp faces 37 years in prison for allegedly exploiting his access credentials to extort his employer
CMA orders Facebook to sell Giphy
News The decision concludes a ten-month long investigation into the acquisition
SMBs urged to update software ahead of Black Friday
News NCSC identified 4,151 online shops compromised using vulnerability within e-commerce platform Magento
US adds dozen Chinese tech companies to trade blacklist
News Decision was made due to concerns China could use the enterprises to break US encryption
Citigroup to create 100 blockchain and cryptocurrency roles
News The new positions are expected to be filled by the end of 2022
Fifth of UK security pros discriminated against in 2021
News The NCSC’s and KPMG’s Diversity and inclusion in cyber security report studied the obstacles faced by cyber security professionals
Ericsson to acquire Vonage for $6.2 billion
News The deal is the Swedish telecom giant’s largest disclosed acquisition to date
Wind turbine maker Vestas hit by cyber attack
News Danish firm says hackers managed to obtain company data and knock out parts of its IT network
Why the NCSC and telecoms firms are at loggerheads over quantum key distribution
In-depth In the face of mixed messages between the public and private sector, should businesses be wary of jumping on the bandwagon?
US, UK agencies warn Iran-backed hackers are targeting critical sectors
News The state-sponsored APT groups exploited Fortinet and Microsoft Exchange flaws to gain access to systems
Microsoft halves number of Windows 10 updates
News The operating system is shifting to an annual release cycle similar to Windows 11
HMRC issues scam warning ahead of Self Assessment deadline
News The department stated that 2021 has already seen 797,010 tax-related scams reported
FBI hacker is selling Robinhood customer data on hacking forum
News The threat actor is looking for a minimum offer of “five figures” for the data, which includes seven million email addresses
UK gov orders in-depth probe into Nvidia-ARM takeover
News The government has ordered the CMA to carry out a "phase two" investigation on grounds of antitrust and national security
HMRC invests in 40,000 devices to facilitate hybrid working
News The department’s employees are currently allowed to continue working from home for at least two days a week
CEO of spyware firm NSO Group quits after US sanctions
News Company that supplied Pegasus spyware to authoritarian governments faces further investigation from US State Department
Black Hat Europe: Strong security relies on a 'culture of openness'
News Security analyst Regina Bluman says managers and executives need to “be human” and “admit mistakes”
