IT Governance

JUNE 16, 2022

Channel 4 has faced heavy criticism after broadcasting a fake emergency news message warning that the UK is about to be hit by a catastrophic cyber attack. For example, the actor Adrian Lester appears on screen credited as Prime Minister Andrew Makinde, while Simon Pegg also appears as the head of operations at GCHQ.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2021

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) urges UK organizations to install the patches for the recently disclosed vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre is urging UK organizations to install security patches for their Microsoft Exchange installs.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2021

In 2019, the UK government spent 2.1% Last year, the UK government announced a new defence spending of £16.5 The NCF is composed of personnel from intelligence, cyber and security agency GCHQ, the MoD, the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2020

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning of cyber attacks against UK universities and scientific institutes involved in COVID-19 research. . “However, the overall level of cyber-attacks from both criminals and states against the UK has remained stable during the pandemic.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2017

The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) -- part of GCHQ -- found a serious vulnerability in Windows Defender (their anti-virus component). Now this is good news. Instead of keeping it secret and all of us vulnerable, it alerted Microsoft. I'd like believe the US does this, too.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

In April 2018, the UK GCHQ intelligence agency warned UK telcos firms of the risks of using ZTE equipment and services for their infrastructure. The United States , Australia , New Zealand , Romania , and Japan announced the exclusion of Huawei technology for their 5G internet networks.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In April 2018, the UK GCHQ intelligence agency warned UK telcos firms of the risks of using ZTE equipment and services for their infrastructure. The United States , Australia , New Zealand , Romania , and Japan announced the exclusion of Huawei technology for their 5G internet networks.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 28, 2022

The advisory was promptly endorsed by the National Cyber Security Centre, a division of Government Communications Headquarters (“GCHQ”), a UK intelligence agency. Keep software updated and use industry-recommended antivirus programs.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 1, 2018

The UK's GCHQ delivers a brutally blunt assessment of quantum key distribution: QKD protocols address only the problem of agreeing keys for encrypting data.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2020

In April 2018, the UK GCHQ intelligence agency warned UK telcos firms of the risks of using ZTE equipment and services for their infrastructure. The United States , Australia , New Zealand , Romania , and Japan announced the exclusion of Huawei technology for their 5G internet networks.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2021

A job ad published by the UK’s Ministry of Defence has revealed the existence of a previously undisclosed secret SAS mobile hacker team. The UK Ministry of Defence is looking for an extraordinary talented electronics engineer to hire for its secretive unit is located in Hereford. ” states Secret Bases. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

In April 2018, the UK GCHQ intelligence agency warned UK telcos firms of the risks of using ZTE equipment and services for their infrastructure. The United States , Australia , New Zealand , Romania , and Japan announced the exclusion of Huawei technology from their 5G internet networks.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2020

In April 2018, the UK GCHQ intelligence agency warned UK telcos firms of the risks of using ZTE equipment and services for their infrastructure. The United States , Australia , New Zealand , Romania , and Japan announced the exclusion of Huawei technology for their 5G internet networks.

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2019

But that was somewhat misleading, because the same day the GDPR came into force, the UK adopted the DPA 2018. Technically, this is the law that replaces the DPA 1998, and both it and the GDPR currently apply to all organisations in the UK that process personal data. This new regime will be known as the UK GDPR. Wait… what?

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IT Governance

APRIL 7, 2020

The government agency, which is part of GCHQ, noted that there has been a sharp rise in cyber attacks that take advantage of the panic and uncertainty caused by the pandemic. The post National Cyber Security Centre warns public about coronavirus scams appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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Data Protector

AUGUST 3, 2015

The report, written by Robin Simcox, looks at the ways the actions of Edward Snowden have impacted the US and the UK, particularly with regards to safeguarding national security. There is a fear that hostile states are increasingly deploying GCHQ’s or the NSA’s own cyber strategies against them.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2019

According to The Daily Telegraph newspaper, British Prime Minister Theresa May decided to assign a limited role to Chinese telco giant Huawei in the building of a 5G network in the UK. The approval continues to raise concerns because the Government ignored security warnings from senior ministers and the US Government.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

You can take a look at our full list below, with incidents affecting UK organisations listed in bold. million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. However, there are plenty of other incidents to dig into, including a raft of ransomware attacks against the education sector. In other news…. Cyber attacks.

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IT Governance

MAY 2, 2019

UK reaches a middle ground. The UK has said that Huawei can supply some “non-core” technology to UK phone companies, presumably in an attempt to satisfy both China, which wants to protect trade deals, and the US, which has said it will refuse to share threat intelligence with any government that works with Huawei.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2019

In April 2018, the UK GCHQ intelligence agency warned UK telcos firms of the risks of using ZTE equipment and services for their infrastructure. The United States , Australia , New Zealand , Romania , and Japan announced the exclusion of Huawei technology for their 5G internet networks.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

In April 2018, the UK GCHQ intelligence agency warned UK telcos firms of the risks of using ZTE equipment and services for their infrastructure. The United States , Australia , New Zealand , Romania , and Japan announced the exclusion of Huawei technology for their 5G internet networks.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

million SHEIN customers, a potential £30 million FCA fine for Tesco Bank, the UK’s new £250 million cyberwarfare unit, and a $148 million settlement for Uber. GCHQ and the Ministry of Defence are drawing up plans to establish a £250 million cyberwarfare unit, according to The Times and Financial Times. million customers.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2019

This GCHQ-approved training course gives your employees a comprehensive overview of the threats they face and how to avoid them. The post Don’t gift cyber attackers access to your organisation this Christmas appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. A version of this blog was originally published on 1 December 2017.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 13, 2021

Previously he’s worked for UK's GCHQ and Google's Project Zero team. Matt Tait opened Day 1 of Black Hat USA 2021 with a remote keynote presentation on supply chain compromises entitled “Supply Chain Infections and the Future of Contactless Deliveries.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

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IT Governance

MARCH 22, 2018

The Daily Telegraph , meanwhile, quotes Cambridge University’s Julius Weitzdörfe, who warns that that the UK is only four meals from anarchy if there is such an attack. The UK isn’t the only country worried about Russian cyber attacks.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 31, 2022

Prof Hany Farid says all online services should adopt idea backed by GCHQ and National Cybersecurity Centre Apple should take heed of warnings from the UK’s security services and revive its controversial plans to scan iPhones for child abuse imagery, the inventor of the scanning technology has argued.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 29, 2019

GCHQ ‘ghost protocol’ would seriously undermine user security and trust, says letter A GCHQ proposal that would enable eavesdropping on encrypted chat services has been condemned as a “serious threat” to digital security and human rights. Related: Inside the FBI's encryption battle with Apple Continue reading.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 30, 2019

Back in January, two senior GCHQ officials proposed a specific backdoor for communications systems. It was universally derided as unworkable -- by me , as well. Now Jon Callas of the ACLU explains why.

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The Guardian Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

UK agency breached right to privacy in programme revealed by Edward Snowden, judges say GCHQ’s methods in carrying out bulk interception of online communications violated privacy and failed to provide sufficient surveillance safeguards, the European court of human rights has ruled in a test case judgment.

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The Guardian Data Protection

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Most of the bulk personal datasets relate to UK citizens who are not of “legitimate intelligence interest”, the investigatory powers tribunal (IPT) heard. Related: UK spy agencies have collected bulk personal data since 1990s, files show Related: MI5 resisting independent oversight of bulk data collection Continue reading.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JUNE 16, 2019

Rights group argues powers of MI5 and GCHQ to obtain and store data breach human rights The legality of the intelligence services’ bulk surveillance activities under which personal data is obtained from social media companies as well as through hacking and interception is being being challenged in court.

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The Guardian Data Protection

OCTOBER 8, 2019

David Omand warns festival Cheltenham festival audience of threat to democracy from monetisation of data Big internet firms know more about the lives of private individuals than any intelligence agency ever has and that is a dangerous threat to democracy, the former head of the spy agency GCHQ has said. Continue reading.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2023

In April 2018, the UK GCHQ intelligence agency warned UK telcos firms of the risks of using ZTE equipment and services for their infrastructure. The United States , Australia , New Zealand , Romania , and Japan announced the exclusion of Huawei technology from their 5G internet networks.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MAY 10, 2018

This is an organisation that provides a digital service in the United Kingdom where the head office for that provider is in the UK or that provider has nominated a representative who is established in the UK. Who are the UK Regulators? By James Clark and Johanne Ward. Digital Service Providers (DSPs) [1] .

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2024

UK, Australia and New Zealand are accusing China-linked threat actors of cyber operations against UK institutions and parliamentarians. GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre believes that China-linked cyberespionage group APT31 was responsible for cyber attacks against UK parliamentarians’ emails in 2021.

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