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The NHS is encouraging hospitals to shore up cyber security and examining its supply chain resilience in the wake of the situation in Ukraine, the head of the service in England has said. The service is

British firms and public services should brace themselves for cyber attacks as tensions with Russia escalate over a potential invasion of Ukraine. In a stark warning, Home Secretary Priti Patel urged organisations to take ‘pre-emptive measures’

Local authorities across the UK are being targeted by sophisticated cyber attacks aimed at disrupting their computer systems. News emerged recently that Gloucester City Council has been the victim of an attack for the second time

Listen to Rob Shapland, Head of Innovation, on the BBC World Service’s Newsday programme talking about the latest cyber attacks on oil infrastructure organisations in Europe. Listen Now (from 12.06 minutes) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172xv343b2q3gt 7th February 2022 via BBC Sounds.

What has happened?On Wednesday, the company KP Snacks who manufacture well-loved British crisps, sweets and nut-based snack brands, such as Hulu Hoops, Skips, Tyrell’s and McCoy’s revealed its networks had been compromised with ransomware after an

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a warning to companies to bolster their defences in light of Russia’s recent cyber attacks on the Ukraine. Cyber attacks are a very useful offensive tool to use

Companies with ideas to protect small businesses from ransomware offered chance to develop them further with leading cyber security experts Through the NCSC For Startups programme – run by the National Cyber Security Centre and Plexal

From 24th January 2022, there is a price change to Cyber Essentials which is the first since the scheme was launched in 2014. It coincides with updates to the Cyber Essentials requirements in what is the

Balancing cyber risk and defence The threat an organisation faces may vary over time. At any point, there is a need to strike a balance between the current threat, the measures needed to defend against it,

The UK and Australia have announced a new partnership to tackle cyber-security threats from “malign actors” who seek to use technology to undermine liberal democracies. Britain’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss met her Australian counterpart Marise Payne

Earlier in 2021, Charity Digital released an episode of our podcast titled ‘Why don’t charities care about cyber security?’. Now, as we approach 2022, we can say firmly that they do. How do we know? Because

What has happened?A very significant vulnerability in the “Log4j” library was discovered on Friday 10th December. While the name log4j might not mean anything to most people, its code is used in a huge variety of

A flaw in widely used computer code is prompting 100 new hacking attempts every minute, a security company says. Check Point said it had seen attempts to exploit the vulnerability on over 40% of corporate networks

It is no surprise that 2021 saw a vast number of cyber attacks targeting UK businesses. Although these attacks used some novel methods, the end goal is usually the same – generate as much income as

A review by the National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ, found that a number of the incidents were linked to hostile states, including Russia and China. Britain’s cyber security agency had to tackle a record

A report by The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has outlined the growing threat of cyber-attacks to rail networks across the UK and Europe. As attackers have become more sophisticated in their approach, new and

The majority of business leaders anticipate a rise in cyber-attacks in the coming year. Of those, 61% suggested ransomware in particular will pose a mounting threat. In 2017, a ransomware attack known as WannaCry impacted more