National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) marks 20 year anniversary of first response to cyber attack
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) lifts the lid on first cyber incident responded to by GCHQ experts.
Check Point study shows new cyber crime trend
Cyber security experts Check Point Research (CPR) has revealed startling new statistics regarding the threat posed by attacks by hackers. CPR latest report shows global weekly incidents of cyber crime roise by 7% in the first quarter of the year and that around 3% of all organisations have been hit by ransomware demands. The study […]
WH Smith hacked by cyber criminals
WH Smith has confirmed it has been the target of a cyber attack in March in which hackers accessed company data. The high street giant added criminals have got into current and former employee information. The company said the hack has not impacted its trading activities and stressed its website, customer accounts and customer databases […]
NHS supplier hit by cyber attack
A continued cyber-attack on an NHS supplier could lead to months of processing paperwork.According to one report, an out-of-hours surgery is resorting to pen and paper after services provider Advanced was first targeted on August 4.The company has warned that it could take three months to get some services back up and running.Cyber hackers removed […]
UK firms experienced 668k cyber-attacks each in 2021
UK businesses were subjected to 667,597 different cyberattacks during 2021, experiencing a new attempt to breach their systems online every 47 seconds, according to new data published by Beaming, a specialist business ISP. Although the total volume of attacks was three percent lower than in 2020, the rate of attacks on UK businesses online remains […]
Republic of Ireland’s health service hit by major hack
The Republic of Ireland’s health service was recently hit by a “catastrophic” hack of its IT systems. In an official note, the Republic of Ireland’s Department of Health stated: “At the moment, the Department of Health is assessing the impact of the recent cyber-attack in terms of systems and data affected. “A Departmental Cyber Response […]
UK energy sector firms failed to report cyber-attack incidents
It has recently been revealed that cybersecurity legislation introduced three years ago – which was put in place to oblige gas and electricity firms to report when they were hacked – has been almost entirely ignored, confirms Sky News via IslandFM. In spite of numerous successful cyber-attacks hitting British energy firms in this time frame, […]
SITA confirms passenger data was breached during cyber-attack
SITA, a global IT provider for the aviation industry, have confirmed that they suffered a passenger data breach following a cyber-attack on the company’s servers. The company have claimed that customers and organisations that use the SITA Passenger Service System (US) Inc. (SITA PSS) – which operates passenger processing systems for airlines – were contacted from […]
GCHQ to use AI to thwart cyber-attacks
Jeremy Fleming, Director of GCHQ, the UK intelligence agency, has recently claimed that the organisation are looking to use AI to boost national security and protect the country from cyber-attacks, reports the Financial Times. In a time where AI is consistently weaponised by organisations and individuals for malicious purpose, Fleming is confident that “legal, proportionate […]
Fishing businesses struggling in wake of cyber-attack on Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Many fishing businesses in the Tayside region of Scotland have struggled to operate at full efficiency following a recent cyber-attack on the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), reports The Courier. SEPA – who were hit by the malicious attack on December 24 2020 – confirmed that they lost 1.2 GB of data and were forced […]