Caroline Dinenage: The UK’s safety tech scene is thriving
With more people than ever before spending time online during the pandemic, a new report published today shows British safety tech companies are at the forefront of the global fight to keep them safe...
View ArticleHackerOne pays out more than $100m in bug bounties to ethical hackers
The ethical hacking platform HackerOne has now handed out more than $100m in bug bounties since its inception in October 2013. The platform, which claims to be the world’s largest community of hackers,...
View ArticleNHS test and trace privacy doc throws doubt on app’s “anonymity” claims
The NHS privacy notice for the Covid-19 test and trace programme says that data it gathers – including names, addresses, dates of birth and symptoms of individuals and those they have been in contact...
View ArticleUK’s fresh crackdown on Huawei falters amid technical concerns
The UK’s renewed crackdown on Huawei may be faltering amid concerns about the practicalities of an outright ban on the company’s equipment. It emerged over the weekend that Downing Street was drawing...
View ArticleGovernment pledges £400,000 for IoT security assurance schemes
The UK government has unlocked £400,000 of funding for the development of new assurance schemes to bolster the security of internet-connected products. The schemes will demonstrate the security of...
View ArticleZoom may offer encryption as a premium service
Zoom is planning to offer paying users an encrypted version of its video conferencing platform as it seeks to reassure customers that its services can be used to host sensitive discussions. The US firm...
View ArticleSecurity or geopolitics? MPs probe US senator over Huawei
MPs have questioned whether the US’s insistence on the national security threat posed by Huawei is motivated by a geopolitical strategy aimed at eroding China’s global reach. At a defence select...
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13th Signal Regiment: UK army launches first dedicated cyber warfare division
The British army is launching a 250-strong cyber warfare division in an effort to modernise the armed forces and better protect frontline operations. Stationed in Blandford, Dorset, the new unit, known...
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Revealed: documents cast doubt on claim NHS contact tracing app will be ready...
Newly-released documents have cast doubt on claims that the NHS’s Covid-19 track and trace app will be ready to launch nationally by the end of the month. Earlier this week the business minister Nadhim...
View ArticleHuawei launches UK ad campaign as government considers ban
Huawei has launched a media campaign seeking to shore up support for its work in the UK as the government threatens to drop the firm in a bid to quash a backbench rebellion and appease the Trump...
View ArticleBabylon showed users other patients’ video consultations
A privacy flaw in the Babylon Health GP app gave one user access to the recordings of dozens of other patients’ video consultations. The data breach came to light after a user tipped off the BBC....
View ArticleGovernment commits £10m to Digital Security by Design fund
The UK government is committing £10m over four years to the development of cyber security technologies, the secretary of state for DCMS Oliver Dowden is due to announce later today at London Tech Week....
View ArticleAmazon’s facial recognition stunt is pure PR
Amazon has decided to take the wholly selfless and completely original decision to stop supplying police forces with its facial “Rekognition” software, for, wait for it, a whole year. The anti-racism...
View ArticleBusiness grant phishing scam targets UK firms posing as the government
A phishing scam targeting UK businesses posed as the government approving a business grant application and directed recipients to an imitation government portal where users were prompted to enter their...
View ArticleUK MP to US congressman: Huawei is already out of the 5G network
Tory MP Mark Francois assured US congressman Mike Turner that Chinese tech giant Huawei was “already out of the [5G] network”, saying “we just haven’t ripped them out yet”. Speaking at a Defence...
View ArticleZoom to make encryption free to all in privacy U-turn
Zoom has given into demands to roll out its end-to-end encryption offering to all users after a backlash from privacy activists and warnings from security officials that the platform could not be...
View ArticleFive Eyes alliance agrees to work together to combat Covid-19 cyber attacks
The Five Eyes intelligence alliance has come together to combat a surge in disinformation and state-sponsored cyber attacks triggered by the coronavirus crisis. In a meeting of the alliance earlier...
View ArticleAmnesty claims NSO Group’s tech used to hack Moroccan journalist after “human...
Amnesty International claims that Israeli firm NSO Group’s spyware was used in a sustained campaign by Morocco’s government to spy on Moroccan journalist Omar Radi, with one attack occurring days after...
View ArticleHigh Court ruling on police use of facial recognition challenged by Liberty
A High Court ruling that the South Wales Police’s use of facial recognition technology is lawful is being challenged today in the Court of Appeal by human rights group Liberty. The organisation is...
View ArticleConnectWise launches first global cyber security framework for MSPs
ConnectWise has announced the launch of the first global cyber security framework for managed service providers (MSPs), in an attempt to educate the market and make it easier for MSPs to deliver...
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