UK’s FCA bans crypto exchange Binance as crackdown spreads

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Binance Markets Limited – part of the Binance cryptocurrency trading platform – from undertaking any regulatory activity in the UK, and has... Read more »

HMRC-branded phishing scams surge despite protections

The number of officially reported HMRC-branded phishing scams jumped from 572,029 in the 2019-2020 fiscal year to 1,069,522 in the 2020-2021 period, an 87% surge, according to statistics obtained... Read more »

NCSC CEO: UK-Ireland collaboration crucial to stop cyber threats

Lindy Cameron, CEO of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), is highlighting the importance of collaboration between the UK and Ireland on cyber security issues and threats, in... Read more »

Anglesey schools offline after cyber attack

Isle of Anglesey County Council in north Wales has been forced to shut off IT systems at all five of the island’s secondary schools following a cyber attack of... Read more »

CMA to probe Amazon and Google over fake reviews

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has opened formal enforcement proceedings against tech giants Amazon and Google relating to possible breaches of consumer protection law, amid concerns that... Read more »

AWS launches bug-busting programme for developers

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching a global competition to encourage developers to hunt out a million dodgy code and software vulnerabilities, and potentially eliminate hundreds of millions of... Read more »

Google hands third-party cookies a stay of execution

Google has postponed the introduction of its planned Privacy Sandbox initiative – including the timeline for the phasing out third-party cookies in the Chrome web browser – to the... Read more »

NCSC recognises cyber degree apprenticeships for the first time

Edinburgh Napier University and the University of the West of England, in partnership with Gloucestershire College, have been named by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) as the... Read more »

Revealed: Crypto platform’s role in Cl0p ransomware raid

Blockchain and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider Binance has shared details of its role in the 16 June 2021 raid on elements of the Cl0p (aka Clop) ransomware crew in Ukraine,... Read more »

Stalkerware apps becoming normalised among young people

Around 7% of Britons who have been in a romantic relationship admit to using stalkerware or other methods of stalking, such as device and browser history snooping to keep... Read more »
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