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Great British Prank: Company Name Contains XSS Hack
A prankster registered a British company name containing a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. Hilarity ensued ...
Privacy Mindset: Europe vs. United States
In episode 146 for November 9th 2020: My conversation with Kelly Finnerty, Director of Brand and Content for Startpage.com on the differences in privacy mindset between Europe and the United States. ** ...
As UK Data Breach Reports Drop, Britain’s Privacy Watchdog Reveals Surge in Other Cyber Incidents
The latest report from the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), reveals a steady drop in data security incidents between January and March 2020. When comparing the first quarter of 2020 to the ...
Cyber Aware Campaign in the UK Asks for People’s Help and 83 Phishing Scams Get Shut Down
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in the UK launched a suspicious email reporting service (SERS) to the public, and the results were immediate: more than 80 web campaigns were shut down ...
Scam alert: UK citizens receive fake text messages amid lockdown. If you plan to leave the house, you better pay up.
New scams taking advantage of the current lockdown are popping up daily. According to Richmond Council leaders, fraudsters have a new trick up their sleeve – “fines” for not respecting social distancing ...
British retailer fined half a million pounds for poor cybersecurity hygiene
Companies that fail to protect themselves online no longer need to fear only the bad guys lurking in the hidden corners of the internet. Increasingly, they need to worry about the good ...
How Will Brexit Affect Cybersecurity for UK Organizations?
As a vendor, Tripwire gets asked a lot of questions from customers and potential clients about how developments in the wider world might affect digital security. One of those forces that’s on ...
UK’s Largest Mobile Carrier Relies on AWS and Imperva FlexProtect for Web Delivery and 360-Degree Application Protection
In today’s highly-competitive telecommunications market, the website is integral to successful and fast customer service. Downtime due to intrusion, data breach, or DDoS attack is intolerable. It’s why ten of the largest ...
UK Tax Department Investigated over 2.6 Million Phishing Attacks in Three Years
UK’s HMRC (Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) has been investigating taxpayer complaints about a surge in phishing attacks. After implementing DMARC for extra email protection in 2016, the tax collection service intercepted ...
Huawei Fallout: UK Defence Minister Sacked Over Leak
The surprising U.K. government position which we referenced in our prior piece on Huawei being a national security proxy for China wasn’t supposed to have been public knowledge. The information concerning the ...
