The Cyber News Roundup

A look back at news, views and more over the past couple of weeks, taken from our last Cyber Security Insights newsletter and other sources.

Catch up on the latest threats, research, advice and events – in fact, all things cyber – at your convenience.

What's New?

Microsoft hack morphing into global crisis

60,000 known victims including banks, electricity providers and care homes affected.

The lure of travel and tourism

Newly discovered threat group targeting International Air Transport Association, airlines and refugees to Canada.

University challenged

Queen’s university take precautions after attack attempt.

What's next

Browsing with confidence

Google engineers working hard to promote secure web browsing for business owners and users through HTTP upgrades.

Proceed with caution

Security researcher recommends against LastPass password manager after noting seven embedded trackers.

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What You Might Have Missed

SolarWinds saga continues

More than 1,000 developers involved in the ‘largest and most sophisticated attack’.

Rip and replace

Let’s Encrypt completes massive upgrade after bug is found in its automated certificate management environment.

Health hacks (not the good kind)

North Korea accused of hacking Pfizer for COVID-19 data.

NHS Blue Flag

NHS Digital Part 2: Great Work, Great Challenges And Great People

23rd June 2020 | Cyber security, News and Events

Written by John Noble CBE, Advisory Board member In the second instalment of this blog (read part 1 here), Reliance acsn Advisory Board member John Noble CBE shares his experience of working with NHS Digital and government bodies, and explores the consequences of the additional pressure it has come under as a result of the [...]

Shot of the earth from space

EPISODE 2: When what’s ‘out there’ is already ‘in here’…But your security software doesn’t know about either of them.

5th February 2019 | Cyber security, Latest threat

REELING FROM INFECTION BY UNKNOWN THREAT VARIANTS, A MAJOR U.K. ENTERPRISE MISSES WHAT THE ATTACKERS WANT NEXT: CREDENTIALS Reactive, not predictive – an attacker’s paradise.The Head of IT’s story Head of IT, Tasneem, was battling a highly visible internal crisis: the appearance on employees’ screens of a ransom note holding the business’s data hostage, with [...]

The Cyber News Roundup

8th February 2021 | Cyber security, News and Events

A look back at news, views and more over the past couple of weeks, taken from our last Cyber Security Insights newsletter and other sources. Catch up on the latest threats, research, advice and events – in fact, all things cyber - at your convenience. What's New? Historical hack SolarWinds fallout continues. What you need [...]

The Cyber News Roundup

11th January 2021 | Cyber security, News and Events

A look back at news, views and more over the past couple of weeks, taken from our last Cyber Security Insights newsletter and other sources. Catch up on the latest threats, research, advice and events – in fact, all things cyber - at your convenience. What's New? SolarWinds breach 'inevitable' Highly evasive attacker leverages SolarWinds [...]