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UK ICO imposes £250k fine on Yahoo
The Information Commissioner Office (ICO) of UK has imposed a fine of £250,000 on Yahoo’s UK Division for failing to notify the 2014 Cyber Attack on time. Yahoo! Officials notified the world about the hack in September 2016 i.e after two years of a data breach which was strictly against UK’s data protection standards. In […]
Banks in the UK forcing customers to online frauds
Banks operating across England have picked up a new trend of closing their branches in rural areas and forcing customers to go online. Financial market analysts say that the move was chosen in a bid to cut down the CapEx and OpEx costs and bring the banking services close to the fingertips of their respective […]
Russia to launch Cyber Attack on the UK after 2018 FIFA World Cup
It was revealed in BBC Tonight that Russia is planning to launch a cyber attack on London after next month’s 2018 FIFA World Cup. The news source added that the attack will be severe and would bring the City of London to a standstill. The Minister who revealed this info to Nicholas Watt, Newsnight’s Political […]
Russian Cyber Threat forces the UK to sign digital security Pact
Russian Cyber Threat has forced the United Kingdom to sign world’s largest digital security pact worth £15 million. The digital agreement is expected to include leaders from 53 nations to sign the world’s largest cyber declaration which assures to join forces to combat criminals and hostile actors engaged in cyber warfare. As the cyber threat […]
Britain GCHQ unveils 6 level of Cyber Attacks
Government Communications Headquarters of Britain shortly known as GCHQ has released a new framework to rank 6 level of cyber attacks which have or are hitting its critical infrastructure. The report released by the boss of National Cyber Security Center(NCSC) Ciaran Martin states that the ranking will help in preparing the ministers, agencies and law […]
UK announces a crackdown on Dark Web
UK’s Home Secretary Amber Rudd has announced a crackdown on the dark web as she feels that the ploy could curb criminals from exploiting the anonymous web in pursuit of Child Po$$graphy, drug deals, guns, credit scams and other such illegal activities. Amber announced that the government of United Kingdom has set aside £9 million […]
Firms in UK and US fail to financially plan for Cyber Attacks
Is your organization financially ready for cyber attacks? If it isn’t so, then it is better to be late than never. A survey conducted by Lloyds Bank has revealed that only a third of UK firms have a financial plan in place to mitigate the risks associated with cyber attacks. Rest of them are either […]
Britain and US jointly vow to fight back Russian Cyber Attacks
The Military and Intelligence Chiefs of the United States and Britain have officially declared that they will work together to take on the cyber threats posed by enemies like Putin’s Russia and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. Issuing a public statement on this note on Sunday, the leaders of GCHQ and the UK’s Joint Forces […]
Fear of Cyber Attacks surges Cyber Insurance Buy!
SecureData, one of Europe’s Largest Independent Security Services Provider has discovered in a survey that the fear of cyber attacks is surging up the ‘Cyber Insurance Buy’ from business operating across the UK to cover the mounting losses. “Cyber attacks are coming thick and fast as the tools of the hackers are getting sophisticated. And […]
UK Intelligence tracked 100 hacking groups’ cyber attacking government data!
UK’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) has made it official on Sunday that it has tracked around 100 hacking groups which are trying to steal the country’s sensitive data. Thus, with the announcement that UK Intelligence wants to infer that all threats to national security of their country have moved to “Cyber Dimension”. Ciaran Martin, […]
