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  • Cryptomining malware is being hidden in football and VPN apps

    • 6 Apr 2018

    Cyber criminals are hiding mining capacities in popular football and VPN applications to profit from hundreds of thousands of unknowing victims.

  • New Cyber Security Export Strategy launched by UK government

    • 26 Mar 2018

    The UK government has launched its new Cyber Security Export Strategy in a bid to strengthen defence capabilities in Britain and allied countries.

  • University cyber security competition established to bridge skills gap

    • 23 Mar 2018

    Eighteen of the UK’s leading universities went head-to-head during a recent two-day Inter-ACE cyber security competition set up to help resolve the skills gap in the cyber security sector.

  • Skilled ex-armed forces personnel offered free cyber security training

    • 16 Mar 2018

    People who have left or retired from Britain’s armed forces are being offered free cyber security training.

  • Cyber security’s lack of women stuck in vicious cycle, report suggests

    • 14 Mar 2018

    Women are being put off the idea of a career in cyber security due to the industry’s male-dominated nature.

  • DDoS attacks became more costly to businesses in 2017

    • 14 Mar 2018

    Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are hitting the finances of businesses harder than ever, a new report has found.

  • BeecherMadden are thrilled to be sponsoring the Cyber Security Awards for the fourth consecutive year

    • 13 Mar 2018

    Leading cyber security recruitment company, BeecherMadden are pleased to announce that they are sponsoring the Cyber Security Awards again in 2018. Ed Carr, team manager, says “the Cyber Security Awards are unique because they are independent of any magazine or organisation.

  • New cyber security school opened at Shrivenham’s Defence Academy

    • 12 Mar 2018

    A new cyber security school has been opened near Swindon.

  • New programme aims to plug cyber security skills gap with UK veterans

    • 12 Mar 2018

    A new non-profit programme has been launched to help UK veterans and service leavers begin a new career in the tech and cyber security industry.

  • Staff not offered cyber security training at 3 in 4 UK councils

    • 12 Mar 2018

    Three in four UK councils do not provide mandatory cyber security training to their staff, despite cyber attacks becoming increasingly fierce and frequent in recent years.

  • Smart home hubs compromised to gain personal details

    • 12 Mar 2018

    Hubs used to control ‘smart’ home devices can be exploited by hackers to manage connected modules installed in a property and even to obtain personal data.

  • Cryptomining group earns £5 million in six months

    • 12 Mar 2018

    A sophisticated hacker group earning millions through mining malware has been uncovered.

  • Whitepaper: What is GDPR and What Does Your Organisation Need to Do to Comply

    • 6 Mar 2018

    This white paper from (ISC)² will help you better understand GDPR and your company’s compliance obligations.

  • Winter Olympics may have faced around 50 million cyber attacks every day

    • 5 Mar 2018

    An estimated 700 million cyber attacks may have been carried out during the recent 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang - this works out at 50 million a day.

  • France looks to reform cyber defence policies before GDPR’s May deadline

    • 2 Mar 2018

    The French government hopes to make some major changes to its cyber defence policies ahead of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) taking effect on May 25th.

  • 4 in 5 expect a devastating cyber attack before 2021

    • 2 Mar 2018

    More than four in five senior-level IT professionals fully expect their organisation to experience a catastrophic data breach that could greatly impact shareholder value.

  • Petrol station security flaw could let hackers cause fuel leakages and steal cash

    • 28 Feb 2018

    Petrol stations around the world have been left wide open to remote takeover from hackers due to a number of unknown vulnerabilities.

  • Kaspersky Lab will support first ever all-woman North Pole expedition

    • 23 Feb 2018

    The weather may be warming up and becoming less hostile after a series of storms and snowy batterings this winter, but you could understand why Kaspersky Lab still feels pretty chilly.

  • Check Point teams up with Orange to bolster security of mobile devices

    • 22 Feb 2018

    A new security service, designed to address the growing number of mobile cyber attacks, has been launched by Check Point Software Technologies.