Listen here on the podcast platform of your choice. The NHS’s IT system is at risk of further cyber attacks, according to the founder and CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre. Ciaran Martin, a professor at the University of Oxford, highlighted three critical issues facing healthcare providers in terms of cybersecurity: outdated IT systems, … Read more
If space systems like GPS were hacked and taken offline, much of the world would immediately revert to the communications and navigation technologies of the 1950s. Yet space cybersecurity has remained largely invisible to the public at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions. Cyberattacks on satellites have been happening since the 1980s, but the global … Read more
If space systems like GPS were hacked and taken offline, much of the world would immediately revert to the communications and navigation technologies of the 1950s. Yet space cybersecurity has remained largely invisible to the public at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions. Cyberattacks on satellites have been happening since the 1980s, but the global … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Car dealers in North America are still grappling with major disruptions that began last week with cyberattacks on a company whose software is widely used in the auto retail industry. CDK Global, a company that provides software to thousands of car dealers in the US and Canada, was hit by back-to-back … Read more
Qilin, the Russian cybercrime gang behind the ransomware attack on NHS suppliers that crippled major London hospitals this week, has a track record of cyberattacks spanning medical organisations, courts and even the Big Issue. The Russian-speaking gang appears to be taking full advantage of Vladimir Putin’s well-known policy of turning a blind eye to international … Read more
Calling 911 is intended to save lives. But emergency services, and others like them, are also seen as targets for criminally-minded cyber attackers, according to a new federal assessment — and any vulnerability in those critical networks could expose victims to a host of dangerous ripple effects. The analysis, compiled by the Department of Homeland … Read more
A government minister has described China as a “security threat” as the government faces demands to officially label the country a “threat”. The government currently describes China as a “game-changing challenge” but has faced pressure from MPs in the House of Commons to formally improve its assessment of Beijing. These calls increased in volume on … Read more