Global Affairs Canada (GAC) has suffered a data breach with unauthorised access to personal information. A statement from GAC, a government department which manages diplomatic relations, promotes international trade and provides consular assistance, said: “An unplanned IT outage is currently affecting remote access to GAC’s network in the country. The department’s critical services and external […]

Southern Water, a water company serving counties in Southern England, has issued a statement declaring that the organisation has become aware of a claim by cybercriminals that data has been stolen from some of its IT systems. The statement says: “We had previously detected suspicious activity, and had launched an investigation, led by independent cybersecurity […]

The UK government has launched a draft Code of Practice on cybersecurity governance that will help directors and senior leaders shore up their defences from cyberthreats. Aimed at executive and non-executive directors and other senior leaders, the measures look to establish cybersecurity issues as a key focus for businesses, prioritising skills and awareness training. It […]

Cytek Security, a leading provider of state-of-the-art cybersecurity solutions, has been selected to design and build a distributed Security Operations Centre (SOC) for a national Ministry of Defence, including all arms of its defence forces. Cytek will work with a leading Ministry of Defence in the Caribbean region, to evaluate its cybersecurity risk landscape, and design […]

Report unveils misplaced confidence in cybersecurity among public sector entities. Check Point Software Technologies, in partnership with the Public Sector Executive (PSE), has released a comprehensive report examining cybersecurity attitudes within public sector organisations. Titled Cyber Security: the heart and soul of trust between citizens and public sector organisations, the report reveals a significant gap between […]

Veridos and the Department of Immigration & Passport (DIP) of Bangladesh have written a success story with the introduction of new ePassport.  Veridos, a leading global provider of identity solutions, and the Department of Immigration & Passport (DIP) of Bangladesh, have written a success story with the introduction of new ePassports. The large-scale project, which […]

British Government denies media reports of cybersecurity attacks on nuclear site Sellafield but Office for Nuclear Regulation admits improvements are required. Meanwhile, industry figures react. The British Government has denied media reports over claims regarding serious cybersecurity breaches at nuclear site Sellafield. The Guardian published a series of claims about cybersecurity at the UK nuclear […]

With the support of Europol and Eurojust, the Czech and Ukrainian police have disrupted a prolific phishing gang believed to have defrauded victims across Europe of tens of millions of euros. In Czechia alone, the damage caused by this criminal group is estimated at over €8 million (CZK 195,000,000). As a result of this investigation, […]

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Republic of Korea have issued a warning of state-linked cyber threats attacking software supply chain from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The NCSC and the Republic of Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) have issued a joint advisory on advanced methods to attack global organisations, using highly […]

BlackBerry Limited has announced new advanced features for BlackBerry SecuSUITE for Government, the company’s secure voice and text communications software. SecuSUITE is used by over 20 governments today to protect them from electronic eavesdropping for unclassified through secret communications. The technology is backed by some of the most stringent security accreditations including from NATO’s Communications and Information Agency (NCI) and the United States […]