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Cyber-Security Executive Order Implementation Deadlines Near
ANALYSIS: Security experts chime in on the impact of President Trump's cyber-security executive order as the first set of deadlines near
Trainline CTO: We’re More Than Ready For ‘Fantastic’...
Trainline CTO Mark Holt explains to Silicon why he is looking forward to the introduction of new data protection regulations
AdGholas Malvertising Campaign Targets Unsuspecting Web Users
The group behind the campaign has gone to great lengths to slip under the radar
Data Sharing Is Needed For The Greater Good Even If It Compromises...
OPINION: Roland Moore-Colyer believes access to data offers more benefits than it erodes privacy
NHS Doctors Sending Patient Data On Snapchat In Alarming Case Of...
DeepMind Health report criticises 'insecure, risky, and non-auditable way of operating'
Ukraine Police Seize Servers Of Accountancy Software Firm To Stop...
Intellect Services denies any role in the spread of NotPetya
Palo Alto Networks: Evolving Ransomware Is The Biggest Cyber Security...
INTERVIEW: Silicon talks cyber security threats with Aaron Miller, senior technologist at Palo Alto Networks
TechUK Praises ‘Strong’ ICO Strategy Ahead Of Brexit And...
ICO's "ambitious" four-year strategy applauded by techUK as Britain gears up for Brexit and GDPR
Scammers ‘Telephoning MPs To Obtain Passwords’
Following the attack on Parliament's network two weeks ago MPs were targeted by scam callers in an effort to obtain passwords
Facebook Accused of Data Extortion By German Authorities
Facebook will be forced to make technical changes if found guilty of antitrust charges
Ukraine Firm Denies Responsibility For NotPetya Cyber Attack
'It wasn't us guv,' claim Ukrainian creators of suspected software
AA Criticised For Failing To Notify Customers Of Data Breach
Personal details relating to more than 100,000 customers of the AA's online shop have been found in in the 13 GB data breach
ICO Rules Google DeepMind And Royal Free NHS Trust Data Sharing Deal...
Patients were not informed by Royal Free that their data was being shared with DeepMind
ZoneFox: Tackling GDPR Requires A Risk Based Strategy
INTERVIEW: Silicon discusses tackling GSDPR with Jamie Graves, founder and CEO of insider threat detection company ZoneFox
Eugene Kaspersky Offers To Disclose Company Source Code To US...
Kaspersky Lab CEO willing to work with US authorities dispel long-standing rumours about his ties to the Russian government
UK Government Tech Market ‘To Be Worth £20bn By 2025’
The UK is in a position to lead the world's public sector IT market due to government reforms and broad public acceptance of digital, argues a new study
DCMS Is Now Department For Digital, Culture, Media And Sport
DCMS name changes to reflect growing importance of digital and technology in its activities
Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Update With Host Of New Security...
Windows 10 Build 16232 includes Windows Defender Application Guard (WDAG) improvements and ransomware protection
Royal Society: UK ‘Needs’ New Data Protection Watchdog
The Royal Society and the British Academy argue a new level of oversight is needed in a data protection landscape rapidly becoming unrecogniseable
Hackers Could Use Brainwaves To Make Educated Guesses On Passwords And...
Clever algorithms can figure out passwords using stolen brainwave data
Petya Mainly A Threat To Unprepared And Unwilling Organizations
ANALYSIS: Despite repeated warnings and the experience last month provided by the WannaCry ransomware, organizations that failed to prepare for known threats found they were most subject to the Petya malware
Government Data Website Suffers Security Breach
Yet another security incident suffered by the UK government
Liberty Human Rights Group Given High Court Approval To Tackle...
Liberty will challenge the mass surveillance elements of the Investigatory Powers Act
Tech Quiz: The Week In Review (30 June)
Time to stretch your memory muscles with our quiz on the top tech news this week.
Home Office Overlooks Scale Of Online Fraud Warns NAO
Must do better! National Audit Office says online fraud is costing billions of pounds, but is still not a priority for police or government
Tech Quiz: The Week In Review (30 June)
Test your weekly tech news knowledge!
Lloyd’s: Businesses Need To Take A Long-Term View Of Cyber...
It's no longer enough for organisations to just focus on the immediate impacts
AMD Ryzen Pro CPUs To Challenge Intel In The Enterprise Arena
Performance, security and machine learning optimisation can all be found in AMD's latest processors
US Airline Security Measures Stop Short Of Laptop Airplane Cabin Ban
Busy passengers can still work on airlines travelling to the US