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Julian Assange arrest leads to 40m cyber attacks on the Ecuadorian government
Since, the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday last week, the Ecuadorian government claims that the country’s IT infrastructure has been hit by more than 40 million cyber attacks. This includes DDOS attack on the WebPages of South American country’s public institution, internal revenue service, universities and the website run by the office […]
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google face ban in the UK
Online services which fail to curb the circulation of harmful content on their respective platforms could soon face a ban in the UK. This includes the blockage of website services like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Google. The proposal is designed in lines with the web reforms being practiced in China and so could soon face a […]
Iran cyber attacks the UK
US Security experts claim that an Iranian hackers group named Iranian Revolutionary Guards has planned cyber attacks on UK infrastructure which includes random DDoS attacks on Post Offices across the UK and siphoning of medical records of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Cyber attacks launched on the UK say that the hacker’s group which […]
UK Security board offers limited assurance that National Risks from Huawei can be mitigated
Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Center (HCSEC) which offers an official evaluation for the security of the Chinese company’s products used in United Kingdom’s telecom networks has offered a limited assurance that the national risks gained from Huawei can be smartly mitigated. The oversight board monitoring the Huawei equipment usage in the UK says that some […]
Boards of directors of most UK companies are unaware of Cyber Attack repercussions
Board of directors of most of the companies operating in the UK, especially those listed on FTSE is still not aware of the potential impact a cyber attack could fetch to their business. This was revealed in the report released by the Government’s Cyber Governance Health Check. The report shows that only 16% of the […]
Huawei 5G Mobile Security risks can be managed says the UK
Britain’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) has issued a green signal to the use of 5G technology from the Chinese company Huawei and added in its statement that the mobile security risks involved in using the technology from the company can be managed with precision. Thus, UK becomes the only country to support the innovation […]
Increase in adoption of AI Assistants in UK to replace Human Assistants by 2021
An interesting survey conducted by ISP Company Beaming in association with Opinium has revealed that the use of AI assistants has increased among all sizes of businesses in 2018 and will become threefold in the current year. The study says that a large proportion of businesses in UK are showing a lot of interest in […]
Trending Cyber Attack news of UK
1.) NHS of Cumbria located in North West England has disclosed recently that it has been targeted by more than 150 cyber attacks in the last 5 years. A report from BBC has confirmed the news that the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, which runs hospitals in Barrow, Kendal, Morecambe, and Lancaster was […]
Cyber Attack on Russian Embassy by the UK
All these days we found nations accusing Russia of launching cyber attacks on their country’s digital infrastructure. But now, the Russian Embassy in London claims that its website was hit by hackers based in the UK which could be a state-sponsored attack. Officials from Russian embassy say that attack was launched on the website on […]
Huawei bows to UK Cybersecurity demands to avoid a 5G ban
Huawei has agreed to UK’s security demands in order to avoid a ban imposed on the use of its 5G products in the said country. Thus, it clearly shows the interest of the Shenzhen based IoT manufacture on keeping up a cordial profile with its clientele. In the past few months, the Chinese 5G equipment […]
