This post was first published on 5 July 2022. The Chinese President, Xi Jinping, is calling for improved cyber security, in the country following the unprecedented alleged data theft by ChinaDan: Security warning after sale of stolen Chinese data – BBC News Details of the theft are starting to be …
National Cyber Security Centre Threat Report 8 July 2022
Back after a short break: Threat Report 8th July 2022 – NCSC.GOV.UK
.html Email attachment threats
We all look out for those malicious .pdf, Word and Excel attachments, when we are looking through our email. Research has now shown that the attached html file can be a huge threat. HTML attachments found to be the most malicious type of file | TechRepublic It is a difficult …
MI5 and the FBI warn about the cyber threat posed by China
Ken McCallum, the MI5 director general and Christopher Wray, the FBI director have delivered a joint statement at the MI5 building in London, warning that China is carrying out economic espionage and hacking operations to steal technology for competitive gain. “We consistently see that it’s the Chinese government that poses …
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Apple announces specialised security for high risk users
In the autumn Apple will be adding “Lockdown mode” functionality to the range of it’s operating systems – iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura. For a drastic reduction in functionality, users, who are at risk from sophisticated cyber attacks, such as those posed by Pegasus and Hermit spyware, will …
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