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Around 2,000 GP practices use its products

An NHS tech supplier is investigating a cyberattack that affected its systems in the early hours of Sunday.…

Security boffins warn flaw is now being used for ransomware attacks against live networks

Microsoft says attackers have already compromised "several hundred machines across a diverse set of organizations" via the React2Shell flaw, using the access to execute code, deploy malware, and, in some cases, deliver ransomware.…

18-year-old platform crumbles under 94M daily requests while resellers flog £62 tests for £500

The UK's Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has appointed a new chief exec to tackle spiraling waits for practical driving tests with bots overrunning its aging booking system.…

Investigatory Powers Commissioner says reforms have failed to close oversight gaps

The UK's Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA) has several regulatory gaps that must be plugged in future legislative reforms, according to Investigatory Powers Commissioner (IPC) Sir Brian Leveson.…

No timeline for a patch

Suspected Chinese-government-linked threat actors have been battering a maximum-severity Cisco AsyncOS zero-day vulnerability in some Secure Email Gateway (SEG) and Secure Email and Web Manager (SEWM) appliances for nearly a month, and there's no timeline for a fix.…

Plus: automated SBOMs, $250,000 bounties ahead

interview  No good idea - like rewarding open source software developers and maintainers for their contributions - goes unabused by cybercriminals, and this was the case with the Tea Protocol and two token farming campaigns.…

Regulator makes various additional demands over alleged cybersecurity failings

In proposing a settlement agreement, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says that Illusory Systems must repay users funds lost in a 2022 cyberattack.…

Buckle up to innovate at speed, says PwC

Sponsored Post  As AI spreads across the enterprise, so too do the security and compliance risks. Regulations are evolving, risk postures are shifting, and organizations must find a way to innovate responsibly without slowing down.…

Build a digital backbone faster than adversaries can evovle or lose the information war

NATO is in an existential race to develop sovereign cloud based technologies to underpin its mission, the alliance’s Assistant Secretary General for Cyber and Digital Transformation told an audience at the Royal United Services Institute last week.…

Folder permission changes cause queue failures and misleading error messages, no real fix yet

Microsoft has good news for administrators: while some organizations now pay for security updates on older Windows versions, the inconsistent quality remains free.…

Regulator proposes strict limits on screen-based testing, cites infrastructure concerns and lack of evidence for benefits

Most students taking school and college GCSE, A-level, and AS-level exams in England will continue to use pen and paper, according to proposals from the sector's regulator for a very limited expansion of screen-based assessments.…