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Avon has been forced to shut down its UK website in the wake of a cyber attack on 8 June. The organisation has revealed few details about the hack other than the fact that it “interrupted some systems and partially …

COVID-19 has seen a major shift in the tactics used by cyber criminals. We’ve previously discussed the way scammers have used the disruption of the pandemic to target people with social engineering attacks, but there have also been far more …

The NHS is delaying its annual cyber security audit to help managers concentrate on the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The six-month delay means that NHS trusts don’t need to complete their standard cyber security checklist until September. Although the …

Cyber security experts have found that the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has led to a surge in phishing scams, with both individuals and organisations at risk. Things could get worse in the coming weeks, as organisations scramble to find solutions …

Decathlon, the world’s largest sporting goods retailer, has suffered a massive data breach, affecting 123 million customer and employee records. Cyber security researchers at vpnMentor found a leaky database on a publicly accessible Elasticsearch server. It contained information from the …

Cyber criminals are exploiting the public’s fear of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak in a new phishing scam, researchers have learned. Experts at IBM discovered a spate of phishing emails being sent to Japanese citizens, asking them to open an attached …

Marriott International is to be fined £99.2 million for a massive data breach that it disclosed last year. The penalty, levied by the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office), relates to a cyber attack that occurred in 2014 but was only disclosed …