Sep 21, 2024Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Artificial Intelligence The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has confirmed that professional social networking platform LinkedIn has suspended processing users' data in the country to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. "We are pleased that LinkedIn has reflected on the concerns we raised about its approach to … [Read more...] about LinkedIn Halts AI Data Processing in U.K. Amid Privacy Concerns Raised by ICO
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17-Year-Old Linked to Scattered Spider Cybercrime Syndicate Arrested in U.K.
Jul 20, 2024NewsroomCybercrime / Data Breach Law enforcement officials in the U.K. have arrested a 17-year-old boy from Walsall who is suspected to be a member of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime syndicate. The arrest was made "in connection with a global cyber online crime group which has been targeting large organizations with ransomware and gaining access to … [Read more...] about 17-Year-Old Linked to Scattered Spider Cybercrime Syndicate Arrested in U.K.
U.K. Hacker Linked to Notorious Scattered Spider Group Arrested in Spain
Jun 16, 2024NewsroomCybercrime / SIM Swapping Law enforcement authorities have allegedly arrested a key member of the notorious cybercrime group called Scattered Spider. The individual, a 22-year-old man from the United Kingdom, was arrested this week in the Spanish city of Palma de Mallorca as he attempted to board a flight to Italy. The move is said to be a joint effort … [Read more...] about U.K. Hacker Linked to Notorious Scattered Spider Group Arrested in Spain
Apple Threatens to Pull iMessage and FaceTime from U.K. Amid Surveillance Demands
Jul 22, 2023THNEncryption / Privacy Apple has warned that it would rather stop offering iMessage and FaceTime services in the U.K. than bowing down to government pressure in response to new proposals that seek to expand digital surveillance powers available to state intelligence agencies. The development, first reported by BBC News, makes the iPhone maker the latest to join … [Read more...] about Apple Threatens to Pull iMessage and FaceTime from U.K. Amid Surveillance Demands
U.S. and U.K. Warn of Russian Hackers Exploiting Cisco Router Flaws for Espionage
Apr 19, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Cyber Espionage U.K. and U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned of Russian nation-state actors exploiting now-patched flaws in networking equipment from Cisco to conduct reconnaissance and deploy malware against targets. The intrusions, per the authorities, took place in 2021 and targeted a small number of … [Read more...] about U.S. and U.K. Warn of Russian Hackers Exploiting Cisco Router Flaws for Espionage
U.K. National Crime Agency Sets Up Fake DDoS-For-Hire Sites to Catch Cybercriminals
Mar 25, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Crime / DDoS Attack In what's a case of setting a thief to catch a thief, the U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) revealed that it has created a network of fake DDoS-for-hire websites to infiltrate the online criminal underground. "All of the NCA-run sites, which have so far been accessed by around several thousand people, have been created to … [Read more...] about U.K. National Crime Agency Sets Up Fake DDoS-For-Hire Sites to Catch Cybercriminals
RedZei Chinese Scammers Targeting Chinese Students in the U.K.
Jan 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananOnline Scam / Cybersecurity Chinese international students in the U.K. have been targeted by persistent Chinese-speaking scammers for over a year as part of an activity dubbed RedZei (aka RedThief). "The RedZei fraudsters have chosen their targets carefully, researched them and realized it was a rich victim group that is ripe for exploitation," … [Read more...] about RedZei Chinese Scammers Targeting Chinese Students in the U.K.
U.K. Police Arrest 142 in Global Crackdown on ‘iSpoof’ Phone Spoofing Service
A coordinated law enforcement effort has dismantled an online phone number spoofing service called iSpoof and arrested 142 individuals linked to the operation. The websites, ispoof[.]me and ispoof[.]cc, allowed the crooks to "impersonate trusted corporations or contacts to access sensitive information from victims," Europol said in a press statement. Worldwide losses exceeded … [Read more...] about U.K. Police Arrest 142 in Global Crackdown on ‘iSpoof’ Phone Spoofing Service
First U.K. Banks to Allow Account Login Using Touch ID will be NatWest and RBS
NatWest and RBS will be the first banks in the U.K. to allow customers access to their accounts via Touch ID fingerprint scanning. RBS and NatWest customers must activate the feature with their security information, but would only need to use Apple's Touch ID thereafter. The banks said that, after three failed login attempts, customers would have to re-enter their passcodes. … [Read more...] about First U.K. Banks to Allow Account Login Using Touch ID will be NatWest and RBS
Apple is in Talks With Banks to Launch Apple Pay in the U.K.
Apple is in talks with bank to launch Apple Pay in the U.K. sometime in the first half of 2015. … [Read more...] about Apple is in Talks With Banks to Launch Apple Pay in the U.K.