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techradar.com | Ellen Jennings-Trace
The UK Government has announced a £121 million investment into quantum technologies, a move it says will help “tackle fraud, prevent money laundering, and drive growth”.
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1 week ago | 
techradar.com | Ellen Jennings-Trace
Change Healthcare suffered a huge cyberattack in 2024Disruptions from that attack cost organizations millionsThe firm is now chasing repayment of loans to cover losses from these disruptionsUnitedHealth Group is “aggressively” going after small healthcare organizations that borrowed money following a huge cyberattack on its subsidy Change Healthcare.
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msn.com | Ellen Jennings-Trace
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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techradar.com | Ellen Jennings-Trace
An Ikea franchise company suffered a ransomware attackThe incident cost Fourlis Group millions thanks to operational disruptionRansomware is steadily rising in popularityAn attack on Ikea franchise company Fourlis Group cost the firm over €15 million ($17 million), it has revealed. Cybercriminals breached the company’s systems just two days before Black Friday 2024, one of the biggest trading days of the year - impacting Fourlis Group assets in Romania, Greece, Cyprus, and Bulgaria.
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1 week ago | 
techradar.com | Ellen Jennings-Trace
Image Credit: TechRadar(Image credit: Future)Okta has announced a host of new platform capabilities aimed at helping businesses safely use and incorporate AI Agents and other “non-human identities, or NHIs.TechRadar Pro went along to Okta’s launch at the magnificent McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, UK,to hear more about the identity management platform’s plans.
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1 week ago | 
techradar.com | Ellen Jennings-Trace
In a December 2024 meeting, China privately took responsibility for cyber offensivesThese include attacks on US infrastructure, like communications and energyThe state warned that US increasing support for Taiwan was a key factorAmid a serious escalation of hostilities between the two nations, senior Chinese officials have apparently acknowledged behind closed doors that Beijing was involved in a series of cyberattacks on US critical infrastructure.
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1 week ago | 
techradar.com | Ellen Jennings-Trace
QR code phishing is on the riseThese attacks claimed over 1,300 victims in 2024Cybercriminals are disguising their QR codes as legitimate payment methodsA relatively new cyber threat, “Quishing”, or QR code phishing is claiming more victims in the UK than ever, with Action Fraud receiving 1,386 reports of incidents last year, a serious increase from 2019 where 100 attacks were recorded, the BBC reports.
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2 weeks ago | 
techradar.com | Ellen Jennings-Trace
Over 100,000 malicious emails were detected and blocked by HMRC These were sent between November 2021 and September 2024Critical infrastructure remains a top target for cybercriminalsNew research has revealed that over 105,000,000 malicious emails have been blocked by HMRC in the last three years, outlining the escalation of cyber threats against the UK Government and critical infrastructure.
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2 weeks ago | 
techradar.com | Ellen Jennings-Trace
A UK court has confirmed a legal challenge against the British GovernmentApple is taking action over an encryption backdoor requestThe tech giant's end-to-end encryption has been removed in the UKIn the latest development of the ongoing privacy dispute between Apple and the UK Government, a British court has officially confirmed the company has launched a legal challenge.
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2 weeks ago | 
techradar.com | Ellen Jennings-Trace
New Vodafone research outlines serious worries for UK SMEsMany businesses receive no cybersecurity trainingGrowing organizations are most at riskSmaller businesses face a serious threat from cybercriminals, new research from Vodafone has revealed, with an estimated £3.4 billion in revenue lost per year to cyberattacks. Growing organisations are at particular risk, with 80% of those with over 50 employees experiencing an attack - four times more than those with fewer than 50 workers.
