He risked his neck. When Edward Snowden chose to expose the US National Security Agency (NSA)’s mass surveillance, Leviathan, and that of its British counterpart, GCHQ, 10 years ago, he put his life on the line. And he has always declared he has never regretted it. But years after his act of extraordinary courage, the…
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Home secretary Suella Braverman is stepping up pressure on Meta over its plans to roll out end-to-end encrypted message services on Facebook and Instagram. The government claims that plans by the social media company to introduce encrypted messaging services will have a “catastrophic impact” on the ability of police to detect and prosecute child sexual…
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Perhaps the headline of this article holds a little hyperbole but, not so much. The law I’m referring to is the Electronic Trade Documents Act which comes into force today (20 September). The reason I make such a big claim for this slight yet significant statute is because across the UK, and around the world,…
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Four UK regulators have joined forces in a pilot scheme to offer businesses tailored support to meet requirements across various sectors while safely innovating. The pilot service will be run by members of the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF), made up of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), Ofcom, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), and…
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The UK’s internet domain registrar, Nominet, has joined up with its counterparts from across Europe to launch a top-level domain information sharing and analysis centre (TLD ISAC) with the aim of strengthening cyber security capabilities and resilience through increased collaboration among TLD operators. The other authorities joining Nominet to launch the European TLD ISAC are…
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During the opening keynote at Intel’s Innovation event in San Jose, Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger unveiled a score of details about the upcoming Meteor Lake client platform. Intel’s Meteor Lake marks the beginning of a new era for the chipmaker, as they move away from the chaotic Intel 7 node and go into a…
The cross-bench Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee (SITC) has launched an inquiry into the cyber resilience of the UK’s critical national infrastructure (CNI) sector and is calling for the security industry to submit evidence in a number of key areas that may ultimately help inform future policy. It said that the UK is currently…
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TikTok, the video-sharing social medial platform, is to be fined €345m for failing to protect children’s privacy. Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) announced the fine against the video-sharing app for breaches of the GDPR data protection law. TikTok exposed children aged 13 to 17 to risks by making their accounts publicly available by default and…
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As autumn begins and the thoughts of security teams turn to mists and mellow fruitfulness, Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday update arrives with the surety of the turning leaves, and this month there are two actively exploited zero-days to consider, and five critically scored vulnerabilities worth attention, out of a grand total of over 60 newly squashed…
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The government yesterday attempted to quash industry concerns that the “spy clause” in the Online Safety Bill, which aims to crack down on child abuse and other harmful online content, would fundamentally weaken end-to-end encrypted services. Junior arts and heritage minister Stephen Parkinson told the House of Lords yesterday that regulators would not use controversial…
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