Fines of £17m for unprotected UK firms
The UK Government’s Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced that firms could face fines of up to £17m or 4% of global turnover if they fail to protect themselves from cyberattacks.
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iOS VPN apps removed from Apple’s Chinese App Store
Apple has bowed to pressure from the regime in Beijing, and removed some VPN apps from the Chinese version of its iOS App Store.
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Black Hat: Hacking the firmware, the next frontier
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ESET’s Anton Cherepanov picks up Pwnie for Best Backdoor
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Black Hat 2017: Hacking the physical world
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Social engineering and ransomware
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Malware found lurking behind every app at alternative Android store
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£20 million cybersecurity programme to train teenagers set to launch in UK
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Spiderman pleads guilty to knocking 900,000 German broadband routers offline
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