NATO cyber security wargames underway
The exercise aims to train cyber defenders in their ability to defend NATO and national networks and will test decision making processes and procedures.
GCHQ tackling Russian anti-vaccine disinformation – report
GCHQ has launched a cyber operation to disrupt disinformation around vaccines being spread by Russia and other hostile states, it has been reported.
NCSC defends UK from ‘more than 700 cyber attacks’
The National Cyber Security Centre – a part of GCHQ – Fourth Annual Review reveals that the organisation defended the UK from 723 cyber incidents in the last year.
NCSC welcomes EU cyber sanctions against Russia
The Foreign Secretary has confirmed the UK will enforce asset freezes and travel bans on those involved.
UK and allies condemn Russia for cyber attacks against Olympic and Paralympic Games
The National Cyber Security Centre say that Russia has been warned by UK and its allies against further destructive cyber attacks.
Cyber security alert issued following rising attacks on UK academia
The National Cyber Security Centre has issued an alert to the academic sector following a spate of online attacks against UK schools, colleges and universities.
Huawei to be stripped from UK 5G networks by 2027
Earlier in the year, US Senator Tom Cotton warned that the UK’s decision to allow Huawei to build aspects of its 5G network "raises too great a risk for us to have that advanced aircraft in any nation with this system", he said speaking of US F-35 deployments in the UK.
US ‘looking at banning TikTok and other Chinese apps’ over cybersecurity fears
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the US is "looking at" banning Chinese social media apps, notably including TikTok, over allegations China is using them to collect intelligence on users.
UK Government abandon COVID-19 tracing app over privacy concerns
Contracts worth £4.8m had reportedly been awarded to the developer VMWare Pivotal Labs for the abandoned a three-month attempt undertaken by the UK Government to create their own version of the technology.
First British Army Cyber Regiment launched
A new Cyber Regiment has been launched to "protect frontline operations from digital attack", Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has announced.
