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Report Fraud data reveals that more than half of 323 UK ransomware victims last year were SMEs

Open Rights Group says years of reliance on US giants have left Britain exposed Britain has spent years wiring its public sector into US Big Tech, and a new report says that dependence could quickly become a national security headache.…

Two reports from former high-level U.S. cyber officials and the UK government’s top AI research institution reveal how top defenders think about the tool’s hacking capabilities. The post Here’s how cyber heavyweights in the US and UK are dealing with Claude Mythos appeared first on CyberScoop.

City of London Police has launched the UK’s national Report Fraud service

Customers report being locked out after grabbing the password manager via F-Droid Some HSBC mobile banking customers in the UK report being locked out of the bank's app after installing the Bitwarden password manager via an open source app catalog.…

Workers frustrated with security-first changes to workflows and teething issues Exclusive Seven months after a landmark cyberattack, the UK's Legal Aid Agency (LAA) says it's returning to pre-breach operations, although law firms are still wrestling with buggy and more laborious systems.…

A Home Office report has revealed racial bias in facial recognition technology used by police

UK’s NCSC and Canada’s CCCS release a joint report on content provenance, urging organizations to strengthen digital trust and combat AI-driven misinformation

A new report from the UK Business and Trade Committee has called for accountability of software providers for cyber flaws amid rising attack costs

A new EY report claims unmanaged AI risk is causing millions of pounds’ worth of losses for UK organizations

Guess how much of our direct transatlantic data capacity runs through two cables in Bude? Feature The first transatlantic cable, laid in 1858, delivered a little over 700 messages before promptly dying a few weeks later. 167 years on, the undersea cables connecting the UK to the outside world process £220 billion in daily financial transactions. Now, the UK Parliament's Joint Committee on National Security Strategy (JCNSS) has told the government that it has to do a better job of protecting them.…

A RUSI report warned that money mules are exploiting inadequate security controls in smaller payment service providers to move fraudulent transactions about

Campaigners brand Home Office’s lack of transparency as ‘astonishing’ and ‘dangerous’ Privacy groups report a surge in UK police facial recognition scans of databases secretly stocked with passport photos lacking parliamentary oversight.…

Report on serious organized crime fails to account for differences, agency says The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) has hit back at a think tank after it assessed its US counterpart, the FBI, to be nearly three times more effective.…

Last summer's riots show how some content can be harmful but not illegal The Online Safety Act fails to tackle online misinformation, leaving the UK in need of further regulation to curb the viral spread of false content, a report from MPs has found.…

The financial sector is adept at balancing risk and opportunity. Adversarial AI is its next big challenge Partner content From the use of ATMs to online banking, the financial services sector has always been at the forefront of technology. Now, it's leading the charge in AI. In their third annual survey of financial institutions the Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority found 75% of companies already using AI with another 10% planning to do so over the next three years.…

Threat Outpaces Government's Ability to Keep Pace, Says Parliamentary CommitteeCyberthreats have evolved beyond the British government's ability to keep pace, warned a Parliamentary committee in a report highlighting lack of prioritization and a deficiency in civil service cyber skills. The country has felt a series of stinging cyberattacks over the last few years.

London's iconic department store, Harrods, has confirmed it was targeted in a cyberattack, becoming the third major UK retailer to report cyberattacks in a week following incidents at M&S and the Co-op. [...]

The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2025 has been released by the UK Home Office and DSIT today, reporting a slight decline in incidents compared to 2024 report

New Turing Institute Report Urges Government to Create AI Crime Task ForceBritish law enforcement agencies are ill-equipped to tackle artificial intelligence-enabled cybercrime, a report by The Alan Turing Institute says, pointing to an "enormous gap" between police technical capabilities and the growing sophistication of threat actors.