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Cybersecurity Wonks Find Fault With Home Office Ransomware ProposalsA collection of British cybersecurity policy wonks poured cold water over a British government proposal to outlaw ransom payments by government agencies and from regulated operators of critical infrastructure. A ban wouldn't likely represent a significant blow to ransomware profits.

Law enforcement facing huge gap in 'AI adoption' The National Crime Agency (NCA) will "closely examine" the recommendations made by the Alan Turing Institute after it claimed the UK was ill-equipped to tackle AI-enabled crime.…

Inside North Korea’s IT Scam Network Now Shifting to EuropeNorth Koreans posing as remote IT workers have spread to Europe, where one Pyongyang fraudster assumed at least 12 personas to target companies in Germany, Portugal and the United Kingdom. Western companies have grappled for years with the prospect of unintentionally hiring a North Korean national.

Chinese-Speaking Operators Have Made Lucid a 'Primary Source' of PhishingSecurity researchers say they expect a surge this year in text message smishing fueled by a phishing-as-a-service platform operated by Chinese-speaking threat actors. Lucid already is a primary source of phishing campaigns targeting users in Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The UK’s data protection regulator says it is overwhelmed with complaints from the public

With help from UK operatives, because it’s getting tougher to run the scam in the USA North Korea’s scamming, thieving, and AI-abusing fake IT workers are increasingly targeting European employers.…

Government Says Managed Service Providers Need More RegulationThe British government pledged to introduce stricter rules surrounding incident reporting and supply chain vulnerability patching through legislation it previewed in July 2024. The proposed Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will bring under its scope managed service providers.

The UK government must be thrilled Google will soon offer end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) email for all users, even those who do not use Google Workspace, and says it'll do so without imposing any undue stress on IT admins.…

Tech secretary reveals landmark legislation's full details for first time The UK's technology secretary revealed the full breadth of the government's Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR) Bill for the first time this morning, pledging £100,000 ($129,000) daily fines for failing to act against specific threats under consideration.…

A thousand UK service providers will be expected to comply with the forthcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill

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.

The UK’s National Cyber Security Agency has called on Next.js users to patch CVE-2025-29927