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Working remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic? Keep I.T confidential

NHS Digital’s head of security operations lead, Steve Fenwick, has some advice for health and care staff on how to
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NHSmail registers 11 million blocked attacks in three years

According to the information released by NHS Digital, the NHSmail system blocked a total of 11.35m email attacks between since
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Davey Winder: Time to take cybersecurity training seriously

Our expert columnist Davey Winder reflects on a recent phishing attack at East Anglian Air Ambulance, and what it reveals
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East Anglian Air Ambulance issues security alert after email breach

The charity has warned people to be vigilant after a cyber-attack on its email system, which resulted in a phishing
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The criminal economics of phishing

As phishing becomes industrialised with its own business model and role-based ecosystem, our cyber security columnist Davey Winder looks at
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Cybersecurity news round-up

This month’s cybersecurity round-up features the news that a freshly-discovered vulnerability affecting major CPU manufacturers could leave millions of computers
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400 staff fooled in fake phishing email at Leeds Teaching

A fake phishing email sent out as part of a cyber security exercise tricked 400 staff into handing over confidential
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Staff targeted in NHS spear phishing attack

NHS Digital is warning NHS staff about a spate of spear phishing attacks, in which scammers pretend to be NHS
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London trust fends off 19 ransomware attacks in 12 months

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust disclosed more than twice as many ransomware attacks as any other trust but says no
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NHSmail account launches phishing attack

A NHSmail account has been hijacked and used to launch a phishing attack to extract sensitive details from other NHS
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