Month: June 2017

Much has been written about the recent ExPetr/NotPetya/Nyetya/Petya outbreak – you can read our findings here:Schroedinger’s Pet(ya) and ExPetr is a wiper, not ransomware. As in the case of Wannacry, attribution is very difficult and finding links with previously known

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the automated teller machine — better known to most people as the ATM or cash machine. Thanks to the myriad methods thieves have devised to fleece unsuspecting cash machine users over the years,

Earlier this week, a Petya-based ransomware virus targeted the Ukraine in the largest cyberattack the nation has ever experienced, taking down the central bank, postal services, and commercial enterprises such as the Antonov aircraft manufacturer. While as of about 3

Colour television turns 50 but did you know thousands of people are still watching in black and white? Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, is resisting the march of technology. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

Earlier this week, we saw another mass ransomware attack happen, less than two months after the WannaCry outbreak. In the hours and days after the attack, this strain was given many different names, including Petya, Petna, NotPetya, EternalPetya, Nyetya, and

The High Court in London has today approved a request by Liberty, a human rights group, to challenge part of the Government’s controversial Internet surveillance powers in the new Investigatory Powers Act. The effort is being supported by £53,313 raised

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) serves more than 300 million people in North America as the electric reliability organization under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). In 2013, the FERC approved changes and additions to Critical Infrastructure Protection

The John and Catherine MacArthur Foundation is awarding a huge grant for a project which will make “real and measurable progress in solving a critical problem of our time”. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

The satirical blog had faced the threat of legal action from Zillow over use of photographs. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

The fallout from Virgin Media’s recent review into the overstated progress of their £3bn Project Lightning network expansion appears to be hitting other parts of the business, with 250 jobs and 30 shops reportedly now being lined up for the

Some UK PlayStation Network users who use PayPal have their accounts suspended, meaning they can’t play online. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

The community funded and built 1Gbps B4RN Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) network in rural parts of Lancashire, Cumbria and Yorkshire has received some extra support from the EU’s Digital Single Market team, which has published a couple of new videos on the

Aquila flew for one hour and 46 minutes and landed safely in the Arizona desert, says social network. Read more here:: BBC News – Technology

A further 1,300 homes and businesses in Staffordshire (England) are due to be covered by Openreach’s (BT) “superfast fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network after the state aid fuelled Superfast Staffordshire project received a funding boost of £1.7 million. At present the