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The UK Cyber Security Council has announced the appointment of four new trustees, taking its total number to eight. The new trustees come with a range of backgrounds and expertise, designed to add legal, governance and education expertise to the Board of Trustees of the Council. They were appointed following a recruitment and selection process overseen by the four existing trustees: Chitra Balakrishna: Currently a senior lecturer in cyber security, Open University, she has over 19 years…

Crime-fighters in Europe and the UK have signed a new agreement to boost cooperation on cybercrime and other investigations. The working agreement between the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), which investigates serious and organized crimes, and Europol will sit under the UK-EU trade and cooperation agreement (TCA). That’s the limited post-Brexit free trade agreement between the two parties signed at the end of 2020. Although the NCA claimed that “operational cooperation” between the two had…

A tragic case making its way through the courts in the US could prove to be the first recorded death due to ransomware. According to papers filed in June 2020 (via NBC), Teiranni Kidd of Mobile, Alabama, is accusing Springhill Memorial Hospital and its owners of failing to mitigate a crippling cyber-attack and then conspiring to hide its impact on patient care. Kidd’s daughter Nicko was born with her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck, a problem…

The long-awaited release of the new James Bond movie is being exploited by cyber-criminals, according to cybersecurity company Kaspersky.  No Time to Die is actor Daniel Craig’s fifth and final fling with the internationally renowned 007 spy character created by author Ian Fleming. Bond first entered the public consciousness in 1952 with the publication of Fleming’s novel Casino Royale.  The big-screen adaptation of Casino Royale, which came out in 2006, was the first James Bond film…

If you’re looking for one of the best vulnerability scanners on the market, Nessus might be the ticket. Jack Wallen shows you how to install this platform on Rocky Linux. Image: Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock Nessus is a very popular vulnerability scanner used by tens of thousands of organizations across the globe. And although Nessus doesn’t prevent attacks, it does a fantastic job of checking for vulnerabilities and loopholes in your company’s infrastructure.  With the help of this…