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University of Oxford Clinical teams at the Oxford University’s Jenner Institute and Oxford Vaccine Group began developing the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine in January, now named AZD1222 since a manufacturing partnership with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca was secured. Human trials started on April 23 and they are now in the final phase. Lead of the project Professor … Read more
Cyber criminals with ties to North Korea are stealing US shoppers’ information by hacking into the checkout carts of dozens of large retailers including Claire’s Security experts have uncovered a skimming attack on large US retailers The team is pointing to the group Hidden Cobra, which has ties to North Korea The hackers have been … Read more
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison urges UK to stay alert after his country was ‘hit by huge China cyber hack’ on businesses, schools and hospitals The cyber attack, believed to be by China, targeted everything from government to schools Scott Morrison, Australian PM, did not name the superpower responsible Morrison flagged his concerns over the … Read more
‘A sophisticated state-based actor’: Huge cyber-attack on Australian government and businesses was conducted by a foreign government sparking fears China is responsible Cyber attack has been aimed at the Australian government and companies It is not clear who made the attempt or if it was successful Last year China was responsible for a cyber-attack on … Read more
Amazon says it spent three days fighting off the largest denial of service cyber attack ever recorded AWS Shield says it safeguarded against the biggest DDoS attack ever recorded The attack funneled 2.3 terabits of data per second at its target A previous record was set in 2018 with a max of 1.7 terabits per … Read more
Amazon says it spent three days fighting off the largest denial of service cyber attack ever recorded AWS Shield says it safeguarded against the biggest DDoS attack ever recorded The attack funneled 2.3 terabits of data per second at its target A previous record was set in 2018 with a max of 1.7 terabits per … Read more
British Army creates its first dedicated ‘cyber regiment because web attacks are now ‘every bit as deadly’ as those on the battlefield MoD launches the 13th Signal Regiment as the first dedicated Cyber Regiment It will work with the Royal Navy and Air Force to provide secure comms networks Its HQ in Dorset houses 250 specialist … Read more
The NHS is being targeted by a campaign of cyber attacks since the coronavirus outbreak, the director of GCHQ has said. Jeremy Fleming said that GCHQ’s cybersecurity arm, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), had been supporting the health sector after it had been targeted by hackers. He told the Cheltenham Science Festival there were clear efforts … Read more
The former chief executive of TalkTalk, who was at the helm of the company when it was hit by an £80 million cyber attack in 2015, will lead the UK’s test and trace scheme to tackle the coronavirus, set to launch tomorrow. Baroness Dido Harding, 53, was raised on a Somerset pig farm and is the … Read more
Cyber hackers target EasyJet and access details of 9million customers in ‘highly sophisticated’ attack Airline said email addresses and travel details of 9million people were accessed Of those affected, 2,208 had credit cards stolen, easyJet told stock exchange Risk of phishing fraud and number of cyber attacks have risen during pandemic By Jack Wright For … Read more