Andrew Parker, outgoing Director-General of the UK’s MI5, has been giving interviews to carefully selected media contacts as he prepares to leave his post this month. Asked what he thought was the greatest change he has seen during his time at the service, he replied that it was the recruitment …
10 March: The UK government’s plans to allow Huawei limited access to development of its 5G network squeaked past in the House of Commons. Thirty-eight Conservative MPs refused to follow the government’s instructions and voted for an amendment to the Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill that would have banned Huawei as a …
Palestinians, believed to be working for Hamas, have tried to install malware the mobile phones of Israeli soldiers. The operation involved girls offering romantic chat in Hebrew. Having established a connection, soldiers were told that they needed to download a program so that the girl could share pictures and private …
Professor John Fraser (1882 – 18/5/1945) Those who know anything about the annals of British code breaking during the First World War will be familiar with the efforts of the cryptanalysts of the Royal Navy’s Intelligence Division. They were based in various rooms of the Old Admiralty Building in Whitehall, …
The National Cyber Security Centre has issued its second annual report of its Active Cyber Defence programme. You should be able to find it at: http://www.beta.ncsc.gov.uk The NCSC describes the report as an “honest analysis” of its work. Quite why they felt the need to stress the word “honest” is …