Cyber News

A very experienced cyber investigator with the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), has been honoured for his help to dismantle the notorious LockBit ransomware gang in 2024 in the King’s New Year Honours. He was one of eight NCA officers to be recognised.  “Gavin has been awarded for his ‘tenacity and leadership’ on Operation Cronos,

A new Government Cyber Action Plan will set out how the government aims to stand up against a growing range of cyber threats, investing £210 million to strengthen defences across digital public services. As a result of this new plan, they said it will gain clearer visibility of cyber and digital resilience risks, allowing faster

Driving test-related scams have surged by a staggering 246% between December 2024 and November 2025, Lloyds has revealed. Driving lessons and tests purchases are the fastest-growing target for scammers, as well as the fifth most-reported purchase scam to Lloyds this year. Also see: Young Brits Think The Internet Is Bad Liz Ziegler, fraud prevention director

UK government security experts have encouraged UK businesses to embed best practice security in their supply chains using what is known as ‘playbook’. So far Cyber Essentials has a whole has not been warmly received and the take up figures are disappointing. The study claimed just 3% of UK businesses are accredited, rising to 21%

Have Labour gone too far according to Google, yes they have. They heavily criticised the Labour Government, claiming Britain risks suppressing free expression through the Online Safety Act. Google criticism targets Ofcom’s plans requiring platforms to identify and limit the spread of “potentially illegal” material, including hate speech and incitement to violence. Google are not

Young Brits are turning away from the internet, with increasing numbers seeing it as damaging to society and their mental health, according to recent research published by Ofcom. The questions were part of annual research carried out in the summer by YouGov with 7,340 adults of all ages for Ofcom’s Annual Online Nation report, with these

HMRC has warned UK taxpayers working on their Self Assessment filings that it has already received tens of thousands of reports related to suspected scams. The UK tax office revealed that it received more than 135,500 reports since February 2025, including 4800 related to the Self Assessment system it uses to collect income tax from the