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Inquiry Threatens to Fine ISPs and Companies for Internet Security Fails

20th June, 2016 (0 Comments)

A cross-party Culture, Media and Sport Committee has published the outcome from an inquiry into Internet (cyber) security, which was setup following last year’s TalkTalk hack. The report recommends a series of changes, including jail terms for “data abusers” and fines for those who “fail to report, prepare for or learn from data breaches“.

ISPA Publish UK Internet Hero and Villain Awards Shortlist for 2016

14th June, 2016 (1 Comment)

Once again the UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today revealed the shortlist of potential winners for their annual Internet Hero and Internet Villain awards. It’s perhaps no surprise to find that people like Donald Trump (US presidential candidate) are up for the villain gong.

TalkTalk Warns UK Consumers to Watch Out for Scammers

6th June, 2016 (4 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk, which has itself recently been the subject of several major hacks and related personal data breaches that sadly triggered quite a few fraudulent calls to subscribers, has today joined with Get Safe Online to launch their nationwide ‘Beat the Scammers‘ information campaign.

Ubiquiti Based Wireless Broadband Networks Being Hit by Malware

20th May, 2016 (3 Comments)

Ubiquiti Networks has confirmed that some of their kit, which is used by wireless ISPs around the world (e.g. Vispa in the UK), is being attacked by a nasty piece of self-replicating malware that infects their Linux-based AirOS firmware (used on their routers, access points and other kit).

Queen’s Speech 2016 – Broadband USO and Internet Spying on the Agenda

18th May, 2016 (3 Comments)

The annual State Opening of Parliament, in which the Queen is forced to wear unreasonably heavy head gear while robotically listing Government policy for the next 12 months, confirms that a 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband is on the way and we can all expect to be spied upon.

UK Police Arrest 6th Person in Connection with the TalkTalk ISP Hack

26th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

Last year’s traumatic hack of TalkTalk’s website, which exposed the personal details of 156,959 customers’ (including 15,656 bank account numbers and sort codes), is continuing to have repercussions after Staffordshire Police confirmed that a sixth person had been arrested.

UK ISP BT Bodges SMTP Email, Redirects Sent Messages to Staff Account

20th April, 2016 (2 Comments)

Some of BT’s customers had a nasty surprise yesterday after they discovered that the ISP’s outgoing (SMTP) email server appeared to be forwarding their messages to an unusual address (stevewebb2@btinternet.com), which quickly became full and then bounced the emails back with an error.

BT Boosting Internet Security via 900 New Recruits

13th April, 2016 (1 Comment)

Telecoms giant BT has announced that they’re going on the hunt to find 900 new security recruits over the next 12 months, which will work to help protect consumers, businesses and governments from the growing threat of cybercrime.

Rights Groups Slam UK Mobile and WiFi Operators for Location Tracking

4th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

It’s long been known that the data collected by Mobile Network Operators and WiFi providers can be used to track your location, but two new reports have revealed that operators could track more than this and also sell the data on for commercial benefit. Most consumers aren’t aware of this.

UPDATE Labour Party Threatens to Delay UK ISP Internet Spying Bill

4th April, 2016 (9 Comments)

The UK Labour Party has today set out a list of changes that it would like to see being made to the controversial Draft Investigatory Powers Bill, which aims to force broadband ISPs into logging a much bigger slice of your online activity and to then share it with the security services.

TalkTalk Becomes First UK ISP to Offer Biometric Voice Passwords

18th March, 2016 (0 Comments)

Budget ISP TalkTalk are continuing to work on their image after last year’s security woes (e.g. here and here) and have today taken another step forward by allowing all 4 million of their customers to use their own voice as their password (aka – ‘TalkSafe‘).

Opposition Grows as UK ISP Internet Spying Bill Hits Parliament

15th March, 2016 (0 Comments)

The Draft Investigatory Powers Bill, which among other things aims to force broadband ISPs into logging a much bigger slice of your online activity and to then share it with the security services, will today receive its second reading and the battle lines have already been firmly drawn.

UK ISP TalkTalk Talks Security and Offers Free History TV Channel

10th March, 2016 (4 Comments)

Users of TalkTalk’s broadband based TV bundles are being offered a “taster week” of free access to the History Channel, which runs from 14th to 21st March 2016. On top of that the ISP has also reiterated their commitment to security in the wake of several recent scams and cyber-attacks.

UK ISP Surf Telecoms Gain Secure Gov Approved Network Certification

7th March, 2016 (0 Comments)

Internet provider Surf Telecoms has achieved the secure government-approved network certification known as CAS(T) or CESG Assured Services (Telecommunications), which is one of the necessary milestones on the path towards becoming a full Public Services Network (PSN) provider.

Virgin Media UK Retrains Staff After Poor Internet Security Advice

4th March, 2016 (0 Comments)

Security consultant Paul Moore, who only last year did a good job of exposing a number of lax security standards at major UK broadband ISPs (here), has caused Virgin Media to retrain some of their outsourced workers after the agents gave fundamentally poor advice.

Problems Remain – Government Publishes Revised ISP Internet Spying Bill

1st March, 2016 (9 Comments)

After receiving strong criticism from three major reports, the Government has today appeared to rush out a revised draft of their controversial Investigatory Powers Bill (IPB), which hopes to force broadband ISPs into logging and monitoring a much bigger slice of your online activity.

Three UK to Launch Mobile Network Level Advert Blocking

19th February, 2016 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has become one of the first providers in the country to announce the future roll-out of a new network-level ad blocking technology, which is the result of a collaboration with Shine Technologies that will focus upon tackling data hungry and overly intrusive adverts.