UK NHS chief champions Palantir’s ‘outstanding results’ in England, pushes for deeper rollout despite growing staff concerns

NHS staff are concerned about Palantir access to database containing details on 1.5 million staff, but NHS Data Chief Ming Tang says her team needs to ‘maintain our focus’ in the face of staff concerns over Palantir’s repu…

Politicians Are Spending More Money on Security as They Increasingly Become Targets

Political candidates are purchasing more home alarms, bulletproof vests, and other protections amid rising fears of political violence.

NHS Scotland domains reportedly found serving adult content and illegal sport streams

A legacy website was compromised and used to promote inappropriate content, but has since been defaced.

WireGuard VPN developer can’t ship software updates after Microsoft locks account

The popular open source VPN maker is the second high-profile developer to say Microsoft locked his account without notifying him and are blocking their ability to send software updates to users.

Hack-for-hire group caught targeting Android devices and iCloud backups

Security researchers exposed a spying campaign by a hack-for-hire group that used Android spyware and phishing to steal iCloud credentials and hack victims’ devices.

‘We Were Not Ready for This’: Lebanon’s Emergency System Is Hanging by a Thread

In Lebanon, nearly 1 in 5 people has been displaced by Israeli attacks, leaving the government to manage a modern crisis without modern digital infrastructure.

‘This creates a layered form of obfuscation’: New report says criminals are using emojis to avoid detection

Security analysts aren’t scanning the dark web for emojis, allowing criminals to share messages wiithout being spotted.

Hackers steal and leak sensitive LAPD police documents

The LAPD said the breach affected “a digital storage system” belonging to the city’s Attorney’s Office. The World Leaks extortion gang was reported to be behind the attack.

Developer of VeraCrypt encryption software says Windows users may face boot-up issues after Microsoft locked his account

The maker of the popular open-source file encryption software VeraCrypt said Microsoft locked his online account, which may prevent device owners from booting up their computers.