{"id":17274,"date":"2025-01-15T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyberinsights.iainfraser.net\/?p=17274"},"modified":"2025-01-13T14:50:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T13:50:49","slug":"cyber-professionals-on-high-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smecyberinsights.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/01\/15\/cyber-professionals-on-high-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"THREAT INTEL: UK Cyber professionals on high-alert as they anticipate state-actor attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17274\" class=\"elementor elementor-17274\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f00aab6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3f00aab6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f355a99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"3f355a99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prf.hn\/click\/camref:1101loxy2\/creativeref:1101l50786\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/creative.prf.hn\/source\/camref:1101loxy2\/creativeref:1101l50786\" width=\"1456\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31623e0c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"31623e0c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d032ea2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d032ea2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-678e4bbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"678e4bbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/smecyberinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-Credit-AlbertoAdanPixabay.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17244\" alt=\"Image Credit AlbertoAd\u00e1nPixabay\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smecyberinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-Credit-AlbertoAdanPixabay.jpg 720w, https:\/\/smecyberinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-Credit-AlbertoAdanPixabay-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: AlbertoAd\u00e1n\/Pixabay<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4f8a29 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c4f8a29\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52560e31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-text\" data-id=\"52560e31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Helping Keep Small Business CYBERSafe!<br \/>\n<\/strong>Gibraltar: Wednesday 15 January 2025 at 11:00 CET<\/p>\n<p><b>THREAT INTEL: UK Cyber professionals on high-alert as they anticipate state-actor attacks on telecoms infrastructure\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\nBy: Iain Fraser &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=cybersecurity+journalist&amp;client=opera&amp;hs=J2J&amp;sca_esv=4b48ab93829afc9b&amp;sxsrf=ADLYWIJJxCdzfo9XXGpMHq8BhsB4jkM6-g%3A1725554192279&amp;ei=EN7ZZu7sELiikdUPj53AsAs&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjutK-lnqyIAxU4UaQEHY8OELYQ4dUDCBA&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=cybersecurity+journalist&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiGGN5YmVyc2VjdXJpdHkgam91cm5hbGlzdDIKECMYgAQYJxiKBTIKECMYgAQYJxiKBTIEECMYJzIFEAAYgAQyBhAAGBYYHjILEAAYgAQYhgMYigUyCBAAGIAEGKIESNpQUKMIWPRCcAJ4AJABBJgB7AGgAd4mqgEGMC4zMi4xuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIboALHH6gCCsICBxAjGLADGCfCAgcQABiwAxgewgIOEAAYgAQYsAMYhgMYigXCAgsQABiABBiwAxiiBMICBxAjGCcY6gLCAhEQLhiABBiRAhjRAxjHARiKBcICCxAAGIAEGJECGIoFwgIKEAAYgAQYQxiKBcICEBAuGIAEGNEDGEMYxwEYigXCAgoQLhiABBhDGIoFwgILEC4YgAQY0QMYxwHCAgUQLhiABJgDB4gGAZAGCJIHBjIuMjMuMqAHgM8C&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cybersecurity Journalist<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cyberinsights.iainfraser.net\/index.php\/inner-sanctum-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CYBERInsights<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=sme+cybersecurity+news&amp;client=opera&amp;hs=QsT&amp;sca_esv=cd08aac0b4846c63&amp;sxsrf=ADLYWIIaZwnvuQfvJpPCaga2UcqJmvux4A%3A1719554579183&amp;ei=E1J-Zu30Cqbpi-gPva6Q6A8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwityvT-z_2GAxWm9AIHHT0XBP0Q4dUDCBA&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=sme+cybersecurity+news&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiFnNtZSBjeWJlcnNlY3VyaXR5IG5ld3MyBBAjGCcyBBAjGCcyBhAAGBYYHjILEAAYgAQYhgMYigUyCxAAGIAEGIYDGIoFMgsQABiABBiGAxiKBTIIEAAYgAQYogRI0hpQuwdYtBJwAXgBkAEAmAHBAaABkAiqAQMwLja4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgagApcHwgIHECMYsAMYJ8ICChAAGLADGNYEGEfCAgUQABiABJgDAIgGAZAGCZIHBTEuNC4xoAerMw&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First for SME Cybersecurity News<\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"font-style: italic\">#CyberInsights\u00a0 #CyberAwareness\u00a0 #CyberThreatIntel<\/span><em> #SMECybersecurity #StateActors #TelcoInfrastructure<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43f36d31 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"43f36d31\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74a5995e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74a5995e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78eb0a7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"78eb0a7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100loHrP\/creativeref:1011l114166\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/creative.prf.hn\/source\/camref:1100loHrP\/creativeref:1011l114166\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5832ff7c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5832ff7c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e59529 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-text\" data-id=\"47e59529\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>UK<\/strong> Cyber professionals are on high-alert as they anticipate state-actor attacks on <strong>UK<\/strong> telecoms infrastructure after a spate of <strong>Salt Typhoon<\/strong> attacks on US infrastructure, first reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Wall Street Journal<\/strong><\/a>. US security officials revealed <strong>Salt Typhoon<\/strong> was able to record private conversations of \u2018senior political figures\u2019 after compromising major telecom firms including <strong>Verizon<\/strong>, <strong>AT&amp;T<\/strong> and <strong>Lumen Technologies<\/strong>. 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