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UK e-visa rollout starts today for millions: no more physical immigration cards

Starting today, millions living in the UK will receive email invitations to sign up for an e-visa account that will replace their physical immigration documents like Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs). The move is, according to the Home Office, "a key step in creating a modernised and digital border."
- Ax Sharma
- April 17, 2024
- 01:48 AM
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UK to replace physical biometric immigration cards with e-visas

By 2025, Britain is set to ditch physical immigration documents like Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs) and Biometric Residence Cards (BRCs) in a bid to make its borders digital, in-line with developed countries like Australia. Understand what these Home Office changes mean for existing BRP and BRC holders, and what you need to do.
- Ax Sharma
- February 10, 2024
- 05:00 AM
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Fake OnlyFans dating sites abuse UK Environment Agency open redirect

Threat actors abused an open redirect on the official website of the United Kingdom's Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to direct visitors to fake OnlyFans adult dating sites.
- Bill Toulas
- January 09, 2023
- 11:31 AM
- 0
UK sanctions Russian microprocessor makers, banning them from ARM

The UK government added 63 Russian entities to its sanction list on Wednesday. Among them are Baikal Electronics and MCST (Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies), the two most important chip makers in Russia.
- Bill Toulas
- May 07, 2022
- 11:12 AM
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UK government transport website caught showing porn

A UK Department for Transport (DfT) website was caught serving porn earlier today. The particular DfT subdomain behind the mishap, on most days, provides vital DfT statistics for the public and the department's business plan.
- Ax Sharma
- November 25, 2021
- 02:33 PM
- 0
HMRC phishing scam abuses mail service to bypass spam filters

Threat actors are exploiting legitimate SendGrid mailing service to send HMRC phishing emails that bypass spam filters.
- Ax Sharma
- December 02, 2020
- 05:10 PM
- 0
Microsoft Releases Windows Updates to Fix GOV.UK Connection Issues

Microsoft has released Windows updates over the weekend that resolve an issue where insecure GOV.UK web sites could no longer be accessed using Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 19, 2019
- 09:07 PM
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Some GOV.UK Sites Unreachable Due to HSTS Changes in Windows Updates

Windows updates released this month are causing some GOV.UK sites to become unreachable due to the GOV.UK TLD being added to Microsoft's HSTS preload list. This causes Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer to only connect via HTTPS, which some of GOV.UK the sites do not support, and thus making them unreachable.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 17, 2019
- 11:55 AM
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