On Thursday, tests confirmed that the H5N1 strain of bird flu was discovered in a wild mute swan found dead last week in a Scottish coastal town, and the discovery represents the United Kingdom’s first case of the deadly strain in wild birds, Reuters reports.The Reuters report is based on a television broadcast Thursday by Sky television.According to The Register, H5N1 was discovered in the United Kingdom last year in quarantined birds that had been imported.Scottish Department of Environment officials had not received the test results, according to Reuters. Britain would be the 14th country in the European Union to identify H5N1 on its soil, Reuters reports.Researchers at a southern England laboratory are reviewing samples from the dead bird, and results are expected later Thursday, according to Reuters. Charles Mine, Scotland’s chief veterinary officer, said the origin of the partially devoured swan carcass is unknown, but so far there are no signs of the virus in domestic poultry and no evidence that the bird was eaten by domestic fowl, Reuters reports.Jim Robertson of the National Institutes for Biological Standards and Control said, “The risk to humans has not changed by the fact that we have found the virus in the U.K.,” according to Reuters.For related CSO content, read Planning for Pandemic and Researchers: Immunizations, Quarantines Would Stem Flu Pandemic.For related news coverage, read Twelve-Year-Old in Cambodia Dies of Avian Flu, Study: Travel Bans Won’t Stop Spread of Avian Flu and Report: First Bird Flu Vaccine is Only Partially Effective; GlaxoSmithKline Tests Two New Treatments.Keep checking in at our CSO Security Feed page for updated news coverage. Related content news Google Chrome zero-day jumps onto CISA's known vulnerability list A serious security flaw in Google Chrome, which was discovered under active exploitation in the wild, is a new addition to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency’s Known Exploited vulnerabilities catalog. By Jon Gold Oct 03, 2023 3 mins Zero-day vulnerability brandpost The advantages and risks of large language models in the cloud Understanding the pros and cons of LLMs in the cloud is a step closer to optimized efficiency—but be mindful of security concerns along the way. By Daniel Prizmant, Senior Principal Researcher at Palo Alto Networks Oct 03, 2023 5 mins Cloud Security news Arm patches bugs in Mali GPUs that affect Android phones and Chromebooks The vulnerability with active exploitations allows local non-privileged users to access freed-up memory for staging new attacks. By Shweta Sharma Oct 03, 2023 3 mins Android Security Vulnerabilities news UK businesses face tightening cybersecurity budgets as incidents spike More than a quarter of UK organisations think their cybersecurity budget is inadequate to protect them from growing threats. By Michael Hill Oct 03, 2023 3 mins CSO and CISO Risk Management Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe