Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Scammers using fake PayPal emails stole over £1m in the UK in last quarter
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Fraudsters tricked Brits into sending over £1m worth of goods to them that they hadn’t paid for. Read via Computer Weekly.
Read More*ADDITIONAL TRAINING DATE ADDED*
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog Industry News
Due to popular demand, we have added a date to our Public Sector SIRO training schedule in June. You can get details on the course here Call, email or click thru to Contact Us to book
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One in three NHS computers is still running outdated Windows 7 software
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Exclusive: Government misses its own target of updating all PCs by January this year. Read via ZDNet.
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Google sorry for private-video-sharing bug
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Google has apologised after finding a bug which meant some people’s private videos were shared with others by mistake. Read via BBC News.
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Travelex: Bank currency services still offline after hack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Sainsbury’s Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds and Barclays are among major High Street banks still unable to offer online currency services. Read via BBC News.
Read More**Press Release** Advent IM will be offering details on testing and consultancy services at the Security TWENTY 20 Birmingham
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM Blog Advent IM News General Industry News
**PRESS RELEASE** Media Contact: Ellie Hurst +44 (0) 121 559 6699, bestpractice@advent-im.co.uk Date : 31.01.20 Ref: ST20- Advent -310120 Advent IM will be offering testing and consultancy services at the Security TWENTY 20 Birmingham Conference and Exhibition Advent IM, the UKs leading independent, holistic security consultancy, will showcase their security specification, consultancy and red teaming […]
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Facebook adds more ad-tracking controls in the UK
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Facebook has launched a new tool that lets people see which apps, businesses and websites are sharing their information with the social network. Read via BBC News.
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US urges UK to reconsider Huawei 5G decision
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Mike Pompeo describes Huawei as a ‘real risk’ to security and tells foreign secretary Dominic Raab to reconsider its role in the UK’s 5G and fibre networks Read via Computing.
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Advent IM is going to SECURITY TWENTY 20 #Sectwenty20
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM Blog Advent IM News General Industry News
Professional Security Magazine is pleased to bring you Security TWENTY 20 Birmingham Conference and Exhibition. The Conference is aimed at end users, purchasers and those who specify security products and will update attendees on the latest developments in the security sector. Whether you are in corporate security, local government CCTV or retail loss prevention we aim to get […]
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#DPD20 Data Protection and the final thought from us
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog Advent IM News General Industry News
As this #DataProtectionDay comes to a close for us, we hope you have enjoyed all the content; the film, the short wisdom breaks and the infographic. If you haven’t seen CISO, In Security No One Can Hear You Scream, yet, please do… and remember it’s message is serious even if we are delivering with tongues […]
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