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• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General Industry News

Newly published data collated by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau shows a huge spike in fraud and cybercrime so far in 2021. The UK has seen a three-fold increase in financial losses incurred from fraud and cybercrimes in the first six months of 2021. In total, £1.3bn has been lost to these kinds of crimes, a stark […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

Our thanks to Phil Ingram MBE and Liam Walker – Advent IM Security Consultant, for joining us in this fascinating look at the potential fallout from the abandoning of biometric information in Afghanistan, the likelihood of it then falling into Taliban hands, and the impact on people.  The rights and freedoms of the individual being […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

The pop-up banners asking users permission to access certain data have become a familiar part of landing on a new website – but they could become far fewer. Read via Sky News. 

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog Industry News

More than a third (35%) of connected device owners in the UK do not take additional security measures to protect their smart home devices and rely solely on inbuilt security features. Only 37% of connected device owners deny permissions to apps on their devices, while just a third (33%) install cybersecurity software. An even lower […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

The recent news of the Modipwn vulnerability, highlights again how real this problem is; it has not gone away. While this Modicon attack is specific to a certain technology, what it shows is that effectively any of these legacy PLCs (programmable logic controllers) and associated technologies, could cause the take over of a smart building. […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Many of us now refuse to answer telephone calls from an unknown number, for fear that it could be a scam. A recent report suggests that we are right to be cautious. In the 12 months to March 2021, phone call and text message fraud across England, Wales and Northern Ireland was up 83% from […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog General

This week on Weekend Wisdom, it has been a busy week in news, with the major story of the week being the T-Mobile data breach, which resulted in the leak of 100 million customer records. Europol has shut down a cyber fraud ring that defrauded companies in 20 countries, and the Information Commissioner’s Office has […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

Customers should think carefully about handing over personal data when ordering food and drink via their mobile phones, the UK’s body overseeing data privacy suggests. Venues should only ask for data that is “relevant and necessary”, the ICO said. “I think it’s too easy to upload an app and straight away put your name, email […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

A cyber crime ring composed of nearly two dozen fraudsters was taken down by Europol after it was discovered using fraudulent emails and websites to dupe companies in twenty countries out of approximately £850,000. Read via Teiss

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Pearson, a London-based publishing and education giant that provides software to schools and universities has agreed to pay $1 million to settle charges that it misled investors about a 2018 data breach resulting in the theft of millions of student records. Read via Tech Crunch