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CIOs and CISOs admit to making security compromises
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
Decision-makers in the UK often make cybersecurity compromises out of fear of disrupting and potentially hurting their business operations, a new report by Tanium claims.
Read MoreWhy phishing emails are still your biggest security nightmare
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
Phishing and fake emails are the biggest security headache for business and among the hardest to tackle. According the 2019 Cyber Security Breaches Survey published by the UK government, the most common type of cyber attacks are phishing attacks, whether through fraudulent emails, or being directed to fake websites.
Read MoreA third of Brits have experienced cybercrime
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
UK’s citizens are on high alert when it comes to their cybersecurity posture, a new report from Norton says. At the same time, most of them are willing to sacrifice their security, to some extent, for convenience.
Read MoreEmployees lack awareness of corporate data-sharing policies
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
IT leaders believe their organisations are highly likely to lose data in the next 12 months due to accidental data breaches. Employees do not share the same level of security awareness as CIOs, a study has found.
Read MoreBusinesses and charities urged to take action to prevent cyber attacks
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
New statistics from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) have shown a reduction in the percentage of businesses suffering a cyber breach or attack in the last year.
Read MoreHacker froze porn user’s screens to blackmail them out of £650,000
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
A computer hacker who blackmailed porn website users in a multimillion-pound global conspiracy is facing jail. Zain Qaiser targeted millions of computers with malicious browser-locking software which demanded users pay a fee to unfreeze their screens, Kingston Crown Court heard on Tuesday.
Read MoreFifty-nine charities escape sanction by the Information Commissioner’s Office
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
The Information Commissioner’s Office will not take action against any of the 59 charities that were named last month for breaking the rules of the Fundraising Preference Service.
Read MoreIran conducted ‘major cyber assault’ on key UK infrastructure
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
Mobile phone numbers of MPs and peers were among data harvested during an attack last December. Iran is being blamed for a wave of cyber attacks that targeted key parts of the UK’s national infrastructure in a major assault just before Christmas.
Read MoreGame of Thrones downloads could be hiding malware
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
It’s no surprise that cybercriminals use popular events to spread malware or try to scam people out of their money. After seeing similar things during the Olympics and the World Cup, new reports are suggesting that they’re using the release of the final Game of Thrones season to spread their malicious works of art across […]
Read MoreHalf of Cyber-Attacks Involve the Supply Chain
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
Half of cyber-attacks today use so-called island hopping techniques to infect a supply chain partner en route to a higher value target, according to a new report from Carbon Black
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