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News and information from the Advent IM team.
Malware warning: Ransomware up, phishing down – and here’s how crooks are changing their tricks
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
For the third year running, the volume of malware attacks has increased. But there are big variations in terms of who is getting targeted, and how. The volumes of malware in general and ransomware in particular have increased again for the third year running, and as well as pumping out more attacks, cyber crooks are […]
Read MoreHalf Of UK Businesses Have Fallen For Phishing Attacks
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
Almost half of all British organisations have fallen victim to phishing attacks in the last two years, with larger businesses the most likely to been compromised, despite also being most likely to conduct cyber security training for staff.
Read MoreProtecting the UK from the increasing cyber threat – the next steps
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
Ciaran Martin, CEO of the NCSC, discusses how the UK and international partners are pushing back against state and criminal cyber aggression to help make the UK digital homeland significantly safer.
Read MoreNCSC publishes Board Toolkit on cyber security
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published a toolkit to encourage discussions on cyber security between organisations’ board members and their technical experts.
Read MoreLack of security skills exposing business to attack
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
The cyber skills shortage is leaving businesses at increased risk of attack as organisations continue to struggle to fill security-related positions, a survey shows. More than half (52%) of respondents to a social media poll by Infosecurity Europe 2019 believe the skills shortage puts their business at increased risk of cyber attacks.
Read MoreSmall businesses hit hardest by cyber crime costs
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
Small businesses in the UK bore the brunt of the £17bn cost of cyber attacks in 2018, according to research from business internet service provider (ISP) Beaming.
Read MoreMost UK Retailers See Increase in Cyber-Attacks
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
The majority of UK retailers are seeing an increase in cyber-attacks, prompting them to spend more on security, according to the latest survey from the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
Read MoreCIOs and Employees Differ on Data Ethics, Ownership and Root Causes of Insider Breaches
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
25th March 2019, London: People-centric data security company Egress today announced the results of its first Insider Data Breach survey, examining the root causes of employee-driven data breaches, their frequency and impact.
Read MoreHealth apps pose ‘unprecedented’ privacy risks
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
Using popular health apps could mean private information about medical conditions is not kept confidential, researchers warn. Of 24 health apps in the BMJ study, 19 shared user data with companies, including Facebook, Google and Amazon.
Read MoreData breaches ‘major contributor’ to UK fraud
- by Ellie Hurst
- Uncategorized
Data breaches are a “major contributor” to fraud experienced in the UK, a new report by a banking industry trade association has said. UK Finance’s ‘fraud the facts 2019’ report said £1.2 billion was successfully stolen “through fraud and scams” in 2018. Personal data stolen from businesses was used to perpetrate much of that fraud, […]
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