Tag: cybercrime
News and information from the Advent IM team.
The government is today publishing new proposals concerning planned legislation that will protect users of smart IoT devices from cyber criminals. Read the story by Alex Scroxton in Computer Weekly
Read MorePersonal details of hundreds of thousands of car owners in the UK, including owners of BMW, Mercedes, Honda, Hyundai, and SEAT cars, have been accessed by a hacker group and put up for sale on a Dark Web forum. Read story by Jay Jay at TEISS.
Read MoreAdvent IM MD, Mike Gillespie It seems to have become quite popular these days to refer to any attack on infrastructure, especially when it involves Government or Critical Infrastructure, as coming from a ‘sophisticated threat actor’. However, the truth is often that the attack has been facilitated by negligent but accidental internal behaviours, through poor […]
Read MoreLegal charity has seen a 19 per cent spike in the number of visitors coming to its website in recent months looking for advice from experts. Read story by Dev Kundaliya in Computing.
Read MoreSCAMMERS are finding it ‘blisteringly easy’ to pose as coronavirus contact tracers, experts said yesterday. Anyone armed with a ‘simple app and zero technical knowhow’ can make it appear as if they are calling from the official number that is being used by the new team of NHS trackers. Read story by Dominic Yeatman in […]
Read MoreFrom Advent IM MD, Mike Gillespie. In a few short months the words ‘terrorism’, ‘conflict’ and ‘war’ have all but disappeared from our news programming. ‘Pandemic’, ‘coronavirus’ and COVID-19 now dominate not ony news but everyday conversatons, social media interactions and what feels like very waking moment. Sadly, 2020 has brought fear, uncertainty and financial […]
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Read MoreBritish spooks have exposed a Russian-based cyber hacking gang masquerading as Iranian crooks after they targeted an academic organisation in the UK. Read via Mail Online
Read MoreVehicle hacking and other vehicle cybercrime will be on the menu…
Read MoreFrom Advent IM Director, Julia McCarron For those of you who read my irregular blogs, you’ll know I have a passion for the TV series NCIS. When I say passion more of an obsession really. So imagine the irony when they air an episode in the UK about Ransomware, in the wake of the world’s […]
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