A UK government report published last year found that 48% of organisations lacked the expertise to complete routine cyber security practices. This includes an inability to protect against malware, set access controls and apply updates. The report also found that …
Are you considering a career in cyber security? With so many training courses and qualifications available, it can be hard to know where to begin. There is of course no single, right answer. It all depends on your existing skills …
Organisations that adopted hybrid working during the pandemic have had to adjust many policies and processes, but one that they may have overlooked is their CIR (cyber incident response) plan. Before the pandemic, you could safely assume that most employees …
Welcome to September’s review of phishing scams, in which we look at criminals’ latest tactics and provide examples of successful frauds. This month, we review a pair of phishing campaigns centred on sex-related offences. Criminal hacker breaks into iCloud accounts …
Cyber security is becoming an expensive endeavour for organisations – and in many cases, the costs are so high that they can’t deal with threats appropriately. In fact, a Kaspersky report has found that only half of organisations have a …
It has been another month of comparatively few reported cyber attacks and data breaches, with our August list containing 84 incidents accounting for 60,865,828 breached records. And it would have been even fewer if not for the attack on T-Mobile. …
When employees were asked to work from home at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, some people struggled to adapt. Isolated from colleagues and lacking the structure of office life, it felt like it would be a long, tiring wait …
Cloud computing has become an integral part of business, providing affordable and flexible options for organisations as they grow. But as Cloud services become more popular, they become increasingly lucrative targets for cyber criminals. If they’re not properly managed, they …
T-Mobile has said that it has been hit by a “highly sophisticated cyberattack” that compromised the personal data of more than 7.8 million customers. Additionally, more than 40 million records belonging to former and prospective customers were affected. In a …
As organisations prepare for what life looks like in a post-pandemic world, one of the many issues they’ll have to address is IT security for home workers. A remote workforce comes with myriad dangers, with employees relying on their home …
