Here’s your Risk Digest for the Week Ending 25h November 2016. Information Security Hackers are using Mail Chimp to Spread Malware. Hackers recently sent out campaigns containing Malware using Mail Chimp’s popular tool. Apple Sends “iPhone Call History to iCloud”. Law…
Here’s your Risk Digest for the Week Ending 18th November 2016. Information Security Tesco Assures Customers that Personal Data Was Not Compromised Supermarket also rules out an inside job. “Snooper’s Charter” Set to Become Law The Investigatory Powers Bill has…
Here’s your Risk Digest for the Week Ending 11th November 2016. Information Security Eight Steps to Beat the Online Bank Fraudsters Last weekend 9,000 Tesco Bank customers had their accounts raided and hackers may have obtained log-in details for around…
Here’s your Risk Digest for the Week Ending 4th November 2016. Information Security Barclays “Glitch” Causes Double Charging. Barclays Bank has announced that a “Glitch” has caused some customers to be charged twice. Twitters Sponsored Tweets Used for Credit…
The DVLA has announced that drivers who complete their CPC Card Periodic Training more than a 12 months before their deadline will no longer be sent their card straight away. Instead, it will arrive closer to the expiry date of…
Today is National Stress Awareness Day. “Stress” is a word we seem to be hearing a lot these days, yet despite Health and Safety Law requiring organisations to take appropriate combative steps, some are still lagging behind on dealing with…
Here’s your Risk Digest for the Week Ending 28th October 2016. Information Security Researcher Breaches PayPal Two-Factor in 5 Minutes A computer security researcher said it took him less than five minutes to bypass PayPal’s two-factor authentication, a feature intended…
The HSE has announced that from 31st December 2016 all First Aid at Work training courses must include training in the use of AED (Automatic External Defibrillator). AED’s are becoming more commonplace, with London Underground Stations and large workplaces installing…
Here’s your Risk Digest for the Week Ending 21st October 2016. Information Security Security Firms say Banks are “Under-Reporting Cyber Attacks”. British banks are “dramatically under-reporting” computer attacks due to their fear of bad publicity, according to several IT security firms…
The increasingly popular BS 10500 Anti-Bribery Standard has progressed to International level with release of ISO 37001 in October 2016. 20 national delegations from the five continents contributed to the development of the new ISO standard. Annex SL and Integrated…