Here’s your Risk Digest for the Week Ending 6th January 2017 Information Security UK schools targeted by web fraudsters. Online criminals are targeting schools claiming to be from the Department of Education, sending emails with file-freezing malware attachments. UK police…
Here’s your Risk Digest for the Week Ending 22nd December 2016. Information Security EU Data Retention Ruling goes against UK Government EU judges said communications data could only be retained if it was used to fight serious crime. Managing…
Here’s your Risk Digest for the Week Ending 16th December 2016. Information Security Yahoo Hack: 1 Billion Accounts Attacked Things got a lot worse for Yahoo and its users on Wednesday after the internet pioneer admitted a data breach in…
Here’s your Risk Digest for the Week Ending 9th December 2016. Information Security Social Media Giants to Share Anti-Terror Database Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and Google have joined forces to tackle terror propaganda online by creating a database of unique…
Here’s your Risk Digest for the Week Ending 2nd December 2016. Information Security National Lottery Accounts Hack Fears About 26,500 National Lottery accounts are feared to have been hacked, according to its operator Camelot. Terror Investigation Data Leaked Online…
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 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…
Here’s your Risk Digest for the Week Ending 14th October 2016. Information Security NHS Suffers Dozens of Ransomware Attacks NHS Digital has acknowledged ransomware attacks on its network, following a report over the weekend that found at least 28…