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 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…