A version of this blog was originally published on 8 November 2018. The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is often thought of as a set of rules to prevent data breaches, but it also intends to give individuals a better …
Earthquake. Flood. Cyber attack. The threat of disruption looms over organisations more ominously than ever, thanks to the increasing infiltration of technology in business processes, consumer expectations and the rapid rise in cyber crime. You’ll rarely get advance warning about …
Earlier this month, two major pharmaceutical giants issued warnings about phishing emails targeting job hunters. GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca say they are victims of recruitment scams, in which crooks create fake job adverts to obtain people’s personal and financial details. The …
Verizon’s annual DBIR (Data Breach Investigations Report) is among the most valuable studies in the security industry, so the release of the 2019 edition this week is cause for celebration. The reports are renowned for detailed analysis, with the latest …
If you’re familiar with ISO 27001, you’ll know that it’s the international standard for information security and contains the certification requirements that are expanded upon throughout the ISO 27000 series. There are 46 standards in total in the series (although …
One of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance, has been breached, with criminal hackers stealing 7,000 bitcoins (about £38 million). In a statement released on 7 May, the organisation confirmed that it had suffered a “large scale security breach” in …
Staff can jeopardise a firm’s security with a single moment of carelessness. 2018 saw a significant rise in the number of law firms reporting security incidents concerning their own staff, up from 33% in 2017 to 46% in 2018 according …
If you’ve recently had a missed call on WhatsApp from a number you didn’t recognise, cyber criminals might be spying on you. The Facebook-owned app has admitted that cyber criminals have exploited a major vulnerability in its voice call function …
More than 5,000 people fell victim to holiday and travel booking scams last year, with their losses totalling £7 million, according to an Action Fraud and NFIB (National Fraud Intelligence Bureau) study. The scams cost holidaymakers £1,380 on average, although …
This blog has been updated to reflect industry updates. Originally published 1 December 2017. A lot of organisations have experienced cyber attacks, but how are they actually hit? There are many types of cyber attack, and the one the criminal …
