07 May Coronavirus: Will offices be safe for a return to work?
One of the key measures to reduce the spread of Coronavirus COVID-19 is social distancing, which for many organisations means encouraging – or instructing – staff to work from home....
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06 May Cyber warning issued for key healthcare organisations in UK and USA
One of the key measures to reduce the spread of Coronavirus COVID-19 is social distancing, which for many organisations means encouraging – or instructing – staff to work from home....
20 Mar Working from home: Cybersecurity tips for remote workers
One of the key measures to reduce the spread of Coronavirus COVID-19 is social distancing, which for many organisations means encouraging – or instructing – staff to work from home....
17 Mar Coronavirus now possibly largest-ever cyber security threat
The cumulative volume of coronavirus-related email lures and other threats is the largest collection of attack types exploiting a single theme for years, possibly ever. The total volume of phishing emails and other security threats relating to the Covid-19 coronavirus now represents the largest coalescing of cyber...
13 Mar Misconfiguration of accounts stand for 82% of Security Vulnerabilities
Organisations in the UK and Netherlands are more exposed to high-risk vulnerabilities than any others in Europe, with misconfiguration a major challenge, according to new data from Outpost24. The security provider analysed vulnerability data collected from over two million assets across 10 markets, over a 12-month period...
13 Mar Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19
Security experts say a spike in email scams linked to coronavirus is the worst they have seen in years. Cyber-criminals are targeting individuals as well as industries, including aerospace, transport, manufacturing, hospitality, healthcare and insurance. Phishing emails written in English, French, Italian, Japanese, and Turkish languages have...
06 Mar Rail station Wi-Fi provider exposed traveller data
The email addresses and travel details of about 10,000 people who used free wi-fi at UK railway stations have been exposed online. Network Rail and the service provider C3UK confirmed the incident three days after being contacted by BBC News about the matter....
06 Mar Virgin Media data breach affects 900,000 people
(Image credit: GettyImages) A Virgin Media database containing the personal details of 900,000 people was left unsecured and accessible online for 10 months, the company has admitted. The information was accessed "on at least one occasion" by an unknown user. The database, which was for marketing purposes, contained...
02 Mar Norton LifeLock phishing scam infects victims with remote access trojan
(Image credit: Shutterstock) Hackers employed a clever trick to get users to enable macros in a malicious Word document. The cybercriminals behind a recent phishing campaign used a fake Norton LifeLock document in order to trick victims into installing a remote access trojan (RAT) on their systems. The infection begins...
02 Mar Over 120 million Decathlon accounts hacked
(Image credit: Shutterstock.com / Tharnapoom Voranavin) Employee and user data leaked due to unsecured server. Sporting company Decathlon has suffered a massive data breach exposing records of over 123 million users and employees. According to researchers at vpnMentor, more than 9GB of data was leaked from an unsecured ElasticSearch...