Category: Cybersecurity
World Password Day: 8 Tips for Choosing a Safe Password
Tomorrow (Thursday May 6) marks World Password Day - a day designed to promote better password habits and stay safe online. Passwords are critical gatekeepers to our online information and identities, allowing us to access online shopping, dating, banking and social media. With so many people working at home due to the ongoing pandemic, often without…
Half of Britain’s manufacturers victim of cybercrime in last 12 months
Half of Britain’s manufacturers have been the victim of cyber-crime during the last 12 months, after thousands of organisations moved their staff to remote working when the Covid crisis struck. According to manufacturers' organisation, Make UK, cybercriminals have been exploiting emergency working measures mounting attacks which have come at a massive cost to businesses, with…
5 tried-and-tested ways to protect your privacy when online
From huge corporate data breaches to personal smartphone tracking, there are numerous ways in which we are at risk online everyday at work and at home. To make sure that you stay as safe as possible, here are 5 tried-and-tested ways in which you can protect your privacy whilst online. 1. Don’t access private information…
Roblox security issues expose 100 million users, claims Cybernews
Researchers at CyberNews have discovered that Roblox is leaving 100 million users’ sensitive data open to critical security breaches. Valued at $38 billion and boasting over 199 million monthly users, Roblox is the world’s most popular online gaming platform, with a core demographic of children aged between 9 to 15. Despite its commercial success and 17-year history of development, analysis of the Android mobile app revealed that poor data security…
Over 5 billion personal records were leaked in Q1 of 2021
According to recent Atlas VPN findings, over 5 billion data records have already been leaked in 2021. One of the reasons for such a high number is the Compilation of Many Breaches (COMB) which compromised about 3.27 billion data records alone. February was the worst month in records lost, as there were 12 breaches and 3.4 billion…
4 in 5 UK businesses subject to phishing attacks
Lack of cybersecurity in the work-from-home environment has made people more vulnerable to receiving fraudulent phishing emails or being directed to deceiving websites. According to the data presented by the Atlas VPN team, in the past 12 months 83% of UK businesses experienced phishing attacks — an 11% rise in the past four years. Other significant…
Make Your Smart Home Hack Proof with these Cybersecurity Tips
Yes, like all other devices around you, your Smart Home devices can be hacked too. You must be thinking how that is even possible. Well, hackers have their way of finding their way around something. And nothing better than a Smart Home device that can allow a hacker to enter your home and quietly collect…
McAfee sees average of 648 new threats per minute
McAfee sees COVID-19-themed cyber-attack detections increase by 114% in Q4 2020 Powershell threats grow 208% driven by Donoff malware New malware samples grow 10%; averaging 648 new threats per minute New ransomware increases 69%; Mobile malware grows 118% McAfee observes 3.1 million external attacks on cloud user accounts The Eternal Blue exploit was the most…
Microsoft and Zoom most impersonated brands for phishing attacks
According to data from Atlas VPN, Microsoft and Zoom were the most commonly impersonated companies used for phishing attacks last year. In total, 80% of all last year’s brand email phishing campaigns imitated Microsoft or Zoom to scam victims. Multinational technology company Microsoft was a definite leader over the other brand impersonators. The brand was used in…
The Apple User’s Guide to Protecting Your MacBook Device
Covid-19 saw the world shrinking into their homes. With work-from-home becoming the new reality of the current times, we also saw an increase in the number of Mac users for its functionality and sleek designs that allow smooth, professional operations. Not just that, even the personal tasks that required us to visit the physical places…
