Category: Cybersecurity
Two thirds of companies don’t change passwords, survey shows
A new study revealed that many businesses are leaving themselves vulnerable to cyberattacks because employees don't change their passwords. A study of 1,247 workplaces by cybersecurity experts VPNOverview.com, found that two-thirds of businesses (66%) leave themselves at risk of cyberattacks due to their lack of having (or enforcing) password rotation policies. Of the companies that…
Brits increased concerned by privacy, claims research
Confined to our homes for the past year, we've become more reliant on the internet than ever before for everything from working to shopping. Yet despite, or perhaps because, of this, many of us are increasingly conscious about guarding our privacy online. Interested in technology, OnBuy’s Home Automation Department analysed the latest findings from MindShare,…
1 in 2 teens have fallen for ‘fake news’, claims Vodafone survey
Ahead of Safer Internet Day tomorrow (9th February), which explores the theme ‘An Internet We Trust’, Vodafone has released research uncovering UK teens’ perceptions around fake news and misinformation online. According to its research, almost half (46%) of teenagers have fallen for fake news and with 49% saying they were more aware of fake news in 2020…
1 in 12 IT directors ‘taken hammer to hardware’
A survey of IT Directors has revealed that 8% have taken a hammer to dispose of hardware containing valuable electronic data. Some 12% admit to having submerged devices in water to try and destroy the hardware, and 18% have used drilling to do this. The most popular method is shredding (90% of IT Directors have…
Are home workers putting their jobs at risk?
As much of the nation continues to work from home, a new study has revealed that British workers’ security and cybersecurity practices could be putting their jobs at risk in 2021. A poll of 2,043 UK workers carried out by VPNOverview.com found that a staggering 68% of employees do not think about the security impact of working…
Dramatic increase in business cyber attacks, claims Mactavish
New research from Mactavish, the specialist outsourced insurance buyer and claims resolution expert, reveals that 21% of businesses have suffered a cyber-related loss in the last three years, and just over two thirds (69%) say this happened in the past 12 months. Mactavish has previously warned that several specialist cyber insurance policies have flaws and…
What Does a $6.5 Million Classiscam Teach Us About Online Ad Scam Prevention?
A report by Group-IB described a scam that targeted European internet users and outlined that criminals managed to bring in $6.5 million from it in 2020 alone. The Classiscam scheme is an automated scam-as-a-service that mimics actual pages to steal payment information and user information. Each one can be traced to a Telegram bot on…
Global VPN downloads surge in 2020, Arab countries lead
Arab Countries like UAE, pictured, are leading the way with VPN downloads According to data based on the VPN Adoption Index by Atlas VPN, Virtual Private Network (VPN) downloads reached 277 million in 2020 worldwide with Arab countries showing the highest levels of growth. A Virtual Private Network hides the…
Russia linked malware found on laptops given to children by government
Some of the laptops given out in England to support vulnerable children home-schooling during lockdown contain Russia linked malware, according to BBC News. Teachers shared details on an online forum about suspicious files found on devices sent to a Bradford school. The malware, which they said appeared to be contacting Russian servers, is believed to…
Cyber attacks rose by a fifth in 2020
The volume of Internet-based cyber attacks on UK businesses increased by just under a fifth (19 percent) in 2020, according to Beaming, a specialist internet service provider for businesses. Companies in the UK experienced 686,961 individual attempts each, on average, to breach their systems online last year, up from 576,575 in 2019. 2020 was the…
