Category: Cybersecurity
Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to provide £70 million to make devices secure
UK to become a world leader in ‘designing out’ many forms of cyber threats to online services and digitally enabled products by investing in development of hardware solutions to complement […]
Cyber crime victims lose £34.6m in six months, claims Action Fraud
People falling prey to cyber crime have reported losing £34.6 million, the latest numbers from Action Fraud show. Hacking of social media and email accounts continues to be the most […]
Google design quiz to help people spot phishing emails
Google has created a quiz designed to teach internet users how to identify phishing emails created to trick users into giving up personal information or downloading viruses to their devices. […]
Nearly 30 million cyber attacks carried out in the UK during Q4 2018
Global cybersecurity provider Kaspersky Lab has released its findings into web threats, and local threats, detected between October and December 2018 in the UK. Attacks via browsers were the primary […]
Fortnite security flaw ‘could have exposed user accounts’
A security flaw in the Fortnite login process could have allowed hackers to access and take over user accounts in the battle royale game, security experts have claimed. Check Point […]
5 Apps Every Android Geek Must Have on Their Phone
How secure is your phone or tablet? If you needed to send private information right now, could you be sure that your information is protected? For people who use public Wi-Fi or […]
Hackers take over Google Chromecast devices to support YouTuber PewDiePie
Hackers have taken control of Google Chromecast smart TV devices around the world in a stunt to raise awareness of cyber security and to promote YouTuber PewDiePie. They claim to […]
All the major data breaches of 2018 – including Google+, Marriot, Ticketmaster
Retailers, airlines and hotels were among 2018’s victims of data breaches. Jamie Harris, Press Association’s Science Technology Reporter, reports on a year where millions of people had their information stolen […]
Google+ bug exposed data of 52 million users – platform to shut four months early
Google’s social media platform Google+ has suffered a fresh data leak, compromising the personal information of more than 50 million users. The tech giant responded by bringing forward the […]
Quora reveals data breach affecting up to 100 million users
About 100 million users of question-and-answer website Quora may have had their personal information compromised following a data breach, the company said. The affected data includes account details such as […]
