Tag: cybersecurity
Hook, line, sinker: 2 in 3 Brits can’t spot phishing attacks
Millions of UK consumers risk being reeled in by cyber criminals online as they cannot recognise the typical signs of bogus websites Around two-thirds of Brits (63%) cannot spot all the red flags of a scam site, while more than four in five (85%) wrongly look for a padlock symbol to show a site is…
Tech Digest roundup: Army struggling to recruit cyber security experts
Still image from an army recruitment TV ad. The British army is struggling to recruit cybersecurity experts The Army is struggling to hire cyber security experts amid intense competition from business, its recruitment chief has admitted. Richard Holroyd, managing director of Defence and Security at Capita, which handles recruitment for the Armed…
Two-thirds of UK workers at risk of a cyberattack this summer, study finds
A Businessman Sits On A Beach Chair On The Beach Working On A Laptop Computer And Talking On The Phone With His Surfboard Sitting At His Feet; Tarifa Cadiz Andalusia Spain --- Image by © Ben Welsh/Design Pics/Corbis A recent study by ELVTR, an online learning platform, has revealed concerning vulnerabilities…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Etsy U-turn over withholding sellers’ money
Online marketplace Etsy has said it will change its policy after sellers complained of money being held. The U-turn comes after the BBC reported that some sellers had 75% of their money frozen for 45 days. Etsy said it was "substantially decreasing" the amount of money it would put on hold but did not state…
United Kingdom is 9th most breached country, cybersecurity study finds
The latest study by cybersecurity company Surfshark ranks the United Kingdom as the 9th most breached country in second quarter (Q2) of 2023. Globally, a total of 110.8M accounts were breached during this period, with the United States ranking first and amounting to almost half of all breaches from April through June. Russia takes second…
Gallup poll: Americans fear cyberterrorism more than nuclear war
According to a Gallup poll on world affairs, cyberterrorism is regarded by a majority of Americans as the most pressing danger to the United States. A staggering 85% of respondents identified it as a "critical threat," surpassing all other concerns, the Atlas VPN team found. Results were based on telephone interviews with a random…
Record numbers looking to kickstart cyber career, claims UK Government
Over 3,600 people are looking to embark on a new career in cyber this year through applications to the Government’s Upskill in Cyber programme Programme supports the Prime Minister’s priority of growing the economy by creating better-paid jobs. Almost half of applications come from women with more than 50% from outside London and the South East UK Cyber Sector annual revenues…
Revealed: Best cybersecure countries for hybrid working
Recent research has shown that 68% of high-revenue growth companies have embraced a hybrid working model worldwide making cyber security awareness more important than ever before. With this in mind, Indusface has discovered the most secure countries for businesses to allow their employees to work from, by creating an index score based on cybersecurity data including DDOS…
Revealed: passwords that can be hacked in under three seconds
Recent research from card machine and payment solutions provider, Dojo, has analysed over six million leaked passwords to investigate the most commonly used password patterns and how people's passwords are hacked. Dojo revealed that Google searches for ‘’how to create a strong password’’ have surged by +200% in the last 12 months. Using aggregated data including…
Interest in cybersecurity career opportunities surge in May 2023
Current data from Google Trends reveals that public interest in cybersecurity and careers in the field has grown significantly since the beginning of 2022 and reached an all-time high in May 2023. Media coverage of cyber incidents, data breaches, and privacy violations has raised public consciousness about the importance of cybersecurity. People are becoming…
