Tag: cybersecurity
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…
Company Data Breaches: Over 340 million accounts compromised in four months
Exclusive new research by the Independent Advisor shows that over 340 million people have been affected by business data breaches already in the first four months of 2023. The biggest breach to have happened this year is Twitter at the start of the year, impacting 235 million user accounts. The figures come from a new Company Data Breach Tracker launched by the Independent…
Data breaches declined globally at beginning of 2023, claims study
The latest study by cybersecurity company Surfshark shows that a total of 41.6M accounts were breached in Q1 2023, with Russia ranking first and amounting to a sixth of all breaches (6.6 million) from January through March. The United States takes second place (5 million) followed by Taiwan (3.9 million), France (3.2 million), and Spain…
5 ways you can be hacked on holiday
While many Brits are planning their holiday, cybercriminals are preparing for work. Experts warn that hotels are among the riskiest places regarding cybersecurity with many threats awaiting travellers in their hotel rooms. "Hackers can use a hotel's cybersecurity vulnerabilities in several ways to reach you even in your room. So while you’re on vacation and…
World Password Day: UK’s bad habits revealed!
Despite one in five adults in the UK being told their password has been leaked in a data breach, they have still not taken the steps to update it The average person has 100 accounts that require a password, which cybersecurity experts believe should be changed every three months The average Brit changes just three…
Phishing, Smishing and Vishing are top types of UK fraud
New data published by global information and insights provider, TransUnion, shows that over four in 10 (43%) UK consumers who said they have been targeted by fraud were targeted by phishing in the period between September and December 2022. This is followed by smishing – fraudulent text messages meant to trick you into revealing data (40%) –…
Businesses face one cyberattack every minute, says Beaming
UK businesses faced an average of one cyber attack every minute in the first three months of 2023, according to a report by Beaming, a business internet service provider. The company’s analysis of malicious web traffic shows that each business experienced 170,508 attempts to breach their online systems, on average, during this period. The level…
