Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups and cyber criminals are looking to exploit the circumstances around the COVID-19 crisis. In particular, there has been a significant rise of scams pretending to be legitimate requests from official HM Government departments, targetting individuals and businesses. The aim is usually to obtain sensitive exploitable information such as logins, bank… Read More: COVID-19 related scams are becoming rife »
According to the latest research by Barclaycard, UK’s SMEs are failing to protect themselves from the growing threat of cyber crime. The research found that 48% of the surveyed businesses suffered at least one cyber attack in the past year and 10% experienced more than 4 attacks in the same period. Only 13% of the… Read More: SMEs are still not taking cyber threats seriously »
Odious web ads that pop up or otherwise make themselves a nuisance have been around since the internet dark ages. Occasionally, they can be more than a nuisance, especially when appearing on lesser known or unsavory websites. Adware, spyware or even malicious exploits can be served up from a web ad. Last week exactly that… Read More: Web ads: a nuisance or a serious threat? »