Singaporean telco’s customer premises equipment is a gateway to security hell. Darren Pauli: Thousands of routers mandated for use by a major Singaporean telco and operated by ‘top enterprises” around…
Day: October 12, 2015
Worrying increase in fraudulent solicitor emails.
Worrying increase in fraudulent solicitor emails. A single mother from County Down has been left devastated after losing almost £77,000 in an elaborate internet scam that targets solicitors firms. On…
Thurrock businesses "shocked" to learn insurance does not cover cyber-crime
Most standard business insurance policies do not cover internet fraud. Thurrock businesses were shocked to learn last Thursday from Police and Crime Commissioner Nick Alston their insurance might not cover…
Privacy groups call for investigation into Experian hack
Experian has said the business was “completely separate” from its main credit bureau business, which was “not affected”. US consumer privacy groups have called for a Federal investigation into Experian,…
Insider threat set to grow, warns expert security panel
Difficult to defend against and police. By Stuart Sumner The insider threat – a member of staff who either maliciously or negligently allows sensitive corporate data to fall into criminal…
Netgear router exploit detected
Owners prompted to update firmware. By Chris Baraniuk A security researcher in the US has said his Netgear router was hacked after attackers exploited a flaw in the machine. Joe…