5 times as much of it… though cyberthugs unsophisticated. John Leyden Theres been an unprecedented rise in Mac OS X malware this year, according to security researchers at Bit9 +…
Day: November 5, 2015
Report finds apps regularly 'spy on users'
Consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about the amount of data shared by apps. Apps on Apple and Android smartphones leak lots of users’ information to third parties, research has suggested.…
The possible issues with a 'snoopers' charter'
ISP costs could be passed to consumers. The government’s aim is relatively simple, to get new powers to look at your online life, if it has a strong enough reason…
Small businesses are losing money to cyber-criminals
Impact of a breach may not be limited to direct financial losses. SMEs are at greater risk from the consequences of cyber-attack, less able to recover, with more mission-critical data…
MI5 'secretly collected phone data' for decade
Legislation used to authorise the collection was “so vague that anything could be done under it”. MI5 has secretly been collecting vast amounts of data about UK phone calls to…