Irish Civil Servants Suffer Privacy Breach after Email Blunder

Attempts to recall the email were unsuccessful. Phil Muncaster The Irish civil service is the latest public sector organization to suffer a damaging insider data breach, after sensitive personal information…

Criminals targeting businesses as well as individuals. Cybercrime is costing the Northern Ireland economy almost £100m a year, an accountancy firm has claimed. Grant Thornton said the largest cost was…

iOS apps more vulnerable than Android

Even major banking applications had vulnerabilities such as faulty authentication and data leakage. By Maria Korolov Applications written for iOS devices have more vulnerabilities than those written for Androids, and…

Warning over computer takeover fraud

Fraudsters were impersonating major companies to steal money. A spate of scams in which criminals use technology to take over victims’ computers has been reported by an anti-fraud group. Financial…