A cyber-crime mastermind suspected of stealing about £870m (€1bn) has been arrested in Spain. The individual is alleged to be the head of the organised crime gang that ran the…
Month: March 2018
UK Police Secretly Hoover Up Users’ Smartphone Data
Phil Muncaster There have been calls for an immediate independent review after a new Privacy International investigation revealed that police are secretly extracting large volumes of highly sensitive data from…
The top 8 frauds to watch out for in 2018
A new report from NatWest has identified the top ways they expect fraudsters will try and get their hands on people’s cash in 2018. NatWest has worked with research agency…
'R2D2' stops disk-wipe malware before it executes evil commands
‘Reactive Redundancy for Data Destruction Protection’ stops the likes of Shamoon and Stonedrill before they hit ‘erase’ By Richard Chirgwin Purdue University researchers reckon they’ve cracked how to protect data…
Breaches Missed, Companies Don't Know What They're Looking For
Phee Waterfield Less than half of IT professionals (48%) would be fully confident knowing a breach had even happened, meaning that more could have taken place without their knowledge. That’s…
DDoS attacks are growing: What can businesses do?
By Pieter Arntz Depending on the type and size of your organization, a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack can be anything from a small nuisance to something that can…