Kacy Zurkus In an attempt to steal sensitive data, cyber-criminals have been targeting financial firms by building hidden tunnels in order to break into networks. According to a report released…
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Human Error Dominates as Breached Records Soar 88% in 2017
Phil Muncaster Around 2.6 billion records were stolen in 2017, an 88% increase on the previous year’s figures, according to Gemalto. The security firm’s 2017 Breach Level Index Report comprised data from…
Trend Micro in New Hacktivist Warning
Phil Muncaster A new report has warned that traditional lines between hacktivists and cyber-criminals are blurring and could disappear altogether in some cases, fuelling more damaging ransomware and data theft…
More data lost or stolen in first half of 2017 than the whole of last year
By John Leyden More data records have been lost or stolen during the first half of 2017 (1.9 billion) than all of 2016 (1.37 billion). Digital security company Gemalto’s Breach…
How hackers handle stolen login data
We’ve all had them. Those emails you read with a growing sense of dread which tell you to change the password you use on this account, that social network or…
TalkTalk call centre workers arrested in India
TalkTalk has confirmed that three of its India-based call centre workers have been arrested. The London-based telecoms provider said that it alerted police after carrying out a data security review.…