Staggering number of firms investigated in by ICO in 2014. By Sooraj Shah: People may be forgiven for thinking that cyber security blunders only occur in US organisations. After all…
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UK gets the Ashley Madison fear: Data privacy moans on the up
Consumers are increasingly finding themselves left exposed as a result of cyber attacks. John Leyden Consumer complaints about the way personal data is handled increased by 30 per cent from…
Five million people exposed in Scottrade brokerage hack
Business only found out when the FBI came calling. Iain Thomson: If you’ve bought shares using retail broker Scottrade in the last few years, you may want to get in…
Shifu banking Trojan arrives in the UK, warns IBM
IBM claims that Trojan is “actively attacking online banking customers”. By Graeme Burton IBM Security X-Force has warned that the Shifu banking Trojan, which had been observed in Japan attacking…
Only a matter of time before cyber-attack hits broader finance
Irish Central Bank deputy governor expresses concerns. Danielle Correa, Production Editor Ireland’s Central Bank’s deputy governor, Cyril Roux, has warned that it may only be a matter of time before a…
Chris Blackhurst: Lost thousands in a cyber scam? Sorry, there's nothing the banks can do
Increasingly, online criminals appear to be getting away with it. Chris Blackhurst: The other evening, the head of one our best-known banks asked me if I had any idea about…