Solicitors actively targeted by scammers. Law firms need to tighten up their email security and revisit their cybercrime prevention strategies as the Solicitors Regulatory Authority has issued 19 scam alert…
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Experiment threw up alarming results.
Experiment threw up alarming results. The infographic below illustrates the results of a ground-breaking study carried out by the Ponemon Institute which, for the first time, puts some context around…
1000th business to sign up to the Cyber Essentials scheme.
Intel Security becomes the 1000th business to sign up to the Cyber Essentials scheme. Phil Muncaster The UK government has announced a £500,000 fund to help train up higher education students…
Ed Vaizey: 'Good cyber security underpins entire economy'
Trust and confidence in UK online security is crucial for consumers. By Danny Palmer The government has urged businesses to ensure that they’re protected against cyber attacks, citing figures which…
Crime levels tipped to soar after inclusion of fraud statistics
A government report published in 2011 estimated that cyber crime costs the UK economy £27bn a year. By PA Crime levels will rise by up to 40% when new estimates of…
biggest single victim of a phone scam
A company in Suffolk is thought to have become the biggest single victim of a phone scam after handing over £1 million to bogus caller A business was conned into…