When it comes to our cybersecurity, it seems we are pessimistic about our ability to protect ourselves.
According to a recent survey from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) 70% of us believe we will be a victim of cybercrime ...
The Dark Web is the go-to source for unscrupulous people trading in stolen data, hacking tools and illicit information. It also is a source for fraud guides to assist the hacker in stealing from you and me. Web intelligence company Terbium ...
According to Which? Amazon is constantly being flooded with fake five-star reviews for products and brands that are misleading shoppers. The consumer group found this was particularly commonplace when it came to be promoting unfamiliar bran...
Following last year’s IT meltdown, wherein thousands of TSB customers fell victim to fraud, the bank has made an announcement. In future, they will refund any TSB customer who loses money to third-party fraud.
Last year TSB found thousand...
Yahoo is back in court, hopefully for the last time, as it seeks to settle the outstanding cases from the massive 2013 hack attack that saw three billion emails exposed.
Back in 2017 Yahoo had to finally admit that the data breach in 2013 h...
A report in media outlet Bloomberg has revealed the inner workings of Alexa’s army of listening gnomes operating out of countries such as Romania. These ‘machine learning data analysts’ regularly review audio clips to improve Alexa’...
In the febrile atmosphere of social media use and abuse, Twitter has announced it has created an improved, faster means for users to appeal account suspensions. Twitter has been keen to clamp down on any violations of the platform’s condu...
The government has now set out legislation that will introduce new online content laws that would make the likes of Facebook and Google liable for materials that appear on their platforms. The legislation will also establish a new regulator...
Vodafone has proudly proclaimed Birmingham New Street as the UK’s first railway station to have 5G connectivity.
In tests run by Vodafone 4G smartphones were connected to a 5G router, which received 5G connectivity from a nearby mobile m...
As we roll into the 2019/20 tax year, the world’s hackers, scammers and cybercriminals are gearing themselves up to bombard us with phishing emails and tax-themed malware.
Proofpoint, an American company that monitors such cybercrimi...
