In 2011, the government and IT specialists Detica undertook a study which suggested that hi-tech manufacturers, including those working in aerospace, electronics and pharmaceuticals, were high-risk targets for cyber crime. Yet despite this caution, less than a third (31%) of…
You will have read about the NHS and many other organisations being impacted by a new strain of ransomware. This ransomware is modified to not only encrypt the files in one laptop but to then spread through a company’s network…
Sir Tim Berners-Lee has given a series of interviews in which he has criticised how the internet has developed, condemning user privacy risks and harmful advertising practices. The man credited with inventing the internet in 1989 said it can be…
Reports of identity theft reached their highest levels yet in 2016, says fraud prevention organisation Cifas. They have warned that young people are a growing target for fraudsters, with the number of victims aged under-21 rising by a third from…
Just when businesses are getting up to speed with the latest tricks employed by cyber criminals, another rears its ugly head. Ransomware is the practice of extorting a business by blocking access or threatening to damage their systems unless or…