According to cyber security researchers, state financed Chinese hackers have launched a spear phishing campaign to launch bespoke malware stored within Google Drive to international government, academic and research organisations. […]
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Pharmacies and grocery stores belonging to Sobeys, the Canadian food retail company recently experienced IT systems issues following a cyberattack. Sobeys is one of Canada’s two major grocery retailers, with around 134,000 personnel servicing a network of approximately 1,500 stores under a variety of retail banners that include Thrifty Foods, Safeway, Foodland, Lawtons Drugs, IGA […]
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Email is an essential tool for businesses, but it also presents a serious security risk. Poor email security protocols can lead to data breaches, which can result in fines from regulatory bodies, the cost of remediation measures, operational downtime, and compensation for individuals affected by the incident. The long-term effects can include a loss of […]
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Ransomware gangs select targets and infiltrate their systems using malicious techniques. If they find valuable data, they exfiltrate files for use as leverage and deploy crypto malware, also known as ransomware, which locks companies out of their devices, networks, and data. […]
While some documents, such as those for the UK’s Land Registry, still require a wet ink signature, most important paperwork can now be completed with electronic document signing. […]
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The gifting season is almost here. Have you already written your bucket list for the Black Friday sales? Well, so have the hackers. And theirs might just include your credit card and bank details. There is a noticeable increase in cyber scams and frauds during this season, leading to millions of pounds stolen by hackers. […]
A brand-new browser-targeting botnet called ‘Cloud9’ has been identified by experts using malicious extensions with the aims of logging keystrokes, stealing online accounts, injecting malicious JavaScript code, and using the victim’s browser in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. […]
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the data regulator for the UK. Each year, it oversees around 500 data breaches and if it finds that firms have been negligent, it has the power to issue massive fines that can amount to millions of pounds. If a company accidentally leaks private information belonging to data subjects […]
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Company mail systems and the associated accounts used by their staff often gain unwanted attention from threat operators. While email user accounts are used to send and receive messages daily, they are also used as storehouses for past communications. It is not a common practice to delete old messages in this day and age as […]
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By making use of available cloud services, enterprises no longer need to select between enhanced usability or greater security. When cloud services are in use, it is important for firms to balance the requirement of making access to information open to allow collaboration against the need to protect private information by locking it down. […]
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In the modern business world, signings are increasingly conducted using electronic methods. In recent years, firms have found that being able to add a signature to a document electronically has multiple advantages. While admissible in a UK court of law, electronic document signing can be used for almost all applications. However, there are still some […]
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The activity referred to as cyber espionage describes the launching of an attack or several attacks that enable an unauthorised entity to view sensitive or confidential data. Typically, the target of these assaults are enterprises and government departments, and often simply consist of a background process or a code iteration running on an employee workstation […]
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