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Another month, another high-profile attack… or so it seems at the moment. The latest in the long line was US data firm Equifax – with a breach that affected more than 143 million American consumers. Even if you aren’t holding that much customer data, how do you recover from a breach like that?
The brutal fact is most small businesses are not spending enough time or money on cyber security – leaving them exposed to ransomware, severe regulatory fines, reputational damage and lost business opportunities.
So far, 2017 has been the year of the cyber-attack. Cases of cyber-crime and cyber-terrorism are on the rise, but never before have the general public seen the scope and scale of cyber-crime committed by groups on the government and public services.
We discussed in an earlier blog how 80% of cyber-attacks could be prevented, simply by putting simple cyber security controls in place.
As we all become more wary about the tell-tale signs of a phishing email attack, criminals are turning to a more targeted approach to email scamming: the spear-phishing attack.
Wow! Quite a weekend of news around Cyber Security... This was an article we had written a couple of weeks ago now and had scheduled for publication today just for the sake of offering our readers and supported end-users ongoing education about cyber security and playing your part...
A joint report from the NCA and the NCSC warns that cybercrime is becoming more aggressive. The increase in devices connecting to the internet is providing more opportunities for criminals to hold people to ransom over personal data.