SMEs are taking cyber security a bit too lightly according to a major business insurance broker. Hiscox Insurance annual Small Business Cyber Security Risk Report has found that small steps could help to counter “ever-evolving threats of cyber-attacks,” but companies need to do more to protect themselves and their brands.…

The prestigious Roehampton Annual Computing Education report for 2018 has found that computing qualifications at A-Level and GCSE level are “patchy” across the UK; with less than 12% of students choosing an IT qualification at pre-14 level education whilst the number is even more worrying in the post-16 context sitting…

The University of California, Berkeley, has a long and illustrious history with California’s tech industry. As such, Berkeley’s top ten guide has long been ‘mandatory reading’ for SME owners looking for an easy-to-digest IT security resource they can share with less tech-informed employees. The resource is an internal student guide…

IT Governance provides SME leaders with a useful ‘vulnerability assessment’ framework – an easy to understand guideline designed to identify issues within your IT estate. The assessment provides a useful collection of resources that are designed to de-mystify the cyber security vulnerability of your IT setup by providing plain English…

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced the creation of the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund to help identify and fund initiatives designed to support the UK Government’s National Cyber Security Programme – a scheme designed to expand on the government’s cyber security training schemes. The new funding…

As more and more businesses embrace the ‘power’ of the Internet of Things (IoT), Google Home’s latest ‘security breach’ highlights the flaws of IoT. Researchers for Tripwire Security, a security consultancy, found that a Home device’s physical location can be tracked and that Google’s live streaming functions can be hijacked…

Gloucestershire Police have been fined £80,000 after the ICO found that the identities of abuse victims had been revealed in a bulk email disclosure. The mistake occurred when a police officer used the “To” field as oppose to the “BCC” field when copying email addresses into a sensitive email. By…

The ICO have been less than charitable towards BT after a recent ICO spam investigation found a charitable campaign breached customer consent rules. BT have been fined £77,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Officer after an investigation found the company sent nearly five million “nuisance emails to customers”. The ICO found…

If your phone has limited memory storage and you regularly use Facebook and Twitter, installing lightweight versions of these apps could help to speed up your phone.
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A group of computer scientists from a Florida-based cyber security company, Cyxtera Technologies, are reported to have built machine-learning software that can generate phishing URLs that can beat popular security tools. (more…)