By Staff writer
The problem with fighting business fraud is that it’s a largely invisible crime. The aim of fraudsters is to go undetected; it means the value of what they can steal can increase rapidly before the victim becomes aware that the crime is taking place.
By Staff writer
It’s becoming more widely acknowledged that cyber fraud is a very big (and illegal) business sector. Indeed, figures from the annual Crime Survey from the Office of National Statistics this year included questions on fraud and computer misuse for the first time, in acknowledgement of the rising threat.
By Guy Wilmot
The recent hacking incident involving Mumsnet highlighted the issue of data security for small businesses – and Russell-Cooke’s Guy Wilmot shares what SMEs can learn from the event.
By Michael Hack
While stories often discuss high profile cyber attacks on large firms and major brands like TalkTalk, LinkedIn and Twitter continue, the worrying trend now is that cyber criminals are increasingly turning their attention to small and medium businesses.
There are numerous examples of banking Trojans from Dridex to Lurk, Kronos, Gootkit, Vawtrak, and Zeus and they continue to claim millions of victims despite the clear message to avoid opening suspicious files. So what can be done
By Ed Macnair
The use of both mobile and cloud applications has become increasingly common in the workplace. Where once applications were firmly in the realm of the consumer, the collaboration, flexibility and productivity boost on offer means businesses have adopted them wholeheartedly. But with great benefit, also comes great risk.
By David Navin
Security expert Emma Philpott has said: “There’s a lot of great talk, but most SMEs do nothing about cyber security. It’s shocking.” Is your business among those Philpott is referring to
By Rob Lay
Building a security operations centre (SOC) capability is a complicated and time consuming exercise and often does not deliver the value or results that organisations desire.
By Farida Gibbs
Decision makers need to be more proactive in their response to cyber-attacks, according to IT staffing expert Farida Gibbs, founder and CEO of Gibbs S3.
As 2015 is left behind, it’s clear it was not the best year for cyber security. Thomas Fischer, principal threat researcher for Digital Guardian, looks at the highest profile hacks of 2015 and how cyber security will evolve in 2016.
