May was a bumper month for data record breaches, with 49.8 million records breached across 77 incidents, compared with 14 million across 80 incidents in April. Most of the incidents in May were global, but UK-specific reports have related to human error. Verizon releases annual data breach report Verizon has released its annual data breach […]
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has launched a new security tool, enabling businesses to check the security settings of their email domains. It can be used to help businesses to determine how secure their domain is for email, and identify any vulnerabilities which may need to be addressed, including privacy and potential spoofing issues. […]
April saw more than 14 million records breached across 80 incidents, and was also a month with many attacks that affected business systems without necessarily impacting data security. The National Cyber Security Centre releases annual cyber breach survey results Each year, the National Cyber Security Centre releases a research study of UK cyber breaches, focussing […]
When we think cybersecurity, for many, it has become synonymous with watching for dodgy links, avoiding scam emails, keeping an eye out for odd text messages, and having better passwords. While these are true (and important), cybersecurity does and should encompass any hardware, software or user that can make a connection to your network. Printers […]
Cyber insurance helps you manage your risk, recover from a cyberattack, and pay any costs that you may have incurred, but that is only if your claim is paid. In the last twelve months, we’ve seen a significant growth in the number of our clients taking on cyber liability insurance. (Not got it yet? Read our […]
In March 2022, there were 88 publicly disclosed cyber security incidents that accounted for 3,987,593 breached records. This means in the first quarter of 2022 the total number of breached records is 75,099,482. Many of March’s cyber security incidents occurred internationally, with only a handful of breaches in the UK. Russian government sites hacked Officials […]
As the conflict between Ukraine and Russia continues, government and cybersecurity agencies around the world are warning of the risk of cyber warfare, and the potential fall-out for businesses from state sponsored attacks. Companies are not and cannot be infallible when it comes to cybersecurity, but they can do everything in their power to reduce […]
Whenever you enter a new password on a website, it is likely that your browser prompts you to “save this password” for next time. There are of course some great advantages to this. You don’t have to remember them, it speeds up the process of your next login, and depending on which browser you are […]
2021 was typified by numerous Covid-related challenges, including of course the continued need to offer home- and hybrid-working, which in many cases has exacerbated the challenge of maintaining good cybersecurity. This has led to an extensive list of published cybersecurity breaches for 2021, which may indicate a massive uptick in cybersecurity incidents, or more likely, […]