Budget 2017: Roaming charges set to jump by 20 per cent
Not good news for anyone planning on going abroad and wishing to still communicate, why? Because in the latest budget published by the government they are adding an additional 20% tax on the cost for anyone using their mobile phones abroad. Unfortunately this is very much the opposite of all the positive changes we have […]
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Google will restrict Gmail in Windows XP and Vista this year
Google is taking a hard line on security for its mail service which means, those who use obsolete versions of Windows are going to be forced very soon to upgrade or risk losing fast access to Gmail. As most of us are aware Windows XP has been end of life for almost 2 years now, […]
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Russia really is the centre of ransomware development – Kaspersky
Kaspersky are a Russian security software company, they have recently revealed upon their research that around 75% of the top crypto-ransomware packages in the past 12 months were developed by Russian or Russian-speaking, cyber criminals. Recently, Anton Ivanov who is Kaspersky’s senior malware analyst revealed this information at the RSA Security conference in San Francisco. […]
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GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre opens for business following delays
Organisation arrives to help public sector ‘manage cyber security effectively THE MUCH DELAYED National Cyber Security Centre officially opened on Tuesday 14th February 2017 by the Queen, this Centre has been in the planning since June 2009 by Gordon Brown. Ciaran Martin is heading up this centre based in London, near Victoria, he was formerly director […]
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How information security professionals can help business understand cyber risk
Information security is continually moving up business and board agendas, but information security professionals find it challenging to help business leaders to understand fully the cyber risks across increasingly digital businesses. The UK government’s latest National Cyber Security Strategy requires businesses to have a detailed understanding of the risks to their information systems and raise standards to […]
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Different industries have different concerns in regards to Cyber Security
Alex Ayers who is the co-founder and consulting director at Turnkey Consulting is saying that information security professionals must remember that businesses do see security as an important concern amongst other things in their business, but also to take into consideration different industries have different concerns. It is felt that the “good enough” security point of view […]
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Raising cyber security awareness
Cyber security is everybody’s responsibility, says Maxine Holt, principal analyst at the Information Security Forum (ISF). “Start by raising awareness across the organisation because people are an organisation’s biggest asset and also potentially its biggest risk. How these people take decisions and behave in key moments is essential to strengthening resilience.” Holt advises capturing the attention of […]
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Personnel departments targeted by GoldenEye ransomware hidden in job applications
Cover letter hides Excel file laden with GoldenEye malware. A new version of the Petya Ransomware called GoldenEye is targeting personnel departments, companies are being inundated with fake job applications loaded with this malware. Apparently GoldenEye has been around for a while, however Check Point who are a software security company are claiming the group […]
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Microsoft announces 16 years of support for Windows, SQL Servers
New ‘Premium Assurance’ plan extends support by six years, means Windows Server 2008 R2 will live until 2026. Current Redmond offers around 5 years of mainstream support to the above products. During this time updates are made for security reasons and new features are added. Afterwards comes 5 years of extended support, through this time […]
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Looking for a nearby place to eat or shop? Just tweet Google an emoji
Find local stops with just a single pictogram. Whether it be baked into Google Home or built surrounding the companies’ digital assistant, Google loves being able to overcrowd their web-searching function into pretty much platform they can. And the next destination is …… TWITTER. Not only does Google allow us web users to search for […]
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