Cybersecurity Expert

As Brits plan to go to extreme lengths to grab a bargain this Black Friday but are leaving themselves exposed to cyber-criminals? Brits are gearing up to grab a bargain this Black Friday and Cyber Monday, with 17% already considering pulling a sickie. Over half of UK online shoppers will use a mobile device to shop for deals, but more than one in five (21%) will shop on unsecured smartphones or using open wifi networks (19%). F-Secure is warning people to install security software on any devices they’re shopping online with as last year the average count of spam increased by 45% during Cyber Monday. Brits are one and a half times more likely to be affected by financial fraud than people in other countries with 26% of people reporting they or someone in their family has been affected by credit card fraud, compared to an average 17% in other countries. New research highlights the lengths Brits will go to grab a bargain online, even though they may be leaving themselves vulnerable t...

Article by Matt Cable, VP Solutions Architect and MD Europe, Certes Networks Public sector organisations in the UK are in the midst of changing cyber security regulations. In mid-2018, the Government, in collaboration the NCSC, published a minimum set of cyber security standards. These standards are now mandated, along with a focus on continually “raising the bar”. The standards set minimum requirements for organisations to protect sensitive information and key operational services, which – given the way in which these services are increasingly dispersed – is driving significant changes in public sector network architecture and security. In addition to setting today’s ‘ minimum’ standards, however, the guidance also sets a target date of 2023 by which public sector organisations will be expected to have adopted a ‘gold-standard ’ cyber security profile. Matt Cable, VP Solutions Architect and MD Europe, Certes Networks, therefore outlines the essential considerations that will help orga...

You may not know much about the dark web, but it may know things about you. What is the Dark Web? The dark web is a part of the internet that is not visible to search engines. What makes the dark web, dark? it allows users to anonymise their identity by hiding their IP addresses. This makes those using the dark web nearly impossible to identify. Only 4% of the internet is available to the general public, which means a vast 96% of the internet is made up of the deep web. It’s important to note here, that the dark web is just a small section of the internet but it’s a powerful small sector. How much are your bank details worth? The dark web is full of stolen personal bank credentials. It’s common to see MasterCard, Visa, and American Express credentials on the dark web from a variety of different countries. Credit card data in the US, UK, Canada and Australia increased in price anywhere from 33% to 83% in the time from 2015 to 2018. The average price for a UK Visa or Mastercard ...

Anthony Webb, EMEA Vice President at A10 Networks It is often written that 5G will usher in the Fourth Industrial Revolution and change the economy. The speeds and capacity that 5G network promises to bring has the potential to be an indispensable technology. Verizon estimated that by 2035, 5G “will enable £10.5 trillion of global economic output and support 22 million jobs worldwide . Therefore, 5G is not only important because it has the potential to support millions of devices at ultrafast speeds, but also because it has the potential to transform the lives of people around the world. But with this new opportunity also comes higher security risks as cyberattacks grow in sophistication and volume and use lightly protected mobile and IoT devices in their botnets or targeted attacks. GTP today Since the early days of 3G or 2.5G, GPRS Tunnelling Protocol (GTP) has been used to carry traffic and signalling through mobile networks and has continued to do so in 4G/LTE and recent 5G non-s...

Small UK businesses bear the brunt of cyberattacks according to the latest industry reports. SecureTeam have crunched the numbers and put together an InfoGraphic which depicts how cybercrime is impacting UK small business. They have concluded UK small businesses are targeted with 65,000 cyberattacks per day, with one small business hacked every 19 seconds! As expected, email is by far the most commonly used attack vector, and the security posture of small businesses is not sufficiently robust enough to withstand cyberattacks, knowledge which the cybercriminals clearly understand.

Article by Andrea Babbs, UK General Manager, VIPRE SafeSend Cybercrime has rapidly become the world’s fastest growing form of criminal activity, and is showing no sign of slowing down with the number of attacks on businesses rising by more than 50% in the last year alone. While most corporates have made significant efforts to invest in cybersecurity defences to protect their organisations from the outside threat of cybercrime, few have addressed the risk of breaches that stem from the inside in the same way. Insider threats can come from accidental error, such as an employee mistakenly sending a sensitive document to the wrong contact, or from negligence such as an employee downloading unauthorised software that results in a virus spreading through the company’s systems. We’re all guilty of accidentally hitting send on an email to the wrong person, or attaching the wrong document; but current levels of complacency around email security culture are becoming an ever greater threat. F...

Cybersecurity is a critical battleground for UK businesses today, as the digital footprints of individuals and enterprises continue to grow. However, according to a new study commissioned by VMware in partnership with Forbes Insights , only a quarter (25%) of business leaders across EMEA are confident in their current cybersecurity practices, with UK spending without adequate assessment of the needs of organisations now commonplace. VMware research reveals British businesses battle sophisticated security threats with old tools and misplaced spend Key findings of the Study 78% of UK business and IT security leaders believe the cybersecurity solutions their organisation is working with are outdated (despite 40% having acquired new tools over the past 12 months to address potential threats) 74% reveal plans to invest even more in detecting and identifying attacks in the next three years, despite having a multitude of products already installed – a quarter (26%) of business...