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Cyber security has hit the headlines again recently with reports of the ‘Heartbleed Bug’, a code error which means that websites can leak user details including passwords through the 'heartbeat' function used to secure connections. The bug affects web servers running OpenSSL, enabling hackers to read confidential encrypted data meaning that they can gain access…

It was announced this week that the Government have used some of the £860million invested into cyber security defences to launch the UK’s national Computer Emergency Response Team, otherwise known as CERT-UK. The body has been established to deal with cyber security incidents of national significance and will feature a team of 55 people. The…

Take a look at this week’s Cyber Security feature on The Guardian’s Small Business Network, where our managing director Stephen Robinson advises SMEs on what they need to know about trading online and what steps they need to take to ensure customers are protected from cyber crime. To view the article click the link below:…

Read our latest two blog posts from managing director Stephen Robinson on this week’s Real Business.  In this two part series, Stephen gives his top tips to help staff increase cyber security in the workplace. To view the blogs click the links below:   1: Top 5 tips to increase cyber security in the workplace…

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has recently reported plans to begin educating children as young as 11 about careers in cyber security to help prevent the future skills deficit. It has been widely speculated that the UK could suffer a major global disadvantage with regards to resources in this sector unless more people…

Computer Weekly have reported that the top threat to businesses and business continuity are IT-related issues, such as fraud, hacking and cybercrime which can result in damage to reputation, financial losses and serious business downtime, all affecting the bottom line. The top 10 threats to business continuity, gathered from the latest annual report published by…

This week the Solicitor’s Regulation Authority were a victim of the ever increasing cyber threat as hackers fraudulently impersonated the regulator in a series of emails which we sent to firms. The scam was an attempt to trick the recipients into believing that they had received a complaint and that an investigation was due to begin.…

Tesco have deactivated more than 2,000 online customer accounts following a cyber breach where credentials were stolen and shared by cyber criminals. The breach is the latest in a series of information related failings the supermarket giant has faced in recent times. Earlier in February, Tesco accidentally revealed hundreds of customer email addresses after distributing…

As awareness of the cyber threat increases, you may be thinking about what actually happens to stolen customer records and data? A recent report has revealed that there are up to as many as 360 million records available to buy on the black market. It is unclear as to where they came from or what…