Cybercrime

The NCSC have now updated and combined previous publications into a single piece of guidance around Mitigating Malware.

https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/mitigating-malware

Everything from Instagram logins to Uber accounts are available to criminals on the dark web - and that's not even counting things like passport details and bank details. How to protect yourself

https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/criminals-can-buy-your-bank-12098272

Understanding cyber threats is key to defending the UK and ensuring it is a safe place to do business, says the National Cyber Security Centre

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252435786/Understanding-the-cyber-threat-key-to-UK-defence-says-NCSC

Better online security education is needed for the coming generations, warns PwC's director of cyber security

http://www.businesscloud.co.uk/news/the-young-risk-their-entire-digital-life-with-bad-passwords

As cyber criminals concentrate on targeted, strategic, money-making attacks, they are likely to use GDPR fines as leverage to extort money from organisations

http://www.lpportal.eu/content/editorial/articles/web-and-mobile-fraud/gdpr-fines-could-become-weapon-choice-cyber-extortion/

For the first time ever cybercrime has been reported as the most common form of fraud for businesses in the UK.

https://securitybrief.eu/story/cybercrime-becomes-most-common-form-fraud-uk/

Preventing business email compromise requires more than a one size fits all approach.

https://www.itproportal.com/features/why-targeted-phishing-is-the-most-dangerous-fraud-businesses-face-today/

Connected machines and objects in factories offer the potential for a 'fourth industrial revolution', and experts predict more than half of new businesses will run on the IoT by 2020.

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/internet-of-things-what-is-explained-iot

A major Snapchat cyber-attack saw the details of tens of thousands of users exposed on a public website

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/5609908/snapchat-hack-login-details-exposed-55000-users/

More than 52% of Britons aged 18-25 are using the same password for lots of online services, suggests a survey.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43128072