In a bad week for personal data and privacy, two separate organisations slip up and accidentally release sensitive information over email. A double data breach risks personal data of thousands as a health clinic in London and retailer WHSmith are both left red-faced as private data is sent out in emails. The 56 Dean Street Clinic,
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Six teenagers arrested for cyber attacks, and have been subsequently been bailed. This came after suspicions of the teenagers had been using hacking group Lizard Squad’s hacking tool Lizard Stresser to attack various websites. The sites that had been targeted have been confirmed to be schools, newspapers, games companies and retailers, who have all been
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With all the news of major companies and websites being compromised due to online hacking, now is the time to take steps to protect yourself even more. It is vital that you remain safe and secure whenever you use the internet, either for work or just leisure. Regardless of secure passwords or supposed ‘safe’ websites, you can never
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As Apple continues to pride itself over its system’s invulnerable ability to not be affected by viruses, a stance that they have long boasted over rivals Windows, it has announced it will patch two serious bugs in its operating system before the next major update. The vulnerabilities, named DYLD and Thunderstrike 2 were found in Apple’s
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A Dedicated Denial of Service attack had left millions of users unable to access their online accounts last Friday. A DDoS attack, which is when an attack is staged that floods a website with millions of requests all at once, which is simply too much for the site to handle. Intentional surges of internet traffic are
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For many years, BlackBerry have been the go-to phone for businesses and the casual user due to its incredibly secure and encrypted server which handles all its communication. This proves is impossible for law enforcement and intelligence agencies from potentially snooping on you and extracting information. But recently, the Pakistani government have outlawed BlackBerry’s secure
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Dating website Ashley Madison, which offers users the chance for an online affair with other users, has been a victim of a targeted attack, which has resulted in the personal details of more than 37million users being potentially in the hands of the hackers. Ashley Madison, which has gained popularity internationally for its dating website specialising
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Google introduced the right to be forgotten’ back last year in an effort to protect the identities of anyone who wished to have certain personal details removed from internet search results. Google implemented the request system back in May 2014, allowing anyone to send a request detailing the reason why their information is to be removed
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Hacker Team, the online security firm, who offer security advice and services to both national security agencies and law enforcement firms, have been a victim of a hack. The breach of security led to more than 400gb of data stolen from the firm which inevitably ended up online through a series of tweets. As cyber security
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If you’ve been planning your escape for some time, you’ve probably got most of the basics down, whether its a good, sturdy backpack, comfortable trekking shoes and the often over-looked reliable head lamp. Or you are one of those people who just needs their old, battered backpack, a couple of t-shirts and their favourite pair of sneakers.
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