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Travelex becomes the latest victim of computer criminal behaviour

In March 2018 Travelex managed to leak around 17,000 people’s data. These unfortunate data subjects were all Tesco Bank customers; the data leaked included full names, dates of birth, addresses,...

Why do people click on phishing links so quickly?

Someone asked me a question at a cybersecurity seminar recently. “What do you think has been the single biggest change to the business environment in recent decades?” I replied with the obvious...

MailSentry

First of all, I would like to introduce myself to those of you reading this who may not know who I am. My name is Jack Poulter and I am the new product specialist here at Brigantia for Heimdal...

Time to take data security seriously?

The news of British Airways’ massive data breaches and the equally massive fines from the ICO are a clear sign of what is to come for businesses in the UK. BA however appears to think that these are...

GDPR One Year On… Introducing CyberSmart’s GDPR Smart

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is not a fast-moving department normally. In fact, nearly a year into having GDPR in effect in the UK and so far, not a single company has been prosecuted...

This is Why We Train

I was struck by a thought this morning when a phishing email arrived in my inbox, and I pressed the Phish-Alert button as I had been trained to do, “this is why we train”.

A Stitch in Time Saves Nine

When I was a child, I heard the saying and completely misunderstood it: I thought, “How can anyone stitch time?” Needless to say, it was quite a while before I actually understood the true meaning of...

The main tool used by hackers to break into an organisation

If you had to guess what the main tool that hackers use to get into an organisation is, what would you say? Would it be some fancy software developed by secret government agencies for clandestine...

Business vs Hackers

There are two things in the media a lot these days: Which companies have been hacked and the GDPR impact as a result of these hacks. Let’s be realistic about this, if the Marriott chain loses 500...