Cyber-Risks and Liabilities Sept/Oct 2022
The Benefits of Threat Intelligence Threat Intelligence (TI) refers to data that is collected, processed, and analysed to understand a threat actor’s motives, targets, and attack behaviours. Through TI, organisations can analyse both previous cyber-attacks and potential future threats. Rather than being reactive, TI allows organisations to adopt a proactive approach to cyber-security. This […]
Cyber-Risks and Liabilities: Spotting Phising Attacks
Spotting and Reporting Phising Attacks A phishing incident is a type of social engineering attack that involves a cyber-criminal using scam emails, text messages or phone calls to deceive a victim. Phishing attacks exploit people, aiming to trick individuals into doing the wrong thing, such as clicking a suspicious link that downloads malware or steals […]
Retail Risk Insights – Protect Your Online Retail Network
Online retailers have been experiencing huge growth in recent years, making them increasingly attractive targets for major cyber-attacks. Understanding cyber-security risks and protecting your network is crucial to keeping your online company in business. Hackers and Hacktivists Do you think hackers only target big brand retail websites? Think again. Hackers have begun to realise […]
Cyber Security Fundamentals
Cyber-security breaches continue to be a problem for all types of organisations. According to a survey by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, 40% businesses and 25% of charities reported experiencing cyber-attacks in the past 12 months. While organisations are always at risk from a cyber-attack, there may be a heightened risk at […]
Cyber Risks and Liabilities
A Rising Threat – Malvertising Malvertising—or malicious advertising—is a relatively new cyber-attack technique. The term comes from a combination of ‘malware’ and ‘advertising’. Cyber-criminals embed malware into the advertisements (ads) of well-known online publications. Trusting these legitimate sites, internet users load the webpage or click on the ad, allowing malware to be downloaded onto their […]
Cyber-security Breaches Survey 2020
This document provides a visual overview of the 2020 Cyber-security Breaches Survey, commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. You can use the statistics in this document to compare the effectiveness of their cyber-security efforts and learn how you can improve. Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2020
