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Immobilise, the online property record, was recently plagued by a security flaw in its system. This crucial flaw could have put the 4.2 million users of Immobiliser at risk of falling victim to potential burglars. Immobilise is the world’s largest free register of...

Last year saw some of the highest profile data breaches with hundreds of millions of people impacted and their data compromised. These hacks are no longer down to just bored teenagers, criminals or those with a grudge. Even individual states are now being identified...

It is worrying enough for a business to think that their data is being accessed by others, let alone their physical actions through webcams. The issue of insecure webcams was recently made apparent when a Russian-based website gave internet users the ability to view...

At the beginning of December Sony Pictures fell victim to a huge data security breach, leaking contents of the new film ‘The Interview’ as well as many staff personal details and emails. It could be worrying to many businesses that if a company as advanced as Sony is...

A recent survey has revealed that, as a result of their breaching the Data Protection Act (DPA), some British businesses had to pay penalty charges of £2.17 million between January 2013 and October 2014. This is even in spite of the fact that it is mandatory for...

Storing a customer's payment details can save time, improve the customer experience and is more convenient than asking for details each time. However, a recent scandal in September saw 53 million email addresses stolen from Home Depot in the US, and put 56 million...

The ability for employees to do work from home or other locations outside of the office is very useful, but there are risks associated with it. Especially if  the correct security measures have not been put in place and communicated to the employee. Poor security and...

USB Flash Drives are so useful and so commonly used by most of us today that it would be difficult to imagine a world of computers without them. However, in spite of their benefits, there is a possibility that they also pose a security threat by result of a...

It’s difficult to deny how convenient The Cloud is, not only for businesses, but for general file storage too. In fact, over 70% of business professionals use cloud storage of some form. Gone are the days when employees can claim they couldn’t access a document...