In today’s employment environment everyone is fighting to be the best and stand out from the crowd when it comes to getting that next career break no matter how big or small. Maybe it’s a voluntary move with no pressure from where you are currently and you’re able to browse the market to find the […]
Sophos HQ in Abingdon on Saturday 14th January was the scene for the first face-to-face encounter in this year’s Cyber Security Challenge UK. Thirty talented candidates from across the UK battled in a malware hunt which exposed them to some of the criminal world’s nastiest pieces of malicious code, housed within the Sophos vaults.
You are probably familiar with the classic security assessments: internal and external penetration testing, security risk assessments, and PCI gap assessments. You may not be as familiar with, or even aware of, other assessments that may be just as valuable for strengthening your security program. Some of these less familiar assessments are new, the result […]
Given how fast paced the IT and Info Sec community is it is often difficult to keep up to date with current events as these are changing constantly minute by minute around the world. There was a time when if something occurred half way around the earth it would have little effect. Now however, with […]
We’ve had a few emails recently from people asking ‘How to get in to the security industry’ and ‘How to learn more about security’ and overall just keep their finger on the pulse. Along with get the right qualifications, read the write books, browse the right security blogs (we link to most of them!) as […]
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Facebook has just published an article entitled Keeping You Safe from Scams and Spam. It’s all about improving security on its network. In the past, Facebook has seemed curiously reluctant to do anything which might impede traffic. After all, Facebook’s revenue doesn’t come from protecting you, the user. It comes from the traffic you generate […]
Facebook is being hit by another viral message, spreading between users’ walls disguised as a link to a saucy video. The messages, which are spreading rapidly, use a variety of different links but all claim to be a movie of a dad catching his daughters making a video on their webcam: [VIDEO] DAD CATCHES DAUGHTERS […]
Identity theft isn’t the biggest threat to your privacy online. According to one leading US lawyer, it’s the details you give away without realising – and even seemingly anonymous data can be used to piece together your identity. ‘Re-identification’ – the process of piecing together someone’s ID from fragments of anonymous data – could see […]
Cyber-stalking should be made a criminal offence, says a group of MPs calling for an overhaul of the law. The MPs also say police and prosecutors must give all stalking complaints greater priority. Data released by probation union Napo shows 2.2% of the 53,000 stalking incidents recorded in England and Wales in 2009 led to […]