Adobe’s systems have been hit by numerous “sophisticated attacks” that have compromised the information of 2.9 million customers, and accessed the source code of Adobe products. The company said on Thursday that it has been the victim of a major cyberattack and said hackers had accessed those millions of customer IDs and encrypted passwords. “We also believe […]
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.
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 […]