Cyber Security Magazine

Businesses in the trades sector are ditching old tech without wiping memory first. Most of UK’s businesses in the trades sector are breaking GDPR rules and are looking at potentially high fines. According to a report from Probrand, almost half (44 percent) of businesses in the trade sector don’t clear the data from …

How can you make your business computers and devices as secure as possible? Members of the Young Entrepreneur Council share their best cybersecurity tips and tools. As 2019 gets moving, cybersecurity remains at the front of many business leaders’ minds. Data breaches are a constant threat to your organization’s customer …

A major focus has been on risk mitigation and response plans for cyberattacks, security breaches and the like. Fundamentals matter Organizational educational programming and process improvements have focused primarily on defensive positioning against these technological attacks, which could enable your internal plans and information to get into the wrong hands …

Contrary to popular belief, a hacker is not the bad guy who breaks into your computer security to steal your information. Rather, let us think of him as the one who helps to strengthen your computer and your network system security. Although expensive, there are some great tools on the …

What Is a CAPTCHA Re-Riding Attack? Many web sites want to distinguish whether it is a robot that is reading the site or a human, mostly to avoid the spread of spam. They use a system called CAPTCHA, which is an acronym for Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell …

On the Internet, there are plenty of job vacancies for a `Money Transfer Agent’. People also receive emails asking for help to transfer huge quantities of money from one country to another. The overabundance makes one wonder about the genuine nature of these offers, and causes many job seekers to …

What Is Pwning Through Chrome Extension Hacks? Pwning, in hacker jargon, refers to compromising or controlling another’s website, computer, application or gateway device. Some security researchers even award Pwnie Awards for cracking. Although Google claims that its browser, Chrome, is the safest web browser on the market, one can never …

Introduction Typically, digital currencies are private monetary values that exist only in ledgers. That is, a digital currency—offered and administered by a private organization—is bypassing the conventional banking system and governmental currencies, allowing monetary worth to change ownership for the purchase of goods and services. Because these currencies have no …