A crown prosecutor told how a hacker from the group Anonymous caused online e-commerce payment centre PayPal “enormous economic harm” which cost it £3.5 million.   The hacker, a student from Northampton University who went under the cyber name of Nerdo, joined Anonymous and took part in cyber campaigns that attacked sites including Master Card, […]

US-based web hosting and domain company Go Daddy is bolstering its cyber security after discovering that its customers’ Domain Name System (DNS) settings had been tampered with.   It now plans to expands its two-factor authentication, originally just available in the US and Canada, to the international community and build in more intelligence-driven models.  This

<p>Professional services company KPMG has issued new warnings to businesses about cyber security threats.&nbsp;</p><p>A recent report from the firm claimed that senior management in British businesses are unprepared for the security threats that they face and are not responding sufficiently. &nbsp;</p><p>The report showed that 15 percent of Forbes 2000 companies surveyed allowed hackers easy access

Businesses are having to factor in the likely costs of cyber crime when preparing their budgets, a report by Wesley Johnson in the Telegraph has said.   From back-bedroom to international governments – hackers are at every level.  Petty hackers vent their grievances on company websites, such as Adidas, targeted because of the football team

Whilst larger businesses are likely to invest both the finances and the staff in tightening up on their IT security, a survey has found that almost half of small business owners allocate less than 5% of their budget to it. The research was carried out by Lancaster University with the ICT KTN.  The University is

Faced with growing threats from cyber criminals, the Government has launched a Cyber Security for Business programme.   The initiative will bring Government, the intelligence services and the private sector together in an unprecedented project.   A report by the Commons Intelligence and Security Committee found that UK businesses had not prepared their defences sufficiently,