by Nigel Howle | Oct 29, 2024 | News
News from the National Cyber Security Centre Businesses and other organisations have been urged to boost their defences as the Cyber Essentials programme celebrates its tenth year. The National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) Cyber Essentials scheme protects against...
by Nigel Howle | Sep 26, 2024 | News
Mainline UK railway stations were hit by hackers on 25 September 2024. Network Rail said 19 stations had their public wi-fi disrupted in the incident including London Euston, Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Lime Street, Birmingham New Street, Edinburgh Waverley and...
by Nigel Howle | Sep 17, 2024 | News
Nine international cyber crime agencies are urging action following a report into Russian state threats. The agencies, which include the US National Security Agency and the UK National Cyber Security Agency say Russian military intelligence services are responsible...
by Nigel Howle | Aug 27, 2024 | News
Rebooting a computer every time there’s a Windows update has always been the norm…and everyone finds it as hassle. But things are about to change – at least for some updates – according to a document accidentally published by Microsoft....
by Nigel Howle | Aug 1, 2024 | News
45 per cent of passwords can be hacked inside one minute, according to new research by Kaspersky. The cyber security company analysed 193 million passwords, according to a report in Digitnews online. The majority of the passwords reviewed were not nearly strong enough...