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A leading QC has warned businesses that there needs to be more clarity as to what they are using personal data for.Cyber law expert, Dean Armstrong QC, said that the collection of personal data from individuals is becoming more & more prevalent every day, for example Digital internet linked controls, that are used to program heating/lighting in our homes to personal digital assistants that are now becoming as common place in homes as TV’s. These ‘appliances’ can collect and analyse your personal data.Companies must ensure that they inform customers the reasons of why you must supply this information, and most...

The Children’s charity, Barnados, have suggested that even 2 year olds are using social Media.It highlights the need for all social media companies to fight the harmful content online, but parents can do their bit too to prevent their children being exposed to such dangers.Below are some top ideas to keep your child safer:Talk to your children and explain the serious dangers online especially when using social media. For example how they may believe they are playing an online game with someone who is the same age as them, when in fact, which often can be the case, they could...

With the amount of antivirus products on the market, it makes it a very difficult decision to find the one to suit your needs.A couple of decades ago, it was fine for a good antivirus to protect your system, but technology has moved on considerably since then, you now need protection against Cybercrime and Ransomware to name just of a couple of threats, plus, unfortunately, there are many more.For your antivirus security to be good today, it must have a good all-inclusive protection from threats such as Viruses, Trojans, Worms, Spyware, Rootkits, Ransomware, Adware, Network attacks and Web threats.Another ‘layer’...

British Airways faces a massive record fine of £183m for last years ‘hack’ of its security systems.The attack carried out, according to BA, was a "very sophisticated criminal attack" on its website & security systems. How did this happen? Users of the British Airways website were diverted to a ‘false’ fraudulent site, where the criminals gained personal data of about 500,000 customers. Personal information that was gained by the attack included log-in details, names and addresses and also payment card details, including the cvv 3 digit number on the backs of cards. The Information Commissioner’s office (ICO) believe that the...

Eurofins Scientific, one of UK's biggest provider of forensic services, dealing with around 70,000 cases a year, has allegedly paid a ransom to criminals after a major cyber-attackTheir IT systems were infected with a ransomware computer virus, causing them extremely major disruptions, as they were unable to access their data. This has caused a massive back-log of Police cases with the global testing company.Eurofins have stated that this was a ‘highly sophisticated’ attack. They have not officially disclosed how much the ransom demand was, or whether they have paid it.This computer virus, Ransomware, denies users access to their systems or personal...