With the news earlier this year that two thirds of large UK companies have been hit by cyber-attacks in the past year, the threats to business continuity continue to grow. Most businesses fear a DDoS style attack. This is a co-ordinated attack, typically on a
According to the latest figures, Facebook—the world’s most popular social network—has 1.51 billion active mobile users. For fraudsters and cyber thieves, this is a huge market for potential social engineering fraud. Internet security firm BullGuard defines social engineering as “the use of deception and manipulation
According to a recent report from Gartner, there will be 30 billion smart devices connected to the internet by 2020. Meanwhile CEO of Cisco, John Chambers believes that this figure could reach 50 billion, opening up the way for a new $19 trillion Internet of
From June 2017, mobile roaming charges will be completely abolished within the EU, meaning consumers will be charged the same rate for using their mobile phone in the EU as they would be if they were at home. Whilst this landmark announcement is great news
With more than 2 billion smartphone users globally, spending on mobile advertising has increased dramatically as marketers look to capitalise on the growing mobile market. But as advertising revenue is diverted away from desktops, the battle against fraudsters has gone mobile too. According to research
Ofcom has warned mobile phone users to remain vigilant after a significant rise in the number of people falling victim to a premium rate call scam. In recent weeks, the communications regulator has investigated a spate of cases where consumers have been faced with the