12% of the 269,422 complaints received in 2014 had a social media aspect, be it doxing, clickjacking or pharming. Here’s how to stay safe. 
Tag Archives: Data loss
Practical IT: What is encryption and how can I use it to protect my corporate data?
Businesses often don’t realise why encryption is important, and how they can use it to protect their data. The latest in our Practical IT series tells you what encryption is and how you can use it in your business.
How your next password could be your brain
Researchers found that brains react to acronyms in a way that’s unique to each individual. Ready to slap some electrodes on your head?
Apple Watch lets nimble-fingered crooks use your Apple Pay
Nimble-fingered crooks can exploit the one-second lag before Watch senses it’s off a wrist and asks for a passcode. 
SSCC 199 – Don’t panic, it’s not really as VENOMous as you thought [PODCAST]
Our latest weekly security podcast – the VENOM bug, iris recognition, a spyware company breach, and ID trouble at the Passport Agency. Happy listening!
Hello, Barack! Let’s keep that @POTUS account secure!
Let’s make sure that highly valuable account stays all you, all the time, without anyone else getting their mitts on it – at least, until somebody else becomes POTUS! 
Uber in hot water again – this time over plaintext passwords in emails
Password resets are a necessary evil, but they’re best avoided however they are done. And you don’t get to use the word “hacked” if you use and reuse weak passwords!
Mobile spyware customer data leaked online in apparent mSpy hack
The biggest victims of the mSpy ‘hack’ are likely to be those who were unaware their sensitive data was being logged in the first place.
United Airlines: Hack our site for free miles (just don’t mess with onboard systems)
United Airlines is offering up to 1 million free air miles in a new bug bounty program that rewards hackers who discover security flaws in the airline’s websites, apps and databases.
How one US scientist ended up accused of spying for China
A US scientist working for the National Weather Service was suspected of spying for China, and got swept up in a dragnet amid growing concerns in the US about cyberespionage.