Tag: Safety

November 21, 2023

As the online shopping season ramps up in many parts of the world, these ten top tips will help you maintain your privacy and safety so you can shop with confidence. Use an ad blocker – Advertisements are not only […]

July 13, 2022

App stores do whatever they can to try and prevent bogus programs making it onto the storefront. While the majority of apps on legitimate stores are likely safe, rogues do get through. To avoid the hassle of dodging safety checks, […]

February 3, 2021

“Use real identities to reduce abuse online” is a talking point you’ve almost certainly seen down the years. It also seems to come around like clockwork every other month, and is currently a hot topic in the UK after prominent […]

November 5, 2019

Boeing’s poor information security practices threaten aviation safety and national security, security researcher Chris Kubecka told an audience at the Aviation Cyber Security conference in London today. Boeing test development networks are publicly exposed to the internet, Kubecka said, and […]

December 20, 2017

The National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday published an analysis report on a piece of malware designed to target industrial safety systems. FireEye and Dragos reported last week that […]

January 4, 2017

Only a handful of industry associations accomplish what they set out to do. In the security realm, I’ve always been a huge fan of the Trusted Computing Group. It’s one of the few vendor organizations that truly makes computers more […]

March 28, 2016

Proper encryption is seen by many as the linchpin to the Internet’s current and future success. Everything from online banking to private email correspondence needs to be kept out of the hands of cyber criminals, and as such encryption methods […]

February 12, 2016

Twitter this week announced the formation of the Twitter Trust & Safety Council, an initiative designed to boost user trust across the social media network. The micro-blogging company serves around 320 million users, ranging from content creators to activists, and […]

November 25, 2015

While store managers and salespeople gear up for long lines, social engineering, and point-of-sale malware on Black Friday, CIOs and development teams gear up for fraudulent online purchases and Web-based data breaches on Cyber Monday. The most immediate concern is […]

September 15, 2015

While traditional #manufacturing industries were not designed with security in mind, the proliferation of networks and devices, disparate communication channels, and the use of off-the-shelf software have thrust cyber-security into the spotlight. #safety and security concerns associated with the high […]