How to Choose and Protect Your Passwords

Once upon a time, all we had to remember was a four-digit pin number to access bank accounts via an ATM. The internet has changed our lives and the way we co...

Big Business and Wikileaks

Wikileaks , Julian Assange's whistleblowing website is probably best known for being responsible for leaking sensitive information that governments and the m...

Data Leaks: Are IT Department to Blame?

If you’re a business owner, keep a close eye on your IT team on a Tuesday, as recent reports would indicate that the most likely day for a deliberate data...

Facebook Security Tips to Keep Your Details Private

There’s a certain level of confusion about Facebook and its security, but there’s no need to believe every news headline that you read. There are ways to...

What is Wikileaks?

The famous Whistle-blowing website Wikileaks has been in the news since 2010, mainly due to the media hype that surrounds its front man Julian Assange. Howev...

Banks and Your Data: Why it's Still Getting Lost

There have been several recent examples of data breaches in bank security, which is one of the areas of online security that you would expect data control to...

Online Dating Sites and Data Breaches

One of the last places that you want your privacy to be compromised, apart from your bank account, is in your very personal life. But that’s what’s happe...

The True Cost of Cyber Crime

According to recent figures published by the government, the cost of cyber-crime to the UK economy is a staggering £27bn a year. The figures aren’t exact...

My Credit Card Details Were Stolen: A Case Study

It's one of the perils of using a credit card, and credit card fraud can happen to anyone, whether you've just used the card to buy petrol, or in a restauran...

What is RIPA?

There is a piece of legislation that has been a topic of conversation in the less government-appreciative media outlets on many occasions, and that legislati...