Groups of vigilantes are incorrectly identifying individuals who are then attacked, wrongly accused on even taking their own lives, states Simon Bailey, head of child protections at the National Police Chiefs’ Council. He has ruled out working with such groups even though evidence from them is increasingly being used to prosecute suspects. Mr Bailey states […]

A zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft’s most recent operating systems. The exploit can allow malware and logged-in users to gain administrator level privileges on Windows 10 which allows them to gain full control of the computer. The exploit code was shared online on 21st May 2019 and currently no patch exists to prevent […]

From 15th July 2019, the UK government has announced a porn ban and that online websites containing over a third of pornography will be banned from access by any users not registered and verified through an official process to prove that they are over the age of 18. Any individuals wishing to access legal adult […]

The Second biggest Credit report company in the UK, Equifax, reported in 2017 impacted between 400,000 UK consumers, 145.5 million US consumers and 11,000 Canadian residents were affected, making it one of the largest data breaches in history. The Equifax breach saw hackers access data including names, addresses, dates of birth and, in a small […]

5 Members of the cyber crime network who used the GozNym malware accused of stealing around $100 million from in excess of 41,000 victims have been arrested in Bulgaria, Georgia and Ukraine as part of an investigation by Europol. The group of 10 individuals used GozNym to focus mainly on businesses and financial institutions, with […]