Saturday, 04 October 2025

Black Friday is almost upon us, as is Cyber Monday, during which UK consumers are set to spend over £1.3bn doing online shopping.

With advancements in technology, many consumers no longer need to leave the comfort of home to go shopping. Falling broadband costs and increasing usage of handheld devices, along with the many online savings to be made have diminished the need to go out to the high street to shop. In fact, according to a recent survey[1], a fifth (20%) of Brits now spend more on items purchased online than they do in store, while recent predictions in the US suggest that by 2017 10% of all sales will be made online, with mobiles devices accounting for 25% of those retail sales[2].

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Organisations who fail to recognise the threat posed by cyber crime are putting the livelihoods of stakeholders and customers at serious risk, and those organisations that regularly suffer breaches need to be publicly named and shamed with severe consequences for serial offenders, according to Simon Bain, founder of Simplexo.

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Cybercriminals’ interest in Bitcoin has continued to grow alongside the mainstream media’s heavy coverage of the currency and its high rate of adoption by both consumers and businesses. The surge in demand for Bitcoins in the Chinese market led to the currency’s sharp increase in value, as well as making BTC China the largest Bitcoin exchange. While a recent ban by the Chinese government on dealing with third party Bitcoin exchanges has already taken its toll on the currency’s value, we’ve also seen cybercriminals going after the consumers who use Bitcoins. Trusteer’s security team has recently analysed a malware variant that actively targets BTC China and other Bitcoin exchanges.

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Lancope, Inc. has announced the results of a Ponemon Institute report entitled, “Cyber Security Incident Response: Are we as prepared as we think?” Findings show that while security threats are imminent, CEOs and other members of the management team are in the dark about potential cyber-attacks against their companies. The research also shows that, as a result, Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) often lack the resources necessary to fend off the continuous onslaught of advanced threats facing today’s organisations.

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  1. Prolexic Publishes Top 10 DDoS Attack Trends for 2013
  2. Lancope delivers operational network security and visibility with new levels of advanced threat intelligence
  3. Telephone shoppers are putting their credit cards at risk of fraud
  4. Barclays data leak analysis
  5. To Be Forewarned Is To Be Forearmed: The Rise of Web Intelligence
  6. Cybercrime strikes more fears than NSA spying, new survey finds
  7. Killer Music: Hackers exploit vulnerabilities in media players to infect PCs with advanced malware
  8. Privacy vs. Security: The Challenge and the Opportunity...how Biometrics and Cybersecurity are Changing the Future
  9. Counter Terror Expo 2014 brings cyber security challenges to the front burner
  10. Bank of England works with CREST to deliver cyber-security framework
  11. First seven companies certified to the Government’s Cyber Essentials Scheme
  12. Skyscape secures Cyber Essentials Plus Certification
  13. GCHQ certifies Master's Degrees in Cyber Security
  14. ISACA releases European Guidance on Cybersecurity
  15. ICS and SCADA community still lack "integrated engineering, ICS technical, and cyber security specialists," says expert



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