Malware variant can block contactless payments
A variant of point-of-sale Malware, known as Prilex, can now block contactless payments and force victims to use physical cards before criminals steal from them.…
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Innovative Technology deploys age estimation tech in shops and pubs
Innovative Technology is rolling out its MyCheckr age estimation devices to shops and pubs to reduce the risk of selling alcohol to underage customers, following…
Romance fraudsters stole £65m from Brits since 2020
Financial losses to romance fraud have spiked by 95% across the consumer retail banking sector since the beginning of 2020, according to statistics released by…
PayPal slashes 2,000 jobs in face of tough economic outlook
Fintech giant PayPal has said it will cut 2,000 jobs – about 7% of staff – as it expects the current challenging economic conditions to…
Tech workers seek alternative employment to avoid redundancy
As the economic climate continues to be difficult, many in the technology sector are suspecting redundancies, according to IT jobs portal CWJobs. When it asked…
Cloud security top risk to enterprises in 2023, says study
Cloud-related risks are top of the cyber security agenda for senior executives in the UK, according to a PwC study, with 39% expecting such risks…
Cisco fixes two bugs that could have led to supply chain attacks on users
Cisco has moved to fix two vulnerabilities – one live and one in yet-to-be-released code – that affect a wide range of enterprise and industrial…
NCSC for Startups inducts four companies into programme
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and innovation hub Plexal have selected four startups to join their NCSC for Startups accelerator. Operating from East London’s…
CryptoRom scam abuses Apple and Google app stores to claim victims
Two fraudulent cryptocurrency investment applications that were able to bypass the protections put in place by Apple and Google to protect downloads from their mobile…
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust warned in 2018 about datacentre cooling issues, outage report shows
Concerns about the cooling system setup in one of the datacentres used to host key healthcare systems for Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust…
UK Cyber Council and ISACA launch audit, assurance programme
The UK Cyber Security Council and security professional association ISACA are to partner on a new audit and assurance scheme for security professionals, as the…
What is a Meta Description? A Definition from TechTarget.com
What is a meta description? A meta description tag is a snippet of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) code in a web page header that summarizes…