Roku has admitted a data breach impacting over 15,300 of the streaming platform’s users. According to Roku’s data breach notice, cybercriminals hijacked Roku accounts by using login and password combinations leaked from previous hacks at third-party services, gaining access to stored credit card information and login details. After breaching the accounts, cybercriminals were then able […]

More than 46 million signals of potential cyber-attacks are seen on average every single day across the world, according to data released by BT. The cybersecurity experts currently log more than 530 signals of potential attack per second as they guard their global networks against an army of malicious actors seeking to exploit vulnerabilities – […]

There was a 39 per cent rise in the number of reports made by victims of cyber extortion to Action Fraud in 2022, jumping from 2,300 to 3,200, according to research by international law firm RPC. Cyber extortion includes ransomware and other instances where criminals threaten to release illegally gained sensitive information unless the victim […]

A report from the FBI and the USA’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency says more attempts similar to the recent hacking of Viasat’s KA-SAT communications satellite are likely. The report says that the current problems surrounding Russia means that satellite operators and service companies must examine their critical infrastructure and review and implement much stronger […]

BT has announced a multi-million pound investment in Safe Security, an industry-leading cyber risk management firm. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, its SAFE (‘Security Assessment Framework for Enterprises’) platform allows organisations to take a health check of their existing defences and understand their likelihood of suffering a major cyber attack. Industry analysis estimates that the cost […]