Sole traders and micro-businesses now have some extra cybersecurity support after the UK authorities launched a new online self-assessment tool. The free service is being provided by the GCHQ-backed National Cyber Security Center to the country’s smallest businesses who, like most others, have been working remotely during the pandemic. It’s a group the government believes is particularly at risk as they may typically lack the resources of even SMBs to devote to enhanced cyber-protection. This can…

COVID-19 struck IT like a tsunami in early 2020, sweeping away long-established operations and processes, forcing CIOs to quickly identify and deploy acceptable alternatives. Now, as the virus threat appears to be gradually receding, IT leaders are viewing a radically transformed landscape, wondering how essential operations and practices will fit into a “new normal” business world. The pandemic reshaped enterprises in an almost endless number of ways. IT, too, has felt the impact, leaving CIOs…

Written by Tim Starks Mar 1, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP After a surprising lull at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, phone scammers are back, and showing signs of overlapping more and more with text messages and cyber elements. Scammers are combining phone calls with tricks to circumvent two-factor authentication, using information they obtain online to make more targeted calls and, in some cases, mimicking the attack methods of hackers, government and industry officials say. Phone…

Fraud Prevention Month starts today, which reminds me of three business-related online frauds I’ve written about. Let’s take a look at them and discuss some of the similarities they share: Toymaker Mattel nearly lost US$3 million in 2015 when the CFO trusted an email supposedly from her boss asking her to transfer the funds to a new supplier in China. Mattel’s protocol for such large transfers called for approval to come from the CEO and…

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