It has been confirmed today that hackers were able to remotely install software on phones and other devices using a … Read More
Vodafone confirms backdoors in Huawei equipment
For a long time now, Huawei Technologies Co. have been accused of planting backdoors into their equipment to enable them … Read More
2019 Cybersecurity Predictions – From an IT Support Company’s perspective
You’ll have probably read the Forbes 2019 predictions, or the Symantec predictions, or the Malwarebytes, or Webroot, or FireEye… but … Read More
Explosive new “bomb in the building” email scam
Over the past 48 hours Consider IT have seen numerous reports of a new scam demanding cryptocurrency. Unlike some similar … Read More
Dixons Carphone admits huge data breach just months after receiving one of the largest fines for previous cyber-attack
Dixons Carphone said today that it had suffered a massive data breach involving 5.9 million payment cards and 1.2 million … Read More
FBI seizes domain behind massive botnet
The FBI has seized a domain linked to what’s believed to be a Russian botnet composed of around 500,000 infected … Read More
Durham school paid out £1,500 in ransom money after cyber-attack
In April 2017 a computer virus encrypted the Durham Sixth Form Centre college files. The County Durham school confirmed it … Read More
Hotel door locks vulnerable to hack
Researchers say flaws they found in the equipment’s software meant they could create “master keys” that opened the rooms without … Read More
IT meltdown causes national government shutdown
Sint Maarten, which used to be part of the Netherlands Antilles, and has a population of just over 42,000, has … Read More
50 Million Facebook Profiles Harvested
The data analytics firm that worked with Donald Trump’s election team and the winning Brexit campaign harvested millions of Facebook … Read More