How well are small businesses protected by their banks ?
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We all expect our bank to indemnify us against criminal activity: but that’s being challenged now, and we may not be protected at all in the future.
The Wall Street Journal recently led with a story about Sign Designs, a small company in California who’d had their on-line account just about emptied: $100k sent to 17 [...]
22February
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Top 10 Security Trends in 2010 ?
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Global security company Symantec recently published a White Paper predicting the top Security Trends to watch in 2010.
Some of the threats are very easy to understand, but other developments are simply impenetrable to ordinary people: Fast Flux Botnet, anybody ?
If you have a spare hour or three, go to http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/1234/messagelabs-intelligence-2010-predictions.pdf where you can download the [...]
29November
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Fotec White Paper: Can you ever guarantee IT Security ?
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How sure can you be that your security will never be compromised ? Can it ever be guaranteed ? The short answer is No, but there are many simple and inexpensive ways to ensure much greater security.
In this new White Paper, Fotec discuss the ways you can increase your level of IT Security. [...]
9November
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10,000 Scam emails reported to Revenue and Customs in one day !
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A record 10,000 scam emails offering fake tax refunds were reported to HM Revenue and Customs in just one day in October 2009. This follows the report that over 83,000 were reported during the month of September.
Phishing involves sending a fraudulent email disguised as an official request for information. The email will often look authentic, [...]