Two-thirds of big UK businesses have been the victim of a cyber attack during the past year, with the majority of attacks involving viruses, malware or spyware, a government study has revealed.
The Cyber Security Breaches Survey also found a quarter of large firms were attacked at least once a month and in some cases cost companies millions of pounds – could your business cope if the hackers came calling?
The news comes just a few months after the ailing tech giant go back in the smartphone game by launching its first Android handset, the Priv.
And it looks like Blackberry has all but given up on its own BB10 operating system, while it will still be providing updates for existing devices, new ones will all be Android enabled.
So what are these new handsets all about?
Have you ever been the victim of a cyber attack? If so you’re not alone – 2015 saw almost 300 million records leaked and over $1 billion stolen in online hacks.
37 million people alone were affected in the Ashley Madison cyber attacks.
And a recent survey from Honeywell, a global technology solution company, found three-quarters (75%) of adults across the globe fear becoming the victim of a cyber attack.
So what’s the problem exactly?
Monday saw the much-anticipated Apple 2016 announcement – so was it worth the wait, speculation and hype?
On Monday Apple will make an announcement that could signal the end of the iPhone series as we know it.
But before you get too excited, the announcement won’t be about a radical re-design or significant tech overhaul – though that is part of it – it’s just a simple change in nomenclature.
So what’s the fuss all about?
Amazon has just launched Echo – a cloud-connected personal assistant that can help with everything from homework to housekeeping, answering an infinite number of questions and adding items to your shopping list through simple voice commands.
So while Google has been concentrating on nightmarish robot dog lords of the future, and Apple has been pushing it watch on an underwhelmed world, has Amazon crept in the back door and won the battle of the personal assistants?
So popular was our last blog, we thought we’d do it all over again – so here are seven more tools to make working from home easier…
2015 has been another massive year in tech, with NFC technology taking over and changing the way we pay for goods, exchange information and even make a conference call.
Here’s a run down of what other top tech stories caught our attention during the last 12 months…
It’s been a while since we’ve written anything about Blackberry – it’s been a while since anyone has written anything about Blackberry, to be honest – but the mobile brand that launched a billion business calls is back.
And it’s back with a pretty impressive looking smartphone – its first offering to run on the Android operating system.
So, was it worth the wait?
It’s been 30 years since the launch of the first Microsoft Windows – and a lot has changed during the intervening years, not least in the tech landscape.