Cyber attack at CeX The high street and online business is advising customers to amend their passwords. They say that they were recently hacked. The company also runs the ‘webuy.com’ website. They are advising two million customers to change their passwords. I am not aware of the type of attack …

Cyber attack take two. Snapping at the heels of a sustained ransomware cyber-attack attributed to virtually bringing the NHS to its knees, and with many other businesses infected world-wide, we now experience yet another attack, this time on parliament. It transpires that many email accounts were hacked due to a …

Hack Attack! A warning from the government suggests businesses could face fines if they do not do more to protect themselves from cyber-attacks. In-light of the recent ransomware cyber attacks that left many companies woefully exposed to these threats, the government is forcing the issue by suggesting firms will be …

FTSE 250 best performer on: 24/07/17 – Carillion PLC (CLLN) up 5.7% FTSE 250 worst performer on: 24/07/17 – Acacia Mining PLC (ACA) down 21% – Big fall just as FTSE 250 closed – (Gold miner reportedly in dispute with Tanzanian government over taxes). FTSE 100 top performer on: 24/07/17 …

Energy Costs Soaring Lots of energy related discussion on the newswires this morning – ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous. On one side of the energy scale we have useful comment on how we can individually save on our energy costs by switching suppliers or at the very least …

Equifax hacked! Equifax has reported that the company suffered a data breach affecting 143 million US clients. Apparently some UK customers were also compromised. In a report Equifax said that birth dates, addresses and US social security numbers had been stolen. Advice Be aware! If you have used ever used …

Online security is important! Hacking and cyber-attacks have become part of our everyday online lives now and we need to take these threats very seriously. There is much we can do to protect ourselves online. Here are a few simple general steps we can all take to help keep our …