In light of the news that the Russian seller, who goes by the name of Tessa88, claimed in an encrypted chat to have obtained Twitter’s database. This includes email addresses, usernames and plain-text passwords. Tod Beardsley, Security Research Manager at Rapid7, has commented.

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Twitter passwords obtained by Russian hacker - Audio Version

People use the internet each and every day and yet security and data breaches happen far to regularly. Today Jordan Williams talks about the top 8 security tips you can implement right now to bolster your security.  [Read by James Stevenson].  

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Top 8 Security Tips you can implement right now - Audio Version

As time goes on two things seem to get more and more common. Firstly being that we all require reliable access to the internet. Secondly, that we seem to be traveling more often as times gone by.  Both of these changes put us at an impasse, where we want: reliable, fast and safe internet access on the go. The problem with this is that we often drop security in exchange for speed and reliability.

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Security when convenient isn't security at all - Audio Version

Now I know this sounds strange, but, how much are your eyes really worth? We view websites all of the time, and for most of that someone will be paying for us to see something we otherwise wouldn't have. Of course i'm talking about adverts and our part to play as the people who digest them. A report by eMarketer was released on ad blocking in the United States. It found that nearly 70 million people will use technology to block online ads in 2016. The question comes down to should we block adverts and if not how much are our eyeballs worth to marketers.

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How much are your eyeballs worth?

For those of you that want an answer straight out of the gate, it’s a no. The more in depth answer however, is a maybe – one day at least. Ofcom routinely release statistic on landline and mobile phone users. At the end of 2015 Ofcom estimated that the number of 4G mobile subscriptions was at 39.5 million. Ofcom also announced that the average number of text messages per month made per phone had dropped from 139 (2013) to 107 (2015).

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Is it time to disconnected your phone and adopt the internet? - Audio Version

We all live in an age where information of all kinds is at our fingertips. We can find a local pizza shop, buy tickets to that sports game and find out what вода means. With all of this informtion at our fingertips, what on the internet is a scarse resource?

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The cyber currency of attention - Audio Version

Studies reveal that on average a data breach costs an organization $4 million. What can organisations do to mitigate the outcome in the long run?

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What you can learn from the Friend Finder data breach - Audio Version

Oliver Pinson-Roxburgh, EMEA Director for the Solutions Architects Team at Alert Logic, recently discussed his views on DevSecOps. At the South Wales AWS User Group Oliver talked on ‘Taking a DevOps Approach to Security’. The talk focused on the ways in which cloud and security could work in tandem. Alert Logic is a Security-As-A-Service provider. The organisation deals with 1.6 petabytes of data per month and has over 4000 clients worldwide.

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It’s time for secure development in the cloud, with DevSecOps - Audio Version

James, Rob and Jack set off to talk about the recent news in cyber security, covering: Facebook buying data dumps, the possibility that the US elections were hacked and how the UK and US government services can track phones on aeroplanes. 

The team also review the Aegis Secure Key 3.0 and find out how secure it really is.
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The podcast concludes with a discussion on the attention economy and our views on modern day social media. 
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As each second goes by the contents of articles become more and more questionable. Reading one at 2pm and finishing at 2:05pm? What’s to say that any of it would have any significance?

During 2010 people in the UK bought almost 15 million newspapers daily. As a medium for divulging news newspapers are one of the worst for this problem. Most newspaper distributions will be working on final edits of a pape untill midnight the day before it’s release. With  most newsagents opening at 7am this means that there is a seven hour disconnect between news being written and read.

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This article is already out of date - Audio version

If I was to offer you the choice between one of two devices. The first device is completely customisable, allowing you to change almost any factor related to it. The second device has been designed with security from the ground up and doesn't allow for any customisation. Which one would you choose? This is a decision that we all face, the decision of Opt-In-Scurity V.s. Forced Security.

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The question with cyber security - Audio Version

How do we keep up with security, stay secure and stop data leaks? These are the question on everyone's mind. From global organisations, to the local cafe down the road and back to even you and I, we all have security in mind these days.

How do we answer the question? With stronger passwords, two step verification, VPNs? The answer comes down to using all of the above, and more. When it comes down to securing information it falls into two camps; trusting a third party with your data or protecting it yourself. Last month the team at Apricorn sent Hacking Insider their newest product that tackles this very problem.

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Security Is Changing - Audio Version

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