East Midlands Cyber Resilience Centre - Core Membership Update | June

Added by Love Business East Midlands | 2 July 2021

UPDATED: 2 July 2021

Welcome to our Core Membership update for June, 2021!

With so much happening in the world of cyber resilience, we’ve been doing our best to keep you up to date with the most important developments and guidance to help keep businesses and third sector organisations secure. Our blog is the best place to get the latest news in cyber resilience, so in case you’ve missed it, here’s a rundown of the things we’ve been talking about this month.

Action Fraud releases May cyber crime reporting trends

Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime, has reported that in May 2021, a total of 2,501 cyber dependent crimes were reported to them (a decrease of 15.4% compared to May 2020). This amounts to 81 reports a day in May, which is an increase of 1.3% compared to April 2021, where the average was 80 reports per day.

Preview build for Windows 11 leaked online

A preview build for the anticipated Windows 11 release was leaked online earlier this month, confirming the new name for Microsoft's new OS and providing a glimpse of several new features.

Unauthorised access continues to be the leading cause of breaches in 2021

Unauthorised access, including sharing or reusing passwords, is still the leading cause of breaches, according to a recent National Management Centre report.

Nuggets of information stolen in McDonalds data breach

McDonald's, the largest fast-food chain globally, has disclosed a data breach after hackers breached its systems and stole information belonging to customers and employees from the US, South Korea, and Taiwan, according to the National Management Centre.

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