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UPDATE Equifax Hack Confusion – Fears for UK Customers of BT and Other ISPs

11th September, 2017 - 4:04 pm (9 Comments)

Fears are growing that potentially up to 44 million consumers in the United Kingdom, including customers of BT and possibly other broadband providers, could be caught up in the huge personal data breach that hit US credit rating firm Equifax from May – July 2017 (details were only revealed last week!).

Customers of BT Being Targeted by Telephone Scammers from India

6th September, 2017 - 12:20 pm (12 Comments)

A new report claims that customers of BT’s broadband and phone services are being targeted by fraudsters based in India. The criminals will often call and pretend to act as official customer support agents in order to hijack your PC / steal money, although this crime is by no means unique to BT.

UK ISP TalkTalk Hit by £100,000 Fine for 2014 Personal Data Breach

10th August, 2017 - 1:44 pm (2 Comments)

Once again the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today whacked broadband ISP TalkTalk with a £100,000 fine, which comes after several accounts at their outsourced Wipro call centre in India were used to access the personal data of 21,000 customers.

The Trouble with the UK’s New “Right to be Forgotten” Internet Law

7th August, 2017 - 9:51 am (8 Comments)

The Government has today set out details of their new Data Protection Bill, which aims to give individuals more control over their data online by introducing a new “right to be forgotten” (i.e. asking for your personal data to be deleted) and enabling emails or files to be moved when switching ISP.

TalkTalk Upgrade to Protect UK Customers from Nuisance and Scam Calls

20th July, 2017 - 2:11 pm (0 Comments)

Low cost ISP TalkTalk, which already blocks nuisance calls at a network level (last month they blocked more than 100 million scam calls), has today announced improvements that will introduce further protection for customers and at no extra cost.

UPDATE ISP Blocking and Age Verification of Porn Websites from April 2018

17th July, 2017 - 11:47 am (17 Comments)

The Government has confirmed that, from April 2018 onwards, they will require broadband ISPs to block access to pornographic websites that fail to introduce at least a Credit Card based Age Verification system. This is intended to stop children being able to access naughty images and videos.

Liberty Granted Permission to Challenge UK ISP Internet Snooping Law

30th June, 2017 - 2:17 pm (8 Comments)

The High Court in London has today approved a request by Liberty, a human rights group, to challenge part of the Government’s controversial Internet surveillance powers in the new Investigatory Powers Act. The effort is being supported by £53,313 raised via crowd-funding.

800,000 Virgin Media Customers Suffer Another SuperHub 2 Security Scare

23rd June, 2017 - 7:43 am (8 Comments)

A new study conducted by consumer magazine Which?, which examined the security of connected devices in the home, has chastised Virgin Media for setting up their SuperHub v2 (VMDG485) cable broadband routers with a default password that is the same for many of their customers.

2017 Queen’s Speech Hints at Strict New UK Internet Censorship Policy

21st June, 2017 - 11:52 am (3 Comments)

The annual State Opening of Parliament, in which the Government enlists the Queen to promote their policy plans for the forthcoming year, has today revealed that the “new” minority Conservative administration intend to push forward with tough new rules for controlling Internet content.

Virgin Media Fixes Security Flaw in SuperHub 2 and 2AC Backup System

12th June, 2017 - 11:07 am (0 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has patched a security flaw in their NETGEAR based SuperHub 2 (VMDG485) and 2AC (VMDG490) broadband routers, which meant that a hacker could abuse a file backup routine for the device’s configuration and use it to gain admin level access.

Researchers Use Malware to Turn WiFi Router LED Lights into Data Signal

8th June, 2017 - 8:37 am (1 Comment)

A team of security researchers working at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel have developed a new piece of Malware called xLED, which can control a broadband router and turn the device’s front-panel LED (Light Emitting Diode) lights into a transmission method for hackers or spies.

Most UK ISPreview Readers are Mindful of Broadband Router Security

6th June, 2017 - 12:01 am (2 Comments)

The latest ISPreview.co.uk poll of 1,384 website readers has found that the vast majority of respondents do know how to use their broadband router’s admin interface (92.5%), although 25.9% have never changed the default Wi-Fi password and 23.9% haven’t changed their router’s admin password.

UK ISPs Respond to Prime Minister’s Call for Clampdown on Internet “Extremism”

5th June, 2017 - 5:47 pm (17 Comments)

The Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today warned the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May, that there is a risk of “unintended consequences that could undermine our defences” if she forces through aggressive new measures to tackle online “extremism“.

Virgin Media Offer 1 Year of FREE F-Secure Security to Mobile Subscribers

1st June, 2017 - 11:18 am (3 Comments)

Customers of Virgin Mobile (Virgin Media) can now benefit from a year’s worth of free access to Mobile security software from F-Secure (F-Secure SAFE and F-Secure KEY Premium Password Manager), which can be installed on up to 5 devices.

UK ISP Sky Broadband Launch Sky Talk Shield to Block Nuisance Callers

31st May, 2017 - 10:02 am (8 Comments)

Sky Broadband has today joined TalkTalk and BT by launching their own solution for tackling unwanted and nuisance calls – ‘Sky Talk Shield‘. The new service will be offered free to existing customers of the operator’s Sky Talk (Phone Line Rental) service, which is included with their broadband bundles.

UPDATE4 Political Twist as Sky Broadband Fix Wrongful Block of ISPreview

26th May, 2017 - 7:57 am (12 Comments)

Customers of Sky Broadband, specifically those who have enabled the ‘Shield’ (Parental Control) service, won’t have been able to view ISPreview.co.uk since yesterday evening because the ISP has wrongfully blocked us under their “Phishing and Malware” category. But there’s a political twist..

YouGov – 16% of British Adults Have Used an Internet VPN or Proxy

25th May, 2017 - 10:40 am (2 Comments)

A recent survey of British adults by YouGov has revealed that 16% of people have used a Virtual Private Network (VPN) or Proxy Server, with 48% adopting it in order to circumvent region (geo) blocking of online content and 44% using it to enhance their Internet security.