INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
With Black Friday hours away, the UK is in need of a major top-up of its security awareness, according to a new report that shone the
spotlight on the most at-risk areas of the country.Research from security firm ESET surveying 2,000 UK consumers found that 21 percent of
Brits have had an online account hacked, showing how cyber threats can affect users everywhere.Over half of users (51 percent) also admitted
to clicking on links in scam emails, causing them to end up on dodgy websites that put their details at risk.More than two fifths of Brits
(44 percent) admitted that they never or rarely changed their email password, and over a third (36 percent) said they had not changed the
default privacy settings on their social media networks.UK security hotspotsOverall, Northern Ireland was identified as the riskiest part of
the UK, with nearly one in three users (29 percent) saying they had suffered a hack or breach of their social media or email accounts.Users
in Birmingham and Coventry were found to be the most likely to click on a link in a scam email - and perhaps unsurprisingly also the most
likely to fall victim to fraud
