Nearly one in two recruitment staff in the UK are thought to be at risk from data theft at work, because they are using an out-of-date web browser, said computer support company Ulysses IT.

New research has revealed 45% of all internet users don’t keep their browser – such as Internet Explorer or Firefox – correctly up-to-date.
Ulysses warns this is leaving recruitment agencies’ computers vulnerable to malicious programs.

Peter Turner, technical director, said the risk comes from surfing the web.
He said: “If you don’t keep your computer up-to-date it is easier for a piece of malicious software, known as malware, to install itself and transfer data from your computer over the web. For recruiters and their staff that is a very worrying prospect.”

Turner added that keeping computers up-to-date is free and easy – but people simply forget to do it.