Tag: Articles

  • Germany is the biggest source of botnets in Europe

    1 min ago Just a year after the Mirai malware infected connected devices to create the first IoT botnet, new research from Norton shows that global botnets have continued to grow and spread as a result of unaware users inadvertently infecting others. According to Norton, the top three countries responsible for hosting the highest number of bots…

  • UK businesses don’t prioritize security training

    1 min ago As the cost of dealing with the aftermath of a security breach has risen significantly in the past year alone, new research has revealed that staff training can greatly help reduce the risk of cyber attacks. A new survey from Accenture found that 55 percent of workers in the UK could not recall ever…

  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS selected for Samsung ARTIK Gateway modules

    Canonical today announced that it will bring its Ubuntu 16.04 operating system to the Samsung ARTIK™ internet of things ecosystem. The Samsung ARTIK platform is a fully integrated chip to cloud and production-ready Internet of Things solution, designed to help companies accelerate their product development process, reduce time to market, and improve total cost of…

  • Inadequate processes for managing accounts and access create major security risks

    Poor management of user accounts is leaving organizations open to security and compliance risks according to a new report. Identity and access management specialist One Identity surveyed over 900 IT security professionals, in conjunction with Dimensional Research, and finds that what should be security best practices — such as swift removal of access to corporate data and…

  • Attackers impersonate bank emails to cash in on post-Equifax fears

    In the wake of the recent breach at credit agency Equifax it’s only natural that people are keeping a close eye on their bank statements and credit reports. Of course the bad guys know this too and a new report by Barracuda Networks looks at an email attack that is impersonating a ‘secure message’ from…

  • Is this the year SIEM goes over the cliff?

    While this may not be the year that Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions fall off of the cliff of relevancy into obsolete software land, they are slowly moving closer to the edge. Initially, SIEM solutions sought to solve the collection, monitoring, analyzing, and identification of threats in the cybersecurity environment. Read full news…

  • Equifax CEO to retire after massive data breach

    1 min ago Equifax chairman and chief executive Richard Smith has stepped down from his leadership role at the credit rating agency following the data breach that affected 143 million US consumers and 400,000 in the UK earlier this month. Equifax has released a statement in which it said that Smith will vacate the company after working there…

  • New VMware KB Articles Published for Week Ending 24th September 2017

    VMware vCenter Server vCenter HA failover does not start services set to manual Date Published: 2017/09/20 VMware vRealize Operations Manager vRealize Suite 2017 Fulfillment Date Published: Read full news article on DABCC  

  • Most smartphone users don’t rely on security solutions

    15 mins ago British mobile users are putting their personal details at risk by keeping large amounts of information on unsecured mobile devices, new research has warned. Security firm Bitdefender has revealed a report showing that almost half of users in the UK store their sensitive personal and private information on smartphones that are often…

  • BullGuard rolls out its next generation anti-malware engine

    1 min ago The cyber security market doesn’t stand still for long and there’s a constant arms race between the good and bad guys. Security company BullGuard is doing its bit to keep up by launching its next-generation anti-malware engine that’s capable of detecting the latest zero-day threats. Read full news article on BetaNews  

  • Phishing attacks reduce but more companies are targeted

    13 mins ago Threat detection company RiskIQ has released the latest of its quarterly reports into threat trends, this one looking at phishing. It finds that in the second quarter of 2017 there were 39,320 unique phishing domains, down from 45,025 back in the first quarter. Read full news article on BetaNews  

  • Security Serious Week aims to help UK businesses tackle the skills gap

    14 mins ago As part of the European Cyber Security Awareness Month, the first week of October in the UK marks Security Serious Week. This not-for-profit event set up by set up by Eskenzi PR will present five panel-style webinars for participants from UK business on the theme of Bridging the Cyber Skills Gap through…

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