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Cybersecurity is often likened to a cat-and-mouse game, with Jerry a step or two ahead of Tom as the rodent gets up to mischief. That’s because cybersecurity is a cat-and-mouse game. Hackers almost always have the advantage of surprise, whil… Continue reading Why Artificial Intelligence Is Key to Combating New and Advanced Threats
An investigation into the July data breach incident at Singapore’s largest healthcare provider has revealed that local administrators made several critical mistakes that led to the breach, including the use of weak passwords and unpatched softwar… Continue reading Poor ‘p@ssword’ hygiene and unpatched systems led to Singapore’s biggest ever cybersecurity breach
Sophisticated malicious emails continue to creep into every inbox, every day. Yet many employees still don’t know enough to spot an unsecure website, and 13 percent of them click on URLs that could hide malware. And, while experts recommend … Continue reading How Businesses Risk Everything by Relying on Staff to Keep Ransomware Out
More than a year after hackers breached credit reporting agency Equifax to steal 146 million customer records, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued the company with a £500,000 fine – a small penalty for a such a mo… Continue reading Equifax fined £500,000 for ginormous 2017 breach
Bad actors are targeting businesses in Brazil using clever social engineering tactics and camouflaged malware to bypass strong authentication and security controls and ultimately take over bank accounts. Using a Trojan disguised as a legitimate banking… Continue reading Researchers find new financial malware targeting banking customers in Brazil
Reporting data breaches wasn’t mandatory for every type of organizations before the GDPR came into force, but the health sector is a different animal. Healthcare is more tightly regulated than most other industries, and it’s also seen … Continue reading Healthcare Reports Highest Number of Breaches Over the Past Financial Year
Across the globe, an estimated 5% of small-to-mid-sized businesses (SMBs) fell victim to ransomware from 2016 to 2017, and according to 97% of managed service providers (MSPs) ransomware attacks increase in magnitude year over year.
The post Resea… Continue reading Research: More SMBs Are Reporting Ransomware Attacks to Authorities But Less Are Paying the Ransom
Outdated software is now a bigger threat than weak passwords, bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and unsecured USB sticks, according to a new study.
The post 37% of IT Managers See Failure to Install Updates as the Biggest Security Threat of 2018 appear… Continue reading 37% of IT Managers See Failure to Install Updates as the Biggest Security Threat of 2018
The vast majority of businesses think data protection is important or mission-critical for digital and IT transformation projects, but they lack the technological provisions to provide good data protection assurance.
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Strict new regulations set in place by the European Union this year are being treated rather superficially by some small and medium businesses (SMBs) in the UK, even though noncompliance can attract fines of up to 20 million euros, or 18 million pounds… Continue reading Many UK SMBs still lax in data protection, new study unveils