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Cloud spend exceeds budgets as organizations expect increased cloud use due to COVID-19, according to a Flexera report. “With employees working from home and more business interactions going digital,” said Jim Ryan, President and CEO of Flexera, “more … Continue reading What’s happening with all things cloud: Existing and future cloud strategies
At a time when more transactions than ever are happening online, payments behemoth Stripe is announcing three new features to continue expanding its reach. The company today announced that it will now offer card issuing services directly to businesses to let them in turn make credit cards for customers tailored to specific purposes. Alongside that, it’s going […] Continue reading Stripe adds card issuing, localized card networks and expanded approvals tool
Bad bot traffic has increased compared to previous years, comprising almost one quarter (24.1%) of all website traffic and most heavily impacting the financial services industry, according to Imperva. Bad bot traffic increases to highest levels ever In… Continue reading Bad bot traffic increases, comprising almost one quarter of all website traffic
There have been significant changes in web attack and traffic trends as a result of COVID-19, according to Imperva. The monthly report also revealed that the Cyber Threat Index remains at a ‘high’ level and the financial services sector has been suffer… Continue reading COVID-19 affects web traffic and attack trends
Fraud guides accounted for nearly half (49%) of the data being sold on the dark web, followed by personal data at 15.6%, according to Terbium Labs. Researchers surveyed three major dark web marketplaces: “The Canadian HeadQuarters”, “Empire Market” and… Continue reading What type of data is trending on the dark web?
There’s a worrisome increase in call traffic from bad actors looking to cash in on new vulnerabilities created by the global COVID-19 pandemic, according to research from Next Caller. The report found that during the week of March 16 – whic… Continue reading A worrisome increase in call traffic from fraudsters exploiting the pandemic
Another tech unicorn is feeling the pinch of doing business during the coronavirus pandemic. Today, Kabbage, the Softbank-backed lending startup that uses machine learning to provide speedy and more accurate evaluations of loan applications for small and medium businesses, is furloughing a “significant number” of its US team of 500 employees, according to a memo […] Continue reading SMB loans platform Kabbage to furlough a ‘significant’ number of staff, close office in Bangalore
A staggering 96% of IT leaders in the legal sector say insider breach risk is a significant concern, according to Egress. 77% think employees have put data at risk accidentally in the past 12 months and 78% think employees have put data at risk intenti… Continue reading Legal industry at great risk from insider data breaches
The coronavirus crisis is forcing people to distance themselves from others, work remotely, and spend time indoors and online. While social distancing is a good health practice to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, it may be helping scammers. Resear… Continue reading Social isolation is a risk factor for scam loss
88% of organizations have encouraged or required employees to work from home, regardless of whether or not they showed coronavirus-related symptoms, according to a Gartner survey of 800 global HR executives. Nearly all organizations (97%) have canceled… Continue reading Top priorities for business leaders during COVID-19 crisis