Employee Purchase Program Now Available LONDON, UK – Cylance® Inc., the company that revolutionised the antivirus and endpoint protection industry with true AI-powered prevention that blocks malware, ransomware, password-stealing Trojans, and the world’s most advanced cyberthreats, today announced the launch of the new Employee Purchase Program for CylancePROTECTÒ Home Edition. Available exclusively for companies enrolled in this program, employees of these eligible Cylance customers can buy Cylance’s enterprise-grade AI-powered endpoint prevention to protect their family’s home PCs and Macs against malicious attackers. Companies are increasingly concerned that the virtual borders of their corporate network are no longer defined by the corporate firewall. With the proliferation…
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ESET, the leading IT security vendor based in the European Union, will launch its latest IoT security solutions and share groundbreaking research into the security and privacy implications of smart homes and devices at Mobile World Congress (MWC) – taking place February 26 – March 1, 2018 in Barcelona Exhibiting in Hall 7, booth 7H41, ESET’s stand will form part of MWC’s Internet of Things tour. ESET’s security specialists will demonstrate the company’s focus on IoT ecosystem protection – a top priority in this ever-more connected world. More information can be found on the dedicated ESET website. “We continue to see a rise in…
The US Department of Justice has just shut down the Infraud Organization, a large and highly organized online credit card fraud ring believed responsible for more than $530 million in losses since 2010. Infraud has been a leading source for buying and selling stolen payment card data. Thirty-six are now arrested, according to The US Justice Department in this press release. IT security experts commented below. Frederik Mennes, Senior Manager, Market & Security Strategy at VASCO Data Security: “The security of e-commerce and online payments is a joint responsibility of merchants, payment service providers, banks, consumers, and payment technology vendors, and relies on a combination of preventive, detective and responsive…
New cloud security product family prevents account hijacking and Gen V cyber-attacks on SaaS applications and cloud workloads Check Point has announced the CloudGuard product family to protect enterprises from Gen V cyber-attacks on cloud applications and infrastructure. Check Point is also introducing CloudGuard SaaS protecting enterprises against cyber-attacks on SaaS applications. CloudGuard is a part of the Check Point Infinity architecture, built on industry proven and award winning technologies to provide comprehensive cyber protection for the cloud. As enterprise cloud adoption grows, multivector attacks on cloud workloads and cloud applications involving malware and account hijacking are increasing. According to Check…
Javelin Research and Strategy’s 2018 Identity Fraud Study is out, underscoring the ever-advancing efforts of organized bad actors and the enormous challenges that consumers and organizations face in protecting sensitive personal data. Javelin offers five safety tips to protect consumers, and highlights four major trends: Record high incidence of identity fraud – In 2017, 6.64 percent of consumers became victims of identity fraud, an increase of almost one million victims from the previous year. This increase was driven by growth in both existing non-card fraud and account takeover (ATO). Account takeover grew significantly – Account takeover tripled over the past year, reaching a four-year high. Total ATO losses reached $5.1 billion, a 120 percent increase from 2016. Account takeover continues to…
Two top cybersecurity experts with Juniper Networks offers insight into reports (Reuters link) that global news distribution service BusinessWire (owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc.) was hit with a sustained distributed denial of service (DDoS) cyber-attack, and the new tools that make such attacks easier to launch. Nick Bilogorskiy, Cybersecurity Strategist at Juniper Networks: “Cryptocoins like Bitcoin and Monero are the top motivation for cyber attacks. Many cybercriminals choose to deploy “ransom DDoS” or “RDoS” attacks to obtain cryptocoins, extorting companies for money under the threat of a DDoS attack. We saw several hacking groups use this approach in 2017, including Lizard Squad, Phantom Squad, Fancy Bear, and XMR Squad.…
As Gizmodo and other news outlets are reporting, 12,000 Social Media Influencers, Mostly Women, Exposed by Marketing Firm Data Breach. While AWS misconfigs seem to make the news regularly, this event is a bit different – social media celebrities have serious concerns about privacy due to stalking/cyberstalking, and often don’t have the protections that other forms of celebrity often afford. The majority of those whose contact details have been leaked are women. IT security experts commented below. Mounir Hahad, Head of Threat Research at Juniper Network: “The attack surface online cloud services present is huge and attractive to hackers for several reasons: The trend toward cryptocurrency mining as a…
The rising value of bitcoin has led to increased scrutiny of the security of cryptocurrency, which offers more secure trading using blockchain. But how secure is blockchain trading? Already in 2018, there have been reports of an armed robbery where a cryptocurrency trader was forced to transfer cryptocurrency at gunpoint and cybercriminals using YouTube ads to take control of users’ computers in order to mine cryptocurrency. So how safe is your digital currency and if it is stolen, can you get it back? IEEE senior member and cybersecurity expert, Kevin Curran, believes that never in the history of humanity has a…
The Internet of Things pose a variety of dangers to the enterprise that go unseen by network administrators who might not even be aware the devices are on the network according to Akamai. Michael Patterson, CEO at Plixer commented below. Michael Patterson, CEO at Plixer: “IoT devices bring a great new attack surface for the bad guys. While the IoT companies that we are supposed to trust gobble up our personal information, the attackers are busy compromising the data that the IoT companies are collecting. Privacy surrounding anything connected to the Internet is gone. Government regulation and laws covering security,…
BACKGROUND Systems Assurance has been providing IT equipment and services to corporate and government organisations since 1992. Initially focusing on hardware technology sales, in recent years Systems Assurance has moved into the cloud technology market, offering its customers a range of services to help improve the flexibility and scalability of their IT estate. Working with a small team of engineers, Systems Assurance offers a comprehensive variety of services to its clients, including web hosting, software licensing and maintenance, all underpinned by dedicated customer support. THE CHALLENGE When Systems Assurance initially moved into the cloud services market, it worked with several…