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New Study Highlights 100% Rise In Nation State Cyberattacks In Last Three Years

New Study Highlights 100% Rise In Nation State Cyberattacks In Last Three Years

HP urges businesses to protect the endpoint - new report highlights that the enterprise has become the most common target, as nation states take aim at organizations with high value ...
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Infosec Study: NICE Framework Adoption Drives 57% Increase In Cybersecurity Recruiting Satisfaction

Infosec Study: NICE Framework Adoption Drives 57% Increase In Cybersecurity Recruiting Satisfaction

Study Shows How Enterprise IT Leaders Clarify Cybersecurity Roles and Drive Hiring Success Infosec, the leading cybersecurity education provider, today released findings from its 2021 Cybersecurity Role & Career Path ...
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eCSI Hacker Playground Global Competition Trains

New Ponemon Institute Report Highlights Value Of Threat Data Feeds In Improving Organisations’ Security Posture

Neustar-sponsored study reveals challenges and benefits of using threat feeds Threat data feeds can help organisations strengthen their cybersecurity posture, according to a new report from Ponemon Institute, the pre-eminent ...
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Data Breaches going Undetected

LogMein And IDG Study Reveals Half Of Organisations Fear Remote Work And Access Has Put Them At Risk Of Cyber Breaches

LogMeIn, Inc., a global leader in remote work technology and a key influencer in today’s work-from-anywhere economy, recently released findings of a new report conducted in partnership with IDG to ...
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IDENTIFY PHISHING EMAILs

FCA Hit By 80,000 Malicious Emails Every Month

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was targeted by nearly a quarter of a million (238,711) malicious and unsolicited emails over the final three months of 2020, averaging around 80,000 email ...
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Healthcare business

NEW: VMware Carbon Black Data Shows Healthcare In Crisis

VMware Carbon Black released their new research, “The State of Healthcare Cybersecurity", that paints a holistic view of the threats healthcare organisations face and should be prepared for in 2021 ...
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Data Reveals Where In The World People Are Most Curious About The Dark Web

Data Reveals Where In The World People Are Most Curious About The Dark Web

People living in America are most curious about the dark web, with 382,800 searches entered online looking for more information[1]India (251,400) and the UK (78,400) come in second and third ...
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4 In 5 People Are Sharing Too Much Information On Social Media, Making Them Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks

4 In 5 People Are Sharing Too Much Information On Social Media, Making Them Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks

New research from Tessian reveals the extent to which people post online and how hackers exploit this information for sophisticated social engineering attacks A new report from Tessian, the human ...
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Employees Resign

‘There’s A Threat, Pass It On’: A Negative Communication Cycle Between Vendors, IT Leaders And Employees Leaves Enterprises At Risk

Almost six in 10 security leaders admit they find it difficult to action protective insights for their enterprise off the back of information provided by their security vendors. A similar ...
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IT Professionals’ Confidence In Public Cloud Has Surged, Despite Performance Optimisation Issues

IT Professionals’ Confidence In Public Cloud Has Surged, Despite Performance Optimisation Issues

Global survey uncovers evolving attitudes about cloud networking More than three-quarters of organisations are now using multiple cloud providers, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, ...
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'Directly Hackable' Hospital Devices Exposed Online

Cyber-attacks On Hospitals Spike By 45% Worldwide

Check Point Research (CPR) report a 45% increase in cyber-attacks on healthcare organizations worldwide in the last two months, making healthcare the most targeted industry by cyber criminals. · Increase ...
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Hidden Costs of a Data Breach

Vulnerabilities in the Next Generation of 5G Could Allow Attackers to Steal Credentials and Falsify Subscriber Authentication

Vulnerabilities in standalone 5G networks could allow attackers to steal credentials and falsify subscriber authentication Attackers can exploit vulnerabilities in new 5G networks to steal subscriber data and impersonate users ...
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The Well-Intentioned Threat of Data Protection and Privacy?

More Than 45 Million Medical Images Openly Accessible Online

CybelAngel identifies medical devices and web portals leaking unprotected images including X-rays and CT Scans The analyst team at CybelAngel, a global leader in digital risk protection, has discovered that ...
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Research: Fewer Than 10% Of Security Professionals Feel Prepared For 5G Rollout – AT&T Cybersecurity Insights Report

Research: Fewer Than 10% Of Security Professionals Feel Prepared For 5G Rollout – AT&T Cybersecurity Insights Report

The dawn of 5G technology is upon us and this new wireless power promises to be a faster and better successor to 4G networks. With more devices connecting to more ...
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Black Friday 2020 Saw Retailers Capitalising On Publicly Available Data More Than Ever Before, Finds New Research

Black Friday 2020 Saw Retailers Capitalising On Publicly Available Data More Than Ever Before, Finds New Research

Data reveals a major increase in e-commerce retailers leveraging technology to understand the actions of competitors and customers over Black Friday period With UK retail shops closed over Black Friday ...
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The Principle of Least Privilege

As Lockdown Continues, 75% Of UK Enterprises Are Set To Increase Spend On Remote Working Technology

Research from Amdocs reveals UK enterprises will place new cloud technology at the heart of their IT strategies New research from Amdocs has revealed that 75% of UK enterprises say ...
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Cybersecurity

(ISC)2 Study Reveals The Cybersecurity Workforce Has Grown To 3.5 Million Professionals Globally

2020 (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study chronicles the resiliency, outlook and perseverance of this growing profession as it faced the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic Clearwater, FL, November 11, 2020 ...
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Protect User Data from Government Surveillance

HP Threat Research: Emotet Campaigns Targeting Enterprises Surge By 1,200% In Q3 2020

The NCSC report shows it uncovered 15,354 campaigns that had used coronavirus themes as a "lure" to fool people into clicking on a link or opening an attachment containing malicious software ...
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Positive Technologies: 84 Percent Of Companies Have High-Risk Vulnerabilities On The Network Perimeter

Positive Technologies: 84 Percent Of Companies Have High-Risk Vulnerabilities On The Network Perimeter

Positive Technologies performed instrumental scanning of the network perimeter of selected corporate information systems.[1] A total of 3,514 hosts were scanned, including network devices, servers, and workstations. The results show the presence of ...
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Fewer Than 1 In 3 Cybersecurity Professionals Say Threat Data They Receive Is Extremely Accurate And Relevant

Fewer Than 1 In 3 Cybersecurity Professionals Say Threat Data They Receive Is Extremely Accurate And Relevant

New research suggests many organisations struggle to obtain high-quality threat data to guide key security decisions  Neustar, Inc., a global information services and technology company and a leader in identity ...
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NEWS: 68% Concerned About Remote Collab Tool Privacy - Cisco

NEWS: 68% Concerned About Remote Collab Tool Privacy – Cisco

Cisco Reports Privacy and Security Concerns Increase in Today’s Remote World News Summary: Two new global surveys highlight the challenges and opportunities of the accelerated transition to a cloud-first, remote ...
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These Are The Top Tech Cities Across The World

These Are The Top Tech Cities Across The World

Data reveals the top 10 cities for Technology A new study from Business Fibre reveals the best cities to be a tech student around the world London ranks highest as ...
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Survey: 45% Of Cyber Security Attacks Fuelled By Lack Of Visibility Over IaaS Cloud Infrastructure

Survey: 45% Of Cyber Security Attacks Fuelled By Lack Of Visibility Over IaaS Cloud Infrastructure

Rush to maintain business continuity means proper management over who has access to IaaS environments has slipped for many organisations SailPoint, the leader in identity management, has found that 45% ...
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Payments security compliance continues it's downward trend, finds Verizon report

Payments security compliance continues it’s downward trend, finds Verizon report

Only 1 in 4 Global Organizations Keep Cardholder Payment Data Secure Verizon Business 2020 Payment Security Report (PSR) cites lack of long term security strategies by business leaders behind 3rd-year ...
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Can you spot these home security mistakes?

Can you spot these home security mistakes?

Almost half of UK residents admit to making security mistakes when they leave their home When you’re heading out of the door in a rush - perhaps late for a ...
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badlock vulnerability

Research Exposes Cybersecurity Industry’s Vulnerabilities On The Dark Web

Geneva, Switzerland, 08 September 2020 - global application security company ImmuniWeb, has conducted research into the state of the global cybersecurity industry’s exposure on the Dark Web this year. Its findings ...
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