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Scary Security Stats From 2019

Arkose Labs   · Over half of all logins (53%) on social media sites are fraudulent and 25% of all new account applications on social media are fraud (source: Arkose Labs Q3 ...
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People Lose 31,200 Photos’ Worth Of Hard Drive Space Each Year By Not Cleaning Their PCs

People Lose 31,200 Photos’ Worth Of Hard Drive Space Each Year By Not Cleaning Their PCs

52GB of digital “crap” on average accumulates on consumer PCs every year Piriform Software Ltd., a global leader in system optimization software, has found that up to 52GB of ‘digital ...
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Current and Secure

Verizon’s Incident Preparedness And Response Report Urges Businesses To ‘Be Prepared, Be Proactive And Practice, Practice, Practice’

Incident Response Plans require frequent workouts to be fit for purpose NEW YORK - Businesses are more aware than ever of how cybercrime could impact their reputation, and their bottom line. Annual reports ...
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New LogMeIn Central Report Reveals Seven Trends & Threats Facing SMB IT

New LogMeIn Central Report Reveals Seven Trends & Threats Facing SMB IT

Research finds implementing RMM solution saves IT professionals ~$50,000 per year Central by LogMeIn today released its findings of a new global report, “Uncovering the Latest IT Trends, Threats, & ROI ...
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August 2019’s Most Wanted Malware: Echobot Launches Widespread Attack Against IoT Devices

August 2019’s Most Wanted Malware: Echobot Launches Widespread Attack Against IoT Devices

Check Point’s researchers also report the Emotet botnet has been reactivated Check Point Research has published its latest Global Threat Index for August 2019. The Research team is warning organizations ...
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Hacking costs UK businesses £34 billion

Proofpoint’s Annual Human Factor Report Details Top Cybercriminal Trends: More Than 99 Percent Of Cyberattacks Need Humans To Click

Threat actors continue to use socially-engineered attacks across email, cloud applications, and social media to exploit human instincts and lure people to click Proofpoint, Inc., (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading cybersecurity and ...
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Brexit Cyber Threat: MPs Hit With 2 Million Scam Emails Every Month

Brexit Cyber Threat: MPs Hit With 2 Million Scam Emails Every Month

MPs and House of Commons staff were hit with 20,973,102 cyber attacks through spam emails in the most recent financial year, according to official figures. The data, released under the freedom ...
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Social Media Apps Biggest Security Threat To Enterprises

Social Media Apps Biggest Security Threat To Enterprises

New survey reveals which applications security professionals believe are worst at spreading malware A new study from Gigamon has revealed that 17 percent of organisations are adding as many ten new ...
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Healthcare Organisations Suffer one Cyberattack per month

37% Of Organisations Have Suffered A Cyberattack On Cloud Environments Due To The Lack Of Basic Cloud Security Hygiene

New study reveals 42 percent of organisations are concerned about cloud security but many fail to carry out any security testing on the environment With the recent exposure of a ...
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July 2019’s Most Wanted Malware: Vulnerability In OpenDreamBox 2.0.0 WebAdmin Plugin Enables Attackers To Execute Commands Remotely

July 2019’s Most Wanted Malware: Vulnerability In OpenDreamBox 2.0.0 WebAdmin Plugin Enables Attackers To Execute Commands Remotely

Check Point’s researchers confirm that the vulnerability has impacted 32% of organizations globally in the last month  Check Point Research has published its latest Global Threat Index for July 2019 ...
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New Android Malware Floods Devices

New Android App Vulnerabilities Disclosed

Comparitech recemtly released results of their tests on 21 popular, free Android antivirus apps, which found serious vulnerabilities. They looked at the application itself, its effectiveness, the web management dashboard, and ...
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Many CEOs Falsely Led To Believe Company Is GDPR Compliant

Many CEOs Falsely Led To Believe Company Is GDPR Compliant

Insights gathered by Delphix reveals that companies are not masking sensitive data    Delphix, the data virtualisation platform, has found that companies in the UK are leading their CEO to believe they compliant with GDPR ...
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2019 CyberScout Global Insights Report Finds That Ransomware Continues to Be a Major Cyber Threat and Provides Tips For Business And Consumers To Guard Against Hacks And ID Theft

2019 CyberScout Global Insights Report Finds That Ransomware Continues to Be a Major Cyber Threat and Provides Tips For Business And Consumers To Guard Against Hacks And ID Theft

From rising identity theft and fraud to large-scale enterprise breaches, the news in 2018 was full of cybersecurity nightmares. With cyber incidents now commonplace, consumers have become fed up and ...
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Study Finds 92 Per Cent Of Businesses Experience Identity Challenges

Study Finds 92 Per Cent Of Businesses Experience Identity Challenges

LastPass by LogMeIn today announced the results of a new study conducted by Vanson Bourne to offer businesses insights into the state of identity and access management (IAM) and actionable steps to ...
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AI For Fraud Detection To Triple By 2021

AI For Fraud Detection To Triple By 2021

Advanced analytics and biometrics becoming central to anti-fraud programmes, reveWhile only 13 per cent of organisations use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to detect and deter fraud, another 25 per cent plan ...
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Positive Technologies Experts: 5G Launches With Security Flaws

Positive Technologies Experts: 5G Launches With Security Flaws

Report Outlines Inherited and New Threats in the Network as 5G Launches Worldwide    Positive Technologies has released its report 5G Network Security: Vulnerabilities Old and New, which outlines some of the greatest risks ...
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Survey: Organisations Increase Risk With Over Reliance On Cloud Vendors For Security

Survey: Organisations Increase Risk With Over Reliance On Cloud Vendors For Security

CyberArk Report Shows 70 Percent of UK Organisations Rely Primarily on Cloud Providers to Protect Their Workloads  According to a new CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR) survey, as organisations increasingly move critical applications, regulated customer data and development work ...
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small businesses to boost their cyber security

(ISC)2 Research Report Indicates That Small Businesses May Not Be The Weakest Link In The Supply Chain

Study reveals that cybersecurity staffing and best practices are bigger factors  than company size in assessing security risk associated with supply chain partners (ISC)² – the world’s largest nonprofit association ...
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Okta Research Shows Workers Are Ready To Go Passwordless This Year

Okta Research Shows Workers Are Ready To Go Passwordless This Year

 Okta’s Passwordless Future Report finds:  78% of all respondents admit to using insecure methods to help them remember passwords  69% of UK workers feel stressed or annoyed as a result of forgetting a ...
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Nozomi Networks-Sponsored SANS Survey Finds Industrial Organizations Are Going All-In To Tackle Growing Threats To OT/ICS Cyber Security

Nozomi Networks-Sponsored SANS Survey Finds Industrial Organizations Are Going All-In To Tackle Growing Threats To OT/ICS Cyber Security

Citrix, a company which works with the likes of the FBI and US military, recently hit the headlines when it fell victim to hackers. The cyber criminals allegedly used a technique called ...
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Vulnerabilities in SDN and NFV Networks

World’s Top Security Vulnerabilities Revealed – HackerOne

HackerOne is revealing the top 10 most impactful security vulnerabilities which have earned hackers over $54 million in bounties.    Based on the 120,000+ security vulnerabilities that hackers have reported across over ...
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Report Reveals Website Security Risk For Australian & NZ Firms

Report Reveals Website Security Risk For Australian & NZ Firms

New research has found 87% of SME websites using the Magento platform are currently at high risk from cyber attacks.   By contrast, under 10% of websites using other major e-commerce platforms ...
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Identity Fraud Over Time

Consumers Reluctant To Swap Psswords For Biometrics For Fear Of Identity Fraud

Paysafe launches new global research into consumer payment trends    Over half of consumers (56 percent) are worried that the shift to biometrics to authenticate online payments will dramatically increase the amount ...
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New Study Reveals Cybercrime May Be Widely Underreported—Even When Laws Mandate Disclosure

New Study Reveals Cybercrime May Be Widely Underreported—Even When Laws Mandate Disclosure

ISACA’s State of Cybersecurity Report Also Finds Only 1 in 3 Organizations Highly Confident in Their Ability to Detect and Respond to Threats   Stand out data from this portion ...
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United Airlines breach

Tripwire Report: 1 In 4 Organisations Breached Because Of Unpatched Vulnerabilities

New findings evaluate how organisations are managing vulnerability risks Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of security and compliance solutions for enterprises and industrial organisations, today announced the release of ...
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Organisations See Huge Rise In Encryption Implementation Following GDPR Enforcement

Organisations See Huge Rise In Encryption Implementation Following GDPR Enforcement

More than half of organisations enforce encryption of data on all mobile devices and removable media  Apricorn, the leading manufacturer of software-free, 256-bit AES XTS hardware-encrypted USB drives, today announced findings from a survey highlighting ...
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