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New report highlights shocking business cybercrime costs

Fri, 7th Jul 2023
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Cybercrime attacks cost US and UK businesses into the hundreds of thousands with the majority targeted multiple times.
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Young hackers: redirecting talents from cyber-bad to cyber-good

Mon, 27th Feb 2023
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The rise of young hackers in the cybersecurity industry is a growing concern that needs to be addressed urgently, says journalist.
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Operate without opening the chest: identifying VMware vulnerabilities

Wed, 15th Feb 2023
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IT managers should immediately check whether they have already installed this critical patch and do so as soon as possible.
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HackerOne launches Gold Standard Safe Harbour statement

Thu, 17th Nov 2022
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The GSSH is a short, broad, easily-understood safe harbour statement that's simple for customers to adopt, HackerOne states.
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OpenText survey finds SMBs sweet spot for ransomware attacks

Thu, 10th Nov 2022
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Findings show growing concern about ransomware attacks, the impact of geopolitical tensions and rising inflation rates.
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Data loss prevention market to reach $12 billion by 2027

Tue, 1st Nov 2022
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Rising compliance and regulatory requirements across the globe are the key factors driving the growth of the Data Loss Prevention market.
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Zero-day attacks climb as hackers get more sophisticated

Mon, 18th Jul 2022
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Hackers are exploiting security vulnerabilities faster than ever before, with the average time to exploitation down from 42 days to just 12 days.
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Native technologies used in Russia-Ukraine cyber attacks

Thu, 24th Mar 2022
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application security
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The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is raging not only in the physical realm, but also on the cyber front.
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How incident responders fight infotech fires

Wed, 16th Feb 2022
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Incident responders need a wide range of technical and business skills to effectively tackle cyber threats and protect organisations.
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Why cyber crime will continue to flourish in 2022

Tue, 11th Jan 2022
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Cybercrime flourished in 2021, and there are no signs that it will slow down in 2022. There are several factors behind this high-confidence prediction.
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HP finds remote work is creating a growing cybersecurity risk

Tue, 18th May 2021
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email security
HP's security report reveals remote work is increasing the cybersecurity risk, with hackers targeting home workers.
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Revealed: Imperva publishes research on decade old botnet, responsible for millions of attacks

Tue, 27th Oct 2020
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Imperva Research Labs has revealed findings of a six-month intensive investigation into a botnet that has been exploiting CMS vulnerabilities.
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HackerOne hits $100M milestone with bug bounties

Thu, 28th May 2020
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HackerOne's ethical hackers have collectively earned USD $100M in bug bounties, marking a significant milestone in combating global cybersecurity threats.
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Want $10,000? Unisys tempts hackers at San Francisco event

Thu, 27th Feb 2020
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Participants will try to compromise a target system protected by Stealth, Unisys' encrypted, identity-based microsegmentation solution.
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Huge growth in malware connected to popular musicians - Kaspersky

Fri, 31st Jan 2020
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Cybercriminals are actively abusing the names of artists and songs nominated for a Grammy 2020 award, in order to spread malware.
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Hackers increasingly 'island hopping' – so what does it mean?

Tue, 14th May 2019
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Hackers are escalating their use of 'island hopping', targeting less secure third-party suppliers to infiltrate larger organisations' networks and wreak havoc.
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Use a password manager? New study reveals it may be worse than useless

Fri, 22nd Feb 2019
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The study finds using a number of the top password managers is no better than putting your passwords in a text file and saving it to your desktop.
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WatchGuard's eight (terrifying) 2019 security predictions

Fri, 16th Nov 2018
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firewalls
The next evolution of ransomware, escalating nation-state attacks, biometric hacking, Wi-Fi protocol security, and Die Hard fiction becomes reality.
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Exclusive: Venafi talks weaponisation of machine identities

Wed, 29th Aug 2018
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As companies integrate more digital tools into their business, many of them remain unaware of the risk code-signing certificates are exposing them to.
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French national behind UK data breach caught in Thailand

Tue, 19th Jun 2018
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Europol has revealed details surrounding the arrest of a 25-year-old coder who allegedly helped to extort a British organisation.