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Incidents of the breach that have been revealed in the last 24 hours by Talk Talk, where millions of customer’s details have been stolen and were left unencrypted, according to the company, is negligent and unforgivable.  Encrypting customer’s data is one of the most basic processes you can do to protect customers’ privacy.  As Dido Harding CEO of TalkTalk said this morning in an interview with LBC’s Nick Ferrari “going forward I, like every other...

In this Cyber-Hostile world, renowned experts are joining forces to inspire others to become more security savvy. Security Serious is all about the IT security industry, and the professionals that work within it, working together non-gratis to help make UK Plc a safer place to trade online. The campaign has the tagline “we take security seriously – do you?” Yvonne Eskenzi, the driving force behind this campaign, explained, “Security Serious is all about those that...

Vidder Inc., the inventor of precision application access, today announced the results of the Enterprise Application Security Market Research Report, an independent study conducted by King Research to understand the current state of controls for enterprise application access; which stringent access controls are deemed useful; and to what extent these access controls are being implemented. The survey of more than 400 InfoSec professionals reveals that despite widespread and highly publicized security breaches, most companies still...

Cyber crime has formally emerged as the single largest type of offence in the UK following the reclassification of crimes by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The reclassification – which has formally increased the number of crimes set out in the Crime Survey of England and Wales by around 40 per cent – has been welcomed by APMG International who says it will drive greater awareness of cyber crime, assist law enforcement agents, and...

“Enterprises across all industries are increasingly using open source software to reduce development costs and accelerate time to market. Yet there are thousands of open source security vulnerabilities reported every year, with 98% of companies unaware of the extent of, and licensing requirements of, the open source code they are using.  Additionally, 67% of companies do not monitor their open source code for security vulnerabilities,” said Ian Kilpatrick, chairman Wick Hill Group. “Because companies today...

With Security Serious just a week away, the organisations involved with the campaign - aimed at making UK Plc a safer place to trade online - have today offered some Hacking Horror Stories and Frightening Facts to help organisations unmask the virtual spooks this Halloween. “2015 has seen an unprecedented number of hacking horror stories. Yet, while cyber-crime is on the increase, security awareness is still low on people’s list of priorities. We’re hoping our...

PhishMe® Inc., the leading provider of phishing threat management solutions, announced today that it has acquired key assets of phishing intelligence firm – Malcovery Security LLC, for an undisclosed sum. “This acquisition rounds out our portfolio of targeted phishing mitigation, detection, and response solutions, making us the go-to solution in the market,” said Rohyt Belani, CEO and co-founder of PhishMe. Aaron Higbee, PhishMe’s CTO and co-founder, commented, “Enterprises want to know if they are being...

Over 50 of the world’s most renowned experts in cyber-crime and security have come together for one week only, to offer their time and expertise FOR FREE to companies who want to become more security savvy and cyber-aware – all with the aim of making UK PLC a safer place to trade online. The campaign has the tagline “we take security seriously – do you?” and sees penetration testers, ethical hackers, lawyers, professors and a...

A new global data security study from Blancco Technology Group and Kroll Ontrack found varying amounts and types of residual data on used mobile devices, hard disk drives and solid state drives purchased online from Amazon, eBay and Gazelle.com. Based on an examination of 122 pieces of second-hand equipment, 48 percent of the hard disk drives and solid state drives contained residual data, while thousands of leftover emails, call logs, texts/SMS/IMs, photos and videos were...

Varonis Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRNS), the leading provider of software solutions for unstructured, human-generated enterprise data, today announced the interoperability of its DatAdvantage and DatAlert solutions with the FireEye® Threat Analytics Platform™ (TAP™). The interoperable solutions from this new technology alliance will be showcased at the FireEye Cyber Defense Summit, taking place October 12-14 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC, and via a live webinar at 2:00 PM ET on October 28. (For more details see...