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Over a third of national critical infrastructure organisations in the UK (39%) have not completed basic cyber security standards issued by the UK government, according to data revealed under the Freedom of Information Act by Corero Network Security. The fact that so many infrastructure organisations have not completed the ’10 Steps to Cyber Security’ programme indicates a lack of cyber resilience within organisations which are critical to the functioning of UK society. It also suggests...

Imperva, Inc., committed to protecting business-critical data and applications in the cloud and on-premises, today announced the results of a survey of 310 IT security professionals taken at the Infosecurity Europe 2017 trade show. The results suggest that while the industry is preparing for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), 22 percent haven’t yet hired a Data Protection Officer (DPO). Of those with no DPO, 52 percent aren’t planning on hiring a DPO until the...

At VMworld® 2017, VMware, Inc. announced its breakthrough solution for securing applications running on virtualized or cloud environments – VMware AppDefenseTM. This new security solution leverages the virtual infrastructure to monitor running applications against their intended state, and can detect and automate response to attacks that attempt to manipulate those applications. Additionally, integrations with third-party solutions will enable a partner ecosystem to leverage VMware’s AppDefense unique application visibility and response orchestration. “The growing frequency and cost...

RiskIQ, the leader in digital threat management, today announced that it has published its 2017 State of Enterprise Digital Defence Report, available for download at https://www.riskiq.com/white-paper/state-of-digital-defense-2017/. The report, based on a survey of 465 information security decision makers in the US and UK, found that business digital transformation and the external threat landscape have outpaced enterprise security capacity. According to respondents, an average of 40 percent of organisations experienced five or more significant security incidents...

Aspect Software argues for a more nuanced and holistic approach to customer security in light of investigation into the vulnerability of fingerprint and facial security A Daily Mail investigation into the strength of various technologically driven alternatives to the basic password has revealed the ease with which malignant actors can bypass these systems. According to Aspect Software, this affirms the need for organisations to approach their customer’s security with more nuance and from a more...

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced the results of a survey of 270 IT security professionals, which found that almost half (48 percent) viewed customer-facing web applications as the area presenting the most security risk to businesses. This is in contrast to 23 percent who identified mobile applications and 18 percent who suggested desktop applications presented the biggest risk. To view the full survey results, visit https://www.synopsys.com/blogs/software-security/cyber-security-threat-survey. Andreas Kuehlmann, senior vice president and general manager at...

The Government will today (Thursday, 24 August) set out its plans for arrangements that could ensure personal data would continue to move back and forth between the UK and the EU in the future in a safe, properly regulated way. In the latest of a series of papers looking at the UK’s future partnership with the EU after we have left, the Government will consider the case for a unique approach that could allow data...

Malwarebytes™, the leader in advanced malware prevention and remediation solutions, today announced the release of Malwarebytes for Mac, featuring real-time protection to automatically block and remove cyber threats, including malware, adware and potentially unwanted programs. The innovative and fast detection engine has minimal impact on device operations to ensure Mac computers run like they should, and is recommended over traditional antivirus programs by many professionals. According to data collected by Malwarebytes, Mac users saw more...

Newly released data shows that distributed denial of service (DDoS) and web application attacks are on the rise once again, according to the Second Quarter, 2017 State of the Internet / Security Report released by Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM). Contributing to this rise swas the PBot DDoS malware which re-emerged as the foundation for the strongest DDoS attacks seen by Akamai this quarter. In the case of PBot, malicious actors used decades-old PHP code...

According to Positive Technologies' statistics, 67 percent of attacks were performed for direct financial gain. Over half of attacks were non-targeted and primarily relied on malware to spread. The epidemic of WannaCry (WanaCypt0r, WCry) ransomware showed that even vigilant users, who don't open suspicious messages or links, can still fall victim. Intel data indicates that over 530,000 computers were infected. The Bitcoin wallets of the WannaCry developers received over 50 BTC (equivalent to USD $128,000)...