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The recent Petya attack hit companies across Europe and the US Ebuyer offers businesses across the UK tips on how to protect themselves from online ransomware Yesterday (27th June, 2017), businesses and organisations across Europe and the US were hit by a large-scale cyber attack, known as Petya, leaving them unable to access systems and data.   Petya is a form of ransomware, meaning it is a computer virus which encrypts files and keeps them...

The Petya ransomware attack – the second major global cyberattack in two months – left a trail of locked computers and compromised networks in some 65 countries around the world. Like the WannaCry attack in May, Petya this week exposed weaknesses in cybersecurity defenses. It also reinforces the notion that it’s a case of when, not if, your organisation will become the target of an attack. But the high likelihood that an attack is coming...

Cybersecurity experts speculate that in our current state, up to 70% of cyber attacks, including breaches, go undetected in a given year. Part of identifying and stopping breaches is knowing what kind of information cybercriminals are after, and election season creates hotbeds of public information that are prime targets for a breach. The companies that house this information are, of course, responsible for keeping your data protected, but things don’t always go according to plan....

There is a pressing need to improve cyber security in Industrial Control System (ICS) environments to avoid future breaches that could impact critical national infrastructure concludes CREST, the not-for-profit accreditation body representing the technical information security industry, in its latest position paper, ‘Industrial Control Systems: Technical Security Assurance’.  The report highlights a number of challenges and suggests that more technical security testing has a significant role to play in ensuring higher levels of security assurance...

Tuesday's global cyber attack caused havoc and disruption to all manners of businesses. Many within the cyber industry are debating whether the ransomware used was actually a strain of Petya or was it something completely new. With it first being detected in Ukraine, where companies updating a mechanism within an accounting program that had connections to the Ukrainian government, the malware was able to seed itself and affect systems within the government, industrial enterprises, banks, airports...

Leading Identity and Access Management specialists My1Login says that weak passwords and poor ID management are likely to have contributed to the MP email cyber attack at the weekend. Parliament was hit by a "sustained and determined" cyber-attack last Friday, with hackers attempting to gain access to MPs' and their staffers' email accounts. Both houses of parliament were targeted in an attack that sought to gain access to accounts protected by weak passwords. My1Login CEO,...

Mobile ransomware actors are focusing their attacks on wealthy countries. Developed markets not only have a higher level of income, but also a more advanced and more widely used mobile and e-payment infrastructure. According to Kaspersky Lab’s annual ransomware report for 2016-2017, this is appealing to criminals because it means they can transfer their ransom in just a couple of taps or clicks. Kaspersky Lab has continued its tradition of reporting on ransomware threats with...

WatchGuard®’s latest quarterly Internet Security Report reveals that despite an overall drop in malware detection, Linux malware made up more than 36 percent of the top threats identified in Q1 2017. The increased presence of Linux/Exploit, Linux/Downloader and Linux/Flooder attacks highlights the need to protect Linux-based IoT devices and Linux servers from the internet with layered defences. Other key findings from the Q1 2017 report include:   The cybersecurity battleground is shifting toward web servers....

We all remember WannaCry; the scale of the attack, spanning over 150 countries and almost a quarter of million computers. In the UK, at least, this was accompanied by a media frenzy, largely due to the highest profile victim of the attack being the National Health Service. As a highly emotional target here in the UK, WannaCry became big news as the media strived to explain what had happened to our beloved NHS. However, according...

The CEO of Cyber Security Challenge UK, Stephanie Daman, has passed away peacefully at the age of 56 following a long battle with cancer. Stephanie was a remarkable role-model who inspired all of those with whom she came into contact. She cared passionately about Cyber Security Challenge UK and it's twin missions to find and nurture talented people to join the cyber security profession and promote career opportunities in cyber security generally. She was first diagnosed days after being...