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Over half (53 per cent) of the world’s phishing attacks originated in EMEA, according to the 2017 Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR) published by NTT Security, the specialised security company of NTT Group. Analysing global threat trends (1 Oct 2015–31 Sept 2016), the report also shows that of all phishing attacks worldwide, 38 per cent came from the Netherlands, second only to the US (41 per cent). The data shows that nearly three-quarters (73 per...

Bomgar, a leader in secure access solutions, today announced the results of its 2017 Secure Access Threat Report, which finds that insider and third-party access are growing security threats facing organizations and enterprise IT systems. The global survey explores the visibility, control, and management that IT organizations in the U.S. and Europe have over employees, contractors, and third-party vendors with privileged access to their IT networks. Despite rising awareness of the threats posed by users...

One Identity, a proven leader in helping organizations get identity and access management (IAM) right, today announced its long-standing customer, Nestlé, the world’s leading nutrition, health and wellness company has been recognized by industry-leading analyst firm KuppingerCole as a winner in the “Best Identity and Access Management” category at this year’s European Identity and Cloud Conference. The distinguished accolade was presented to Nestlé for its deployment of One Identity solutions (including One Identity Manager, One...

People love their digital devices. Yet, they put it at risk with dangerous behaviour that compromises security. New research by Kaspersky Lab reveals a contradiction in the way people treat their data – although they are aware of the threat from cybercriminals, their actions show they’re failing to protect their data properly, with around half not even using basic security measures such as passwords or PINs. The study found that an overwhelming majority of people...

Cifas, the UK’s leading fraud prevention service, yesterday released a new report detailing the fraud trends from over 325,000 fraud cases recorded in 2016. The data, from 387 organisations, including many major UK brands, is one of the most comprehensive pictures of fraud and fraudulent attempts made in the UK. The research discovered fraudsters' takeovers of customer accounts has soared by 45% in the last year, and that hackers were moving from online to phone, to target not...

With just over a year to go until businesses within the EU must become compliant with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Kaspersky Lab has today launched an online hub to help them complete their journey to good data health and long-term business prosperity. Featuring an assessment tool to help gauge GDPR readiness, and resources providing practical advice to put into action, the website aims to give businesses the push they need to make...

Talend (NASDAQ: TLND), a leader in cloud and big data integration software, announced the results of an international consumer and IT business survey that uncovers a startling gap between customer expectations, and the reality of what organizations are currently providing. The study, which was conducted by Researchscape, highlights the importance of high-quality data security to any business engaging with UK consumers. Among the key findings, the survey reveals that 65 percent of UK consumers claim experiencing a data leak/breach would...

By Kasper Lindgaard, Director of Research and Security, Secunia Research at Flexera Software Recently, Secunia Research discovered a “Denial of Service” (DoS) vulnerability within Microsoft Windows. It is triggered through a stack exhaustion during the Type 1 font processing within the Adobe Type Manager Font Driver library (AMTFD.dll), which results in a crash of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The vulnerability is confirmed on a fully-patched Microsoft Windows 7 Professional running with AMTFD.dll version 5.1.2.251...

The majority of UK accountants think that automation will play a significant role in the accountancy profession within the next five years, according to a new report from FreeAgent. FreeAgent’s Future of Accountancy report has revealed that 96% of accountants believe that either all or some accountancy work will be automated by 2022, while just 3% said they do not think automation or AI will affect any accountancy work by that time. The report -...

Pandalabs, the anti-malware laboratory at Panda Security, takes a look at some trends in the billion-dollar cybercrime industry and gathers the main data points for its quarterly report. Ransomware Over the course of 2016, groups of cybercriminals dedicated to ransomware earned over 1 billion dollars. In the first quarter of 2017, there was no lack of new families of ransomware created, such as the “WYSIWYE” attack, a ransomware with its own interface, or Popcorn Time,...