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A survey conducted by Datto, the leading provider of total data protection solutions for businesses around the world, has found that European-based small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are being actively targeted by ransomware attacks. Some 87 percent of the 148 European IT service providers, which were questioned as part of a larger global survey, revealed that their SMB clients had been victimised by ransomware in the twelve months up to September 2016. A shocking 40...

A large number of Twitter accounts were hijacked today spreading Nazi propaganda that included swastikas, Nazi messages and Pro Erdogan campaigns. The source of the hack is being blamed on a third party analytics service called Twitter Counter, a popular tool used to analysis twitter followers. Over a thousand accounts are thought to have been compromised including verified accounts of some of the world’s biggest names such as Justin Bieber and news publications like Forbes...

Latest research from Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, reveals that 20 percent of global organizations rank cyber espionage as the most serious threat to their business, with a quarter (26 percent) struggling to keep up with the rapidly evolving threat landscape. In addition, one in five (20 percent) U.S. organizations have suffered a cyber espionage-related attack in the last year. The research, which surveyed 2,402 enterprise IT decision makers across Europe...

FireMon, the leader in Intelligent Security Management, today announced results from a survey conducted at the recent RSA Conference that gauged the attitudes of 350 IT security professionals towards the skills shortage in cybersecurity. It found that a remarkably high 93% of respondents place more importance on experience rather than qualifications when it comes to hiring. A further 73% claimed that it didn’t matter whether IT staff were college graduates when it came to getting...

F5 Networks today released the results of a new study into the UK’s app centric society and consumer behaviours. As the abundance of apps in work and personal life dominates technology usage, the research reveals over a quarter of Brits (26%) do not check app security measures before downloading them, even though almost 30 per cent believe hackers are likely to use shopping apps like Amazon and eBay to target their devices. Across the UK, 2,000...

A report looking into cyber threat to UK business warns attacks are “significant and growing.” The report, which was conducted by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), highlighted ransomware as the most common cyber extortion method. Ransomware is a malware that locks a user out of their device after it has covertly installed itself on the device. The malware then holds the data hostage, threatening to publish the victim’s information...

The IT Security Guru is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the IT Security CISO Debates and Conference with a comprehensive line up of topics from tackling the skills gap to GDPR, how to prevent a data breach from destroying your reputation and the Internet of Things. The UK's top CISOs and global IT Security Association Leaders will lead these exciting and current debating sessions and earn CPE credits towards your SSCP®/CISSP® and ISACA...

Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of security and compliance solutions for enterprises and industrial organizations, today announced the results of a study conducted in partnership with Dimensional Research. The study looked at the rise of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) deployment in organizations, and to what extent it is expected to cause security problems in 2017. IIoT are the connected devices in critical infrastructure segments such as energy, utilities, government, healthcare and finance. Tripwire’s...

Today, new research has revealed that less than half (41%) of UK organisations believe they have the right security technologies to adequately protect information assets and IT infrastructure. The poll pinpoints an inability to control employees' use of devices and apps at the centre of current UK cybersecurity concerns. The global research - commissioned by Citrix and carried out by Ponemon Institute with 445 UK IT decision makers - provides a snapshot of UK organisations’...

Zero-day software vulnerabilities - security holes that developers haven't fixed or aren't aware of - can lurk undetected for years, leaving software users particularly susceptible to hackers. A new study from the RAND Corporation, based on rare access to a dataset of more than 200 such vulnerabilities, provides insights about what entities should do when they discover them. RAND researchers have determined that zero-day vulnerabilities have an average life expectancy - the time between initial...