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Thales has announced the results of its 2017 Thales Data Threat Report, Healthcare Edition, issued in conjunction with analyst firm 451 Research. The fifth annual report indicates global healthcare IT professionals are confronting a rapidly changing, challenging landscape, with 66% of respondents experiencing a data breach and 88% feeling vulnerable as a result. In response, 73% are increasing IT security spending to offset threats to data. Out with the Old, In with the New? While...

Recent global research from Norton by Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) reveals one in five UK consumers have smart home devices, and an overwhelming majority of them (84 per cent) find they simplify their life. However, while they welcome the added convenience of Internet-connected thermostats, TVs, gaming consoles and baby monitors offer, consumers’ lax security habits and overconfidence in connected devices are leaving them vulnerable. According to the Norton Cyber Security Insights Report, a survey of nearly...

Ad agencies, search engines and cybersecurity specialists should work collectively to tackle the security threat from rising malvertising. Ben Williams, Head of Operations and Communications at Adblock Plus, argues that without this, more users will be exposed to potential security compromises such as malware and phishing, and push further adoption of adblockers as a solution to these threats. According to a report from digital threat management firm Risk IQ, in 2016, total malvertising rose at...

Varonis Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNS), a leading provider of software solutions that protect data from insider threats and cyberattacks, today announced that it has received the Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 2+ certification for the Varonis data security platform that includes DatAdvantage, Data Classification Framework, DatAlert, Data Transport Engine v6.2.38.0 and DataPrivilege v6.0.113 as prescribed by the International Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement (CCRA). Varonis’ data security platform collects, stores and analyses metadata non-intrusively, in real-time,...

NuData Security, an award-winning behavioural biometrics company, announced today that they had observed a 400 percent surge in automated online attacks over the 2016 holiday period. NuData data scientists discovered an increase in maliciously scripted botnet activity of over 400 percent against many large online retail client sites during the last quarter of 2016 compared to the previous year. Of the 5.6 million anomalous behaviours detected, over 1 million events were directly attributed to malicious...

Several Polish banks have been hacked by unknown attackers. The threat is delivered sneakily, via a watering hole attack, whereby a trusted but compromised website redirects to a landing page (the Polish Financial Supervision Authority) boobytrapped with an exploit. In a new blog post ESET deliver technical details of this, as-yet minimally documented, malware. Their key findings show: The website of the equivalent Mexican authority, Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (National Banking and Securities Commission), also...

ESET researchers discovered a dangerous new app targeting Android devices is capable of downloading and executing additional malware. Detected by ESET security software as Android/TrojanDownloader.Agent.JI, the trojan is distributed via compromised websites and masquerades as a Flash Player update. This and other threats on the Android platform will be among the topics addressed by ESET at the Mobile World Congress. Following installation, the malware creates a fake ‘Saving Battery’ service in the Android system and urges the...

Lastline has announced that it is seeing large spikes in malware detected through new segments of its global online network, spurred by several of its embedded OEM partners driving business into the SMB and midmarket segments. “We now see sophisticated malware methods previously reserved for attacks on large organisations moving down from the large enterprise to include midmarket and, in some cases, the SMB market,” said Brian Laing, Vice President of Business Development & Products. “For...

Digital Catapult announces that it has secured up to £1.1m in funding from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), to deliver Cyber 101, a business advice and mentoring programme to help new UK cyber security firms grow and succeed. Delivered in collaboration with a strong consortium of partners, the programme will help increase the size of the UK cyber security market and improve the success rate of firms in the early stages of...

Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: ALLT), a leading provider of security and monetisation solutions that enable service providers and enterprises to protect and personalise the digital experience, today released Allot MobileTrends H1/2017 Report: Consumer View on Mobile Security. The survey asked consumers what they know about online threats; their readiness to adopt mobile security services; and their perception of the service provider's role in protecting them online. Results showed that 89% of consumers currently do...