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NSFOCUS, a global provider of intelligent hybrid security solutions, has pointed to an increasingly unstable Internet in its latest Threat Intelligence 2017 Predictions Report.  Co-author and Chief Research Intelligence Analyst, Stephen Gates considers a number of factors, including financial instability, refugee migration and the rise and fall of presidential regimes contributing to the unrest. “The instability of the Internet in 2017 will mean we will see increased DDoS attacks with criminals taking advantage of the...

Recent research from Managed Services Provider (MSP) Annodata has revealed that a high proportion of local authorities in England are yet to implement a ‘Bring Your Own Device’ (BYOD) policy. According to the MSP, without an enforceable plan in place, these organisations may be leaving themselves exposed to the risk of data leakage and any benefits to be had from BYOD will be lessened. A Freedom of Information (FoI) request was issued to 79 council...

A new report commissioned by Samsung which examines the impact that changes in society and technology will have upon the future of the workplace, reveals the stark challenge faced by businesses to create safe and secure ‘smart offices’ in a brave new working world – the ‘Open Economy’. With an estimated 7.3 billion connected IoT devices by 2020, the need to secure every individual device will become critical. This new Open Economy will be characterised...

European businesses must be more vigilant in taking steps to prevent cybercrime from disrupting their essential operations, warns Fujitsu. In its 2017 Threat Predictions report¹, published today, the Fujitsu Security Operations Centre² identifies 10 of the greatest security risks to enterprises. These include failing to keep up with basic IT security processes. Further high risks are attacks on banking applications and smart cities. Based on real-world intelligence in monitoring ongoing security threats, Fujitsu has identified...

Proofpoint has announced the industry’s first unified social, mobile, web, and email fraud and phishing detection and protection solution to provide visibility and address threats outside of the traditional security infrastructure of companies. This growing arena of digital risks targets more than the employees of a company. Cybercriminals leverage a variety of channels, including fraudulent social accounts, fraudulent mobile apps, and fraudulent email domains for both consumer and business email compromise (BEC) phishing. Leveraging shared risk...

Imperva has announced the release of Imperva SecureSphere File Firewall v12 with real-time deception technology designed to detect ransomware and to prevent it from encrypting enterprise data. The Imperva deception technology adds decoy files to network file shares, luring hackers to strike there first so they can be neutralized before encrypting critical data. According to the FBI, ransomware is a growing problem, with hackers expected to take in nearly $1 billion from ransomware payments in 2016....

Corero Network Security has announced the expansion of its award-winning, real-time, DDoS mitigation solutions, with the SmartWall® Network Threat Defense 1100 (NTD1100). The SmartWall family of appliances now extends its real-time, line-rate, DDoS detection and automatic mitigation, to 100 Gigabit Ethernet connections.  Protection is delivered in a compact 1 RU form-factor – an industry first – scaling to 4Tbps of protection in a single rack. The expansion of the SmartWall product line is a direct response...

Today, the community driven, non-profit organisation prpl Foundation, announced Inteno as a new member.  A major European supplier of residential software and hardware Inteno will help develop one of prpl’s major open source initiatives, prplwrt. With Inteno as a member of prpl and contributor to the prplwrt working group, the community can benefit from Inteno’s experience in developing carrier grade versions of OpenWrt gateways - key to securing the many Internet of Things (IoT) devices in...

DDoS defense provider NSFOCUS has announced that Jens Andreassen has been named Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. In his role at NSFOCUS, Andreassen will be responsible for launching new products and growing the company’s business outside of China – focusing on growing its foothold in North America, EMEA, Japan and APAC. Andreassen joins NSFOCUS at a pivotal time – as the company seeks to expand its market share and continue to develop and deliver best-in-class cloud,...

Last year saw a surge in global companies including Yahoo, social giant LinkedIn and even the administration team of American presidential candidate, Hilary Clinton, suffered reputational damage due to significant IT hacks. However, it seems that UK businesses also took a hit, with almost one in five (18%) being targeted by hackers in the last 12 months. A new study carried out by office technology specialists, Altodigital, to better understand the impact of security breaches...