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Research by cyber security company Positive Technologies, has uncovered the depth of impact on customer loyalty in the aftermath of a hacking incident. Almost half of the 1000 people questioned by Onepoll (48%) claimed they’d cancel accounts if a provider of theirs suffered a data breach.  In addition, 35% said they would actively avoid choosing a company that had been hacked in the future if they were switching provider. Speaking about the findings, Alex Mathews...

The news that more than 412 million accounts and user credentials were exposed following the breach of FriendFinder Networks should serve as a reminder to both organisations and individuals about the weaknesses of passwords. Gideon Wilkins, VP of Sales and Marketing at Secure Cloudlink, believes that due to the high incentive for cyber-criminals to steal this information, passwords as a form of authentication should be eliminated completely from the security equation.  According to LeakedSource, which acquired...

Intel Security reveals over a third of Brits are planning to gift an internet-connected device this Christmas, despite UK consumers already owning an average of four connected devices*. Smartphones and tablets come top of the list, with 42% planning to upgrade their friend’s and family’s gadgets to the latest models. Intel Security also found the top two most popular gifts this year are the two most easily and frequently hacked, and typically hold the highest...

Panda Security’s anti-malware laboratory, has released a whitepaper with a timeline of the most notorious cyber-security attacks around the world on critical infrastructure, and recommendations on how to protect these infrastructures from attacks on the backbone of today’s economies. Malware and targeted attacks Today’s increasing trend towards interconnecting all types of infrastructure also increases potential points of entry for attacks on the services that have become essential for today’s societies. This is apparent with the...

 Agari, a leading cybersecurity company, today released the results of a commissioned survey, Email Security: Social Engineering Report, conducted by Information Security Media Group (ISMG) on behalf of Agari, which examined the impact of social engineering on organizations across a range of industrial sectors in the U.S. The results revealed that 60 percent of surveyed security leaders say their organizations were or may have been victim of at least one targeted social engineering attack in...

Leading commercial insurer RSA has today released a report, Future Impacts, which assesses the effects of economic events such as Brexit on business growth, as well as the risks that businesses face and how they are managing those risks. The research found that Brexit is not perceived as a risk by 78% of businesses in IT and computing, with 35% stating that leaving the EU will have no impact at all, and 43% saying it...

Bitdefender experts predict a marked rise in IoT attacks against individuals and companies alike, continuing trouble with encrypting ransomware, IoT botnets, adware and the revival of darknet markets for illegal goods and services. Ransomware - more prevalent than ever. Building on the massive financial milestones in 2016, ransomware operations will likely dedicate more resources to improving automated targeting in 2017. This feature will help them discriminate between home users and corporations, and trying to extort...

Jason Hart, CTO Data Protection, Gemalto, is today predicting that data integrity breaches are set to send shockwaves throughout the world in 2017, with at least one ‘almighty’ breach disclosure of this type expected next year. Data integrity is a promise or assurance that information can be accessed or modified only by authorised users. Data integrity attacks compromise that promise, with the aim of gaining unauthorised access to modify data for a number of ulterior...

Visa today announced shoppers in the UK spent more than £2Bn on Visa cards on the day that has come to signify the kick-off of the Christmas retail season, with nearly half of that spend occurring online.  This total is up 13% compared to Black Friday 2015.  Whether online or in-store, buying gifts or enjoying Christmas revelry, shoppers are foregoing cash, opting for the speed and convenience of contactless cards and new payment methods. UPTAKE...

Graduates are changing jobs more often than previous generations. It is estimated that by the time today’s millennials reach the age of 32, they will have changed jobs four times. With this trend for job hopping comes an increase in the number of employment records that HR departments must retain, store securely and ultimately destroy within a legally determined timeframe. However, recent research from Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM), the global leader in storage and information...