Editor's News

A record number of students (424,000) are leaving the nest for their first taste of university life this September; fully loaded with phones, tablets and laptops for all their studying and Netflix needs. Despite a quarter of teenagers reporting that they are “almost constantly” online, only half of students (50%) ensure they have the necessary security software installed to keep their devices and data safe according to research from Intel Security. Security breaches and viruses...

Blue Coat Systems, Inc., recently acquired by Symantec, the global leader in cyber-security, today revealed the results of an online study carried out by YouGov among 3,130 workers in various industries across Great Britain, France and Germany. The survey suggests that organisations are still being exposed to increasingly sophisticated cyber-threats posed by social engineering, where personal and work information is gathered, often via social media, and used to deliver advanced threats into networks. Despite the...

US airline Delta has revealed that the total cost of its recent five-hour IT outage (which saw over 2,000 flights either cancelled or severely delayed over a three-day period in August) was approximately $150 million USD. This figure shows how much of an impact even a small amount of IT downtime can have on an organisation and should serve as a stark warning to others, according to Peter Groucutt, managing director of disaster recovery provider...

Bromium®, Inc., the pioneer of next-generation endpoint protection, today released its semi-annual Bromium Labs Threat Report, an analysis conducted by its research team on cyber attacks and threats affecting enterprise security over the last six months. The findings show that as Microsoft has improved Windows security it seems to be paying off. The good news is while the number of vulnerabilities is steadily increasing, not all exploitable vulnerabilities are actually exploited. The bad news is,...

A recent survey by app security specialist Promon has revealed that mobile users are massively unaware of cyberthreats, with an overwhelming 89 per cent of respondents admitting they wouldn’t know if their device has been infected through a cyber attack. Users’ lack of awareness of mobile threats presents a significant challenge for businesses across every sector, meaning companies need to take extra steps to secure their customers’ data, says Promon.  Avoiding accessing important information via...

Cyber attacks aren’t slowing down – in fact, 76 percent of organisations have experienced a breach within the last two years. Enterprises of all sizes, across every industry, are challenged to respond to increasingly complex and severe attacks – often only learning about the size, severity, and type of incident they’re dealing with as their security teams work to stop them. However, many organisations continue to maintain a reactive approach – implementing stand-alone point solutions...

e92plus, the award-winning value-added distributor, is delighted to announce a partnership with NSFOCUS, the enterprise-level network security solutions vendor. NSFOCUS was founded in 2000, and has enjoyed outstanding success and growth to become a leader for vulnerability analysis, threat understanding and security intelligence solutions. As part of the international expansion, the partnership with e92plus will be central to helping establish NSFOCUS as the choice for next generation protection against modern attacks, and providing the most...

Although they handle their organisation’s most confidential and sensitive information, mid-market MDs and CxOs could be the weakest link when it comes to safeguarding that information. Research into information management and security practices in the mid-market commissioned by leading storage and information management company Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) suggests that business leaders are the worst offenders when it comes to mismanaging sensitive business information. Over half (57%) the CxOs/MDs questioned say they have left business-sensitive...

Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered a modification of the Gugi banking trojan that can bypass new Android 6 security features designed to block phishing and ransomware attacks. The modified trojan forces users into giving it the right to overlay genuine apps, send and view SMS, make calls, and more.  It is spread through social engineering and its use by cybercriminals is growing rapidly. Between April and early August, 2016, there was a ten-fold increase in...

Netskope, the leader in cloud security, today announced the release of the September 2016 Netskope Cloud Report™ on enterprise cloud app usage and trends. In response to the growing threat of ransomware across enterprises, the report took a closer look at the prevalence of ransomware and how it spreads through cloud apps within an organisation. According to the report, 43.7 per cent of malware found in enterprises cloud apps have delivered ransomware, and 55.9 per...