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In Q2 2016, the average level of spam emails in overall email traffic equaled 57.3 per cent, according to the quarterly report on Spam and Phishing by Kaspersky Lab. This is a four per cent increase compared to Q2 2015, and one per cent increase in comparison to the previous quarter. The US elections, especially news about one particular candidate - Donald Trump - became the new hot spam topic this quarter. During the past...

M-Files Corporation, a provider of solutions that dramatically improve how businesses manage documents and other information, today announced the findings from a joint survey conducted with The Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) that highlight the prevalence of information security breaches at most organisations. The survey revealed that 38 per cent of organisations have experienced one or more information security breaches within the past year. In addition, nearly one-third (31 per cent) of respondents feel...

Kaspersky Lab announced today the results of a survey, conducted in partnership with IDC Financial Insights, which found that banking customers are hesitant to use mobile features due to fraud and security concerns. The findings show that of those not using mobile banking at all today (36 per cent), more than half of them (74 per cent) cited security as the major reason, which could slow the overall adoption of mobile banking services during a...

Figures from the Robert Walters UK Jobs Index have revealed that vacancies for IT professionals were up 15% in July compared to June. While Britain’s decision to leave the EU has created a climate of economic uncertainty, demand has remained high for IT professionals with a strong community of start-up businesses playing a key role. Ahsan Iqbal, Associate Director at Robert Walters, comments “In several major UK cities, particularly Birmingham and Manchester small tech start-ups have...

MYPINPAD, an enabler of multi-factor authentication for touchscreen devices such as mobile phones and tablets, is being asked whether the digital commerce industry has compromised consumer security in favour of user experience. Recent news reports about increased levels of fraud across the likes of Amazon Prime, Uber, eBay and Vodafone have opened up the debate.  Are the rising fraud levels attributable to the ‘fragmented’ approach that the fintech industry takes in dealing with fraud? Have...

The Kaspersky Lab Global Research and Analysis Team has discovered a new wave of targeted attacks against the industrial and engineering sectors in multiple countries around the world. Using spear-phishing emails and malware based on commercial spyware kit, criminals hunt for valuable business related data stored in their victims’ networks. In total over 130 organisations from 30 countries, including Spain, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, India, Egypt, United Kingdom, Germany, Saudi Arabia and other countries were...

Okta, the leading provider of identity and device management for the cloud and mobile enterprise, today announced the findings of its first Secure Business Agility report. Based on data compiled from surveying 300 IT and security professionals, the report reveals that while most organisations fundamentally believe connecting people to the best technology is vital to business productivity, many struggle to achieve agility due to traditional on-premise security mindsets. Failing to adapt and upgrade security tools...

A lack of understanding of how to mitigate employee negligence is leaving firms wide open to cyber-attacks, a whitepaper published by defence and security consultancy QinetiQ has warned. In an analysis of government data and work with its own clients, QinetiQ has identified a clear gap between employee knowledge and their actions, concluding that security training alone will not change employee behaviours, with QinetiQ advocating a more holistic approach to security, designed with the integration...

Duo Security, a cloud-based trusted access provider protecting the world’s largest and fastest-growing companies, today published research that illustrates the risk phishing attacks present in the enterprise. Since its July 2016 launch, around 400 companies have begun using Duo Insight, a free tool that lets IT teams run internal phishing simulations. Of the 11,542 users who received a phishing email from their IT team, 31% of organizations are at risk of a data breach due...

Large businesses that struggle to attract sufficiently skilled IT security experts end up paying up to three times more to recover from a cybersecurity incident. This is one of the key findings of a recent report prepared by Kaspersky Lab, based on the experience of company experts and data from the 2016 Corporate IT Security Risks survey. Besides the measurable budget impact, a significant share of businesses is observing a growth in wages, a general...