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IP EXPO Europe, Europe's number one enterprise IT event has today launched its 2016 IT showcase, to take place on 5-6 October 2016 at the ExCeL in London. Following the success of last year’s event, IP EXPO Europe has announced a collection of influential speakers who will be holding keynotes over the two-day event focusing on the six themes of Cloud, Cyber Security, Networks and Infrastructure, Data Analytics, DevOps, and new for 2016, Open Source....

F-Secure Labs has uncovered a strain of malware that appears to be targeting parties involved in the recently decided Philippines vs. China case regarding the two countries’ South China Sea dispute. The malware, dubbed NanHaiShu by F-Secure researchers, is a Remote Access Trojan that allows attackers to exfiltrate data from infected machines. The malware and its use leading up to the 12th July case ruling are detailed in a new F-Secure report, NanHaiShu: RATing the...

Xively by LogMeIn, Inc. (Nasdaq:LOGM) has released the findings of a new commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of LogMeIn, Simplifying the Complexity of IoT, that reveals product companies may be missing a huge opportunity when it comes to their Internet connected products.  The research found that while many companies (51% of those surveyed) are collecting data from their connected products, only about one-third are actually using this data to create actionable insights...

A recent survey conducted by OnePoll on behalf of security and privacy advice and comparison website Comparitech.com has found that 67% of the UK public who regularly use the Windows operating system would at least consider switching from Windows to Mac due to privacy concerns, with 15% insisting they would definitely consider swapping. Interestingly, 33% said they would not even consider switching operating systems, despite Windows 10 collecting user data that would raise concern over...

Malwarebytes™, the leading advanced malware prevention and remediation solution, released new findings today on the growing threat to companies from ransomware. The multi-country study surveyed 540 CIOs, CISOs and IT Directors from companies with an average of 5,400 staff across the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Germany and found that nearly 40 percent of businesses have experienced a ransomware attack in the last year. Of these victims, more than a third lost revenue and 20 percent...

ESET researchers discovered fake versions of Prisma, a popular photo transformation app on the Google Play Store. Among them were also dangerous Trojan Downloaders. Before the release of the Android version of Prisma, a popular photo transformation app, fake Prisma apps of different types, including several dangerous Trojan Downloaders flooded the Google Play Store. Before being removed at ESET’s notice, Prisma copycats reached over 1.5 million downloads. Prisma is a unique photo editor created by...

Lastline has been recognized as the top security effectiveness performer in the NSS Labs 2016 Breach Detection Group Test. NSS Labs’ latest Breach Detection Systems (BDS) Test saw seven of the leading BDS vendors were examined for security effectiveness, performance, and total cost of ownership: Check Point, Cisco, FireEye, Fortinet, Lastline, Palo Alto Networks and Trend Micro - with a total of nine products. Lastline Enterprise was the only vendor to receive a perfect detection...

NSFOCUS IB today confirmed its new partnership with Spectrami, continuing its expansion into Africa and the Middle East. NSFOCUS was founded in 2000 to provide enterprise-level network security solutions and services primarily in the Asia/Pacific market. The new NSFOCUS International Business subsidiary brings advanced security solutions to the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. “We’re extremely excited by the opportunities this partnership opens up to us and we are pleased to expand the...

It’s a nightmare scenario for any IT manager, receiving a phone call to hear that hundreds of computers have been infected with ransomware, knocking critical systems offline and putting their organisation's entire operations at risk. That’s what happened to one large organisation earlier this year, when it found itself the victim of a carefully planned and executed ransomware attack. What was uncovered from our investigation was a perfect example of an emerging form of corporate-specific...

Kaspersky Lab has released its report on botnet-assisted DDoS attacks for the second quarter of 2016 based on data provided by Kaspersky DDoS Intelligence*. The number of attacks on resources located on Chinese servers grew considerably, while Brazil, Italy and Israel all appeared among the leading countries hosting C&C servers.  During the reporting period, DDoS attacks affected resources in 70 countries, with targets in China suffering the most (77 per cent of all attacks). Germany...