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The majority of the UK’s small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) have either not heard of – or are uncertain about - the impact of the EU’s new data protection legislation, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which was adopted in April 2016 and takes effect within two years. The findings, which form part of Close Brothers’ quarterly survey of UK SME owners and senior management from a range of sectors, found that 82% of companies...

Holidays are meant to be a time to disconnect, unravel and indulge in the pleasures life has to offer - you've earned it after all that hard work right? Well for many UK workers, it appears this is not the case. New research by OneLogin, a cloud based identity and access management provider, has found that over a third of the UK workforce access work apps whilst on holiday and a quarter of us look at...

Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of endpoint protection and response, security and compliance solutions, today announced the results of a survey of 278 information security professionals attending Infosecurity Europe 2016. The conference took place June 7–9, 2016, at the Olympia Conference Centre in London. On June 23rd, a referendum will be held to determine whether the United Kingdom should leave or remain in the European Union (EU). If the U.K. decides to leave the...

A new survey amongst IT Decision Makers in UK businesses with one thousand or more employees reveals that 49 per cent of respondents admit to retaining access to their employer’s network, often for many months after leaving the company.  The survey commissioned by Protected Networks, supplier of the 8MAN, access rights management solution, highlights the poor track record of businesses in removing access rights for employees that have left the business.   The survey, conducted by...

To protect their privacy, paranoid users are turning to a multitude of different methods to keep their personal data away from prying eyes in the online world, including hiding their computers. Yet, multiple research studies from Kaspersky Lab show that not enough users are aware of the risks, and those that are, use the wrong methods to stay safe online. The research shows Internet users turning to a number of different methods to keep their...

Wendy’s Co., which reported a hacker attack earlier this year at its franchisee-owned restaurants, said that the breach was significantly bigger than it initially thought. Originally less than 300 of the company's 5,800 locations were impacted. This afternoon Wendy's said the number of stores impacted by the breach is "significantly higher" and that the intrusion may not yet be contained.  George Rice, senior director, payments at HPE Security - Data Security commented: “More than ever, retailers...

In December 2014, SophosLabs published a paper entitled Vawtrak – International Crimeware-as-a-Service, explaining how cybercriminals have adopted the “Pay As You Go” model that has become so popular in the mainstream technology industry. Cybercrooks have provided services to one another for years, for example by trading spamming lists, writing malware programs to order, and finding and selling vulnerabilities. But once you’ve provided another bunch of crooks with your malware source code files, or with access to...

Almost 14,000 online social media posts relating to UEFA Euro 2016, posted over one week, have made reference to the public concern for security at this year’s tournament, according to new research by Crisp Thinking, experts in social media risk defence. “With the majority of European cities on high alert for terrorism it is unsurprising that the wider web and social media are reflecting this concern,” said Caroline Skipsey, Head of Social Media Risk &...

Recent research has shown that a third of UK firms are stockpiling digital currencies such as bitcoin, in order to pay hackers to release their data in the event of a ransomware attack. This is an extremely dangerous course of action if it comes at the expense of preventative security measures, and increases the likelihood of severe consequences as a result of a data breach. This is according to app security specialists Promon. The research...

Imperva, Inc. (NYSE: IMPV), committed to protecting business-critical data and applications in the cloud and on-premises, today released its new Hacker Intelligence Initiative (HII) Report entitled: “Black Hat SEO: A Detailed Analysis of Illegal SEO Tactics.” The report details how researchers at the Imperva Defense Center (IDC) discovered a long-running and still active illegal attack that has been exploiting vulnerabilities in thousands of legitimate websites to increase the SEO results for illicit websites. One of the largest influencers of SEO...