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Two years after the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was first announced, a fifth (20%) of UK IT decision makers are still unaware of its existence, according to research from Trend Micro. Of those that do, almost a third (29%) don’t think that the regulation would apply to their organisation, or are unsure. GDPR, formally adopted by the European Parliament on April 14th, will come into force in the UK in 2018 and will...

In the past year, over one-in-four young Internet users have lost their devices (17 per cent) or had their devices stolen (13 per cent), with a third losing access to their online accounts, or suffering from a loss of data privacy as a result. According to the research from Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, young users lose devices more frequently than older adults. Whilst one-in-seven users (14 per cent) overall has experienced the loss or...

Compromised credentials are still the cause of almost a quarter of all data breaches. That’s a key finding from a new Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) survey titled, “Identity Solutions: Security Beyond the Perimeter” In February 2016, the CSA released a report titled, “The Treacherous Twelve: Cloud Computing Top Threats in 2016,” which revealed top concerns of IT security professionals in cloud computing. Data breaches, account hijacking and malicious insiders all rated as top threats. These...

Despite recent efforts by Google to address Android security vulnerabilities through a series of software patches, mobile handset providers are not demonstrating the urgency required to bring these fixes to all of their users. As a result, app providers themselves need to take the initiative and implement their own measures to keep user data safe. This is according to Norwegian app security firm Promon. Google’s recently published Android Security 2015 Annual Report has revealed that,...

Cyber attacks from US-based IP addresses have increased for the third consecutive year, making the US a major source of hostile cyber activity. That’s according to the NTT 2016 Global Threat Intelligence Report published today. The annual Report contains security threats gathered during 2015 from 8,000 clients of the NTT Group security companies including Dimension Data, Solutionary, NTT Com Security, NTT R&D, and NTT Innovation Institute (NTTi3). This year’s data is based on 3.5 trillion security...

Wandera, the leader in mobile data security and management, today announced the findings of its latest quarterly Mobile Data Report – an analysis of mobile security and data usage trends and traffic patterns across its global network of enterprise mobile devices. App leaks continue The report reveals a continued rise in apps and mobile websites leaking credit card data, with several new cases from prominent brands, including the Hong Kong metro system. Wandera has discovered...

Infosecurity Europe, Europe’s largest and most comprehensive Information Security event, is delighted to announce Brian Honan, Founder and CEO of BH Consulting will be inducted into the event’s Hall of Fame for 2016. Established in 2008, the Infosecurity Europe Hall of Fame celebrates the achievements of internationally recognised information security visionaries, luminaries, practitioners and advocates.   Brian Honan’s inclusion in Infosecurity Europe’s Hall of Fame recognises his long term contribution to the information security sector, including...

A Kaspersky Lab Global Research & Analysis Team (GReAT) expert has conducted real field research at a private clinic in an attempt to explore its security weaknesses and how to address them. Vulnerabilities were found in medical devices that opened a door for cybercriminals to access the personal data of patients, as well as their physical well-being. A modern clinic is a complicated system. It has sophisticated medical devices that comprise fully functional computers with...

WinMagic, Inc. marked its appearance at Cloud Security Expo yesterday with the release of a new study analysing the disconnect between end-user employees and IT managers. Two simultaneous studies polled 1000 employees and 250 IT managers respectively from businesses across UK to discover the importance of IT and data security in the workplace. Rifts in perception versus reality between these two groups revealed habits and knowledge-gaps that compromise UK plc’s cybersecurity. High-profile breaches have prompted...

Symantec has today launched its annual Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR), which reveals highly-skilled cyber criminals with skills sets that echo those of nation-state attackers, are fuelling an exponential growth in online crime. This is leaving businesses at risk of suffering more than 3 cyber-attacks a year according to new research from Symantec who are calling for CISOs to plan for more than one attack. Cyber criminals are adopting corporate best practices and establishing professional businesses...