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More than three-quarters of IT professionals have seen and kept secret potentially embarrassing information about their colleagues, according to new research conducted by Unified Security Management™ leader AlienVault™. The research, which surveyed the attitudes of more than 600 IT professionals into how they are treated, found that many are being called in to help get their colleagues out of embarrassing situations at the office. Almost all the respondents (95%) said that they have fixed a...

Encryption can be a response to many data security requirements – but only if you choose the proper solution, implement it thoroughly and don’t overestimate its power. Regardless of whether you want to protect your data or anything else, remember that security is an ongoing process. If you are faced with the need to choose a proper encryption solution, your job does not end just with getting one. Encryption doesn't make your data secure by...

Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team has discovered signs of previously unknown attacks by the Russian-speaking BlackEnergy APT group. A spear-phishing document found by the company’s experts mentions the far-right Ukrainian nationalist political party “Right Sector” and appears to have been used in an attack against a popular television channel in Ukraine.  BlackEnergy is a highly dynamic threat actor and the latest attacks in Ukraine indicate that destructive actions are on their main agenda,...

Cyber security company Imperva has released its latest quarterly DDoS Threat Landscape Report, which details the changes in DDoS attack patterns during Q4 2015. The report was compiled using data from 3,997 network layer and 5,443 application layer DDoS attacks mitigated by the Imperva Incapsula services from October 1 through November 29, 2015, which we refer to as Q4 or the fourth quarter. Some of the key findings from the report revealed that in the...

Data Privacy Day - or Data Protection Day if you’re in Europe - is upon us once again.  Even Google has gotten involved; reminding everyone of all the tools they have at their disposal to control their privacy settings.  Despite some backlash on Twitter from folks annoyed with Google for not using the European recognised “Data Protection Day”,  the IT Security Guru for one says let’s not call the whole thing off.  If chocolate cake...

The increasing prevalence of the Internet of Things (IoT) in modern society presents significant opportunities for individuals, companies and states to have more control over their technology, and greater access to information, than ever before. Yet, the approach to safeguarding against the threat of cybersecurity is lagging behind the rate of development, according to a new report released today by Telefónica, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. Entitled ‘Scope, scale and risk...

Foursys - cybersecurity specialist for more than 20 years - today shares the results of its IT security survey, conducted last month. The results, displayed here as an infographic,  show that ransomware was behind 42% of security breaches. More than 400 UK-based IT managers took part in the Foursys survey, revealing insights into their security posture. Over half of the respondents worked in organisations with more than 500 employees.  Survey highlights Overall, 62% of respondents...

With acceptance of mobile and other new forms of payments expected to double in the next two years, a new global study shows a critical need for organisations to improve their payment data security practices. This is according to a recent survey of more than 3,700 IT security practitioners from more than a dozen major industry sectors conducted by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security....

Three quarters of the Western European workforce will be mobile by 2018 and require the ability to access and process information quickly and securely in order to maintain and increase productivity, a new whitepaper from the analysts IDC has found. In addressing this changing environment, the IDC whitepaper states smart multifunction printers (smart MFPs) need to provide the option to digitise documents while safeguarding sensitive company data against any threats or viruses by providing secure...

Nearly three-quarters (72 per cent) of UK consumers online are concerned about the level of protection given to the personal information they share with brands and organisations online. This is according to a new survey commissioned by Informatica, the world’s number one independent software provider focused on delivering transformative innovation for the future of all things data. Following a string of high profile data breaches, ‘The State of the Data Nation’ research reveals that British...