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With smart watches, fitness trackers and payment wristbands expected to account for one in five mobile payment transactions by 2020 – representing $500 billion a year* – it is inevitable that they will become a growing target for cyber-attack, according to WISeKey and Kaspersky Lab. The two companies have today announced that they are developing technology that will deeply integrate authentication and data encryption into new wearable devices, enabling them to safely connect, communicate and...

Rapid7, Inc. (NASDAQ: RPD), a leading provider of security data and analytics solutions, today released the results of its 2015 Incident Detection and Response Survey. The survey includes findings from hundreds of security professionals at organizations of varied sizes across the globe on their biggest security concerns and planned initiatives for 2016. Punctuating the results were two key points: (1) 90% of organizations are worried about compromised credentials, though 60% say they cannot catch these...

Yesterday, AppRiver identified a phishing campaign claiming to come for a UK winery - Les Caves De Pyrene. The attack began early around 10am UK and continued for four hours, targeting the inboxes of those just heading into work. Fred Touchette, Manager of Security Research at AppRiver explains: “This attack spoofed a winery just outside of London and thanked the recipient for their recent payment, but stated that an invoice had been overlooked. The email...

A new study from internet security firm ESET has revealed that memory sticks, mobiles phones and dead rats are just some of the items dry cleaners find in dirty clothes each year. The study revealed that 22,266 USB memory sticks and 973 mobiles phones are left in pockets and a staggering 45 percent of the devices never get returned to their owners. As part of the research, ESET surveyed 500 dry cleaners across the UK...

KnowBe4 announced its explosive year over year growth of 358% for Q4 2015, with a record number of new corporate accounts and a stellar customer retention rate of over ninety percent. Fueling this growth is the strong demand for its Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training and integrated phishing platform. KnowBe4 has seen 2014-2015 annual growth of over 350% and consecutive growth for a record 10 straight quarters with an impressive 950% growth rate since 2011....

Most adults in the UK are now willing to embrace biometric identity for online banking. When it comes to managing accounts online, three in five people (61%) believe biometric identification is either just as secure, or more secure, than the current system of passwords.  This includes anything from emails and social media, to banking and pension log-ins. New research from Experian has highlighted growing consumer confidence in this technology for identification needs.  In fact, it...

The lack of unique logins, manual logoffs and concurrent logins is putting confidential information in the legal sector at risk, new research has revealed. A report by security software provider IS Decisions found that despite requirements by regulatory bodies, only 28% are prevented from concurrent logins on multiple machines, which not only puts information at risk but also narrows the options for investigation should something go wrong. A third (34%) of legal employees in the...

Vectra® Networks, the leader in real-time detection of in-progress cyber-attacks, today announced that the Vectra Threat Labs™ has verified that consumer-grade Internet of Things (IoT) products, such as Wi-Fi security web cameras, can be hacked and reprogrammed to serve as permanent backdoors, enabling potential attackers to remotely command and control a cyber attack without being detected by traditional security products. “Consumer-grade IoT products can be easily manipulated by an attacker, used to steal an organisation’s...

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader in content delivery network (CDN) services, issued today a new Web security threat advisory from the company’s Threat Research Division. Threat Research has identified a sophisticated search engine optimisation (SEO) campaign that uses SQL injections to attack targeted websites. Affected websites will distribute hidden Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) links that confuse search engine bots and erroneously impact page rankings. A full report detailing the attack is available...

When it comes to staying safe online, consumers aged 45 and over are more cautious than younger Internet users about sharing information, but can lack the knowledge to spot a damaging scam or imminent threat. According to recent consumer surveys* from Kaspersky Lab, those aged 24 and under are more willing to reveal information about themselves online and take fewer steps to protect themselves, but understand potential threats better and can recognise them more easily....