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Jimmy Wales, entrepreneur and founder of Wikipedia, will deliver the opening keynote speech this year at Europe’s number one IT event, IP EXPO Europe 2015, taking place at London’s ExCeL.  At the event on Wednesday 7th October, Wales will discuss the current state and future of Internet privacy and online censorship. Famous for creating the world’s largest online encyclopaedia and for his controversial views on online freedom of speech, in this insightful speech, Jimmy will...

The evaluation of Edward Snowden's documents still bring new information about the scale of the NSA scandal to light. According to a report from the New York Times from the 15th August, the US telephone provider AT&T helped the NSA spy on internet traffic in a form which was described by the NSA itself as being “a partnership, not a contractual relationship”. Most recently 60 million emails were forwarded illegally to the NSA every day...

•    Most successful cyber-attacks are down to human error not inadequate technology – cyber-security is a leadership issue •    Shortsightedness in the C-suite is a serious problem: CEOs need to take charge and create high-reliability organisations •    To do so, they should embrace the core principles practised by the US military that consistently minimise risk and successfully repel more than 30 million cyber-attacks a year  As organisations worldwide continue to fall victim to cyber-attacks made...

KnowBe4 issued a statement over the weekend warning IT managers of a new blast of ransomware infections caused by malvertizing, misusing publishing network Adspirit.de. This network is used by companies such as Drudgereport.com, Weather.com, wunderground.com and has apparently spread to eBay and AOL.com, sites visited by millions of users according to security researchers at MalwareBytes and reported by SC Magazine. According to KnowBe4 CEO Stu Sjouwerman, “The same cybercrime lowlifes that infected the Yahoo website...

OPSWAT, provider of solutions to secure and manage IT infrastructure, and Arbit Security, specialised in high-end IT security products, today announced their partnership to provide secure and threat-free data flow for high security networks, including Industrial Control Systems (ICS), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) networks and Government and Military classified networks. Aspen Institute Research recently reported that 9 out of 10 IT security professionals at 625 critical infrastructure organisations have experienced at least one...

Auriga Consulting Ltd (Auriga), the expert data, ICT and security consultancy, today warned that an over emphasis on defence is leaving the financial sector exposed to cyber attack. An increase in threat levels has seen the sector bolster defences by focusing on detection and attack response but recovery remains a fragmented process with little investment in Cyber Resilience. Cyber Resilience uses threat intelligence and existing internal resource to enable the organisation to cope with the...

Cryptzone, a provider of dynamic, context-aware network, application and content security solutions, today announced the appointment of Leo Taddeo as Chief Security Officer (CSO). Taddeo, former Special Agent in Charge of the Special Operations/Cyber Division of the FBI’s New York Office, will be responsible for analyzing the cybersecurity market to help shape Cryptzone’s vision for security solutions. Prior to joining Cryptzone, Taddeo led more than 400 agents and professional support staff in cyber investigations, surveillance...

Ofcom this month revealed that Smartphones have overtaken laptops as the most popular device for getting online, but businesses rushing to create apps to reach this market might be wasting their time, according to a new study. New research by web hosting company and domain name registrar 34SP.com into the mobile habits of 1,000 Brits, found that many are deleting apps from their mobile phones at an alarming rate – with 2 in 5 admitting...

A survey of over 200 IT professionals at this year’s InfoSecurity Europe has found that, while almost 80% of organisations have a process for employees to report phishing emails to the IT/security department, most don’t. In fact, over half of those spoken with (52%) estimated employees report less than 25% of dodgy emails. Digging a little deeper revealed only 8% think that more than 75% of suspicious messages are reported. This surprising statistic comes in...

On the anniversary of this infamous crime, we ask - how would it be investigated if it happened in 2015? By Martyn Ruks, Technical Director of MWR InfoSecurity. 52 years ago today, on a quiet piece of track somewhere in Buckinghamshire, a Royal mail train was held up by a gang of 15 men, robbing it of the large quantity of cash it was hauling to London. After a successful raid, they made off with...