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Cyber security professionals in Germany have median base salaries on average 17% higher than in the UK according to Willis Towers Watson’s Cyber Pay survey. Willis Towers Watson’s Data Services High Tech Compensation survey shows that Germany leads cyber security pay in Europe, followed closely by Ireland and France. The UK ranks fifth at, driven in part by weakness in the pound. For example a mid-level cyber security professional in Germany is likely to earn...

SPYSE team, a group of highly-skilled security specialists and IT experts of the area, has just released CertDB, which is an SSL Certificate search engine that could be used for the various purposes. The mission of the project lies in blurring the widespread belief that an SSL Certificate is just a minor collection of the data files that digitally bond the cryptographic key to the businesses' details. On the opposite, the creators of CertDB aim...

Kaspersky Lab’s researchers have discovered evidence of an emerging and alarming trend: more and more advanced cyber threat actors are turning their attention to attacks against the healthcare sector. The infamous PlugX malware has been detected in pharmaceutical organisations in Vietnam, aimed at stealing precious drug formulas and business information. PlugX malware is a well-known remote access tool (RAT). It is usually spread via spear phishing and has previously been detected in targeted attacks against...

Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered multiple security vulnerabilities in popular smart cameras that are frequently used as baby monitors, or for internal home and office security surveillance. According to the research, the uncovered flaws could allow attackers to obtain remote access to video and audio feeds from the cameras, remotely disable these devices, execute arbitrary malicious code on them and do many other things. Modern smart cameras contain an advanced number of functions, providing users...

 Spiceworks today announced the results of a new survey examining the adoption and security of biometric authentication technology in the workplace. The results show 62 percent of organisations currently use biometric authentication technology, and an additional 24 percent plan to utilise it within the next two years. The findings indicate that although most IT professionals believe biometric authentication is more secure than traditional forms of authentication, such as text-based passwords, PIN numbers, and personal security questions,...

Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team has published the results of its own research into attacks by the Olympic Destroyer malware, providing technical evidence of a very sophisticated false flag placed inside the worm by the malware creator in order to knock threat hunters off the trail to its real origin. The Olympic Destroyer worm made some headlines during the Winter Olympic Games. The Pyeongchang Olympics experienced a cyberattack that temporarily paralysed IT systems...

Bitdefender, a leading global cybersecurity technology company protecting 500 million users worldwide, released research today that reveals 74% of C-Level IT decision makers believe the government should have done more to explain to organisations what the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is, and how companies should best prepare. Simultaneously, more than half (52%) believe that the press and/or infosec marketing departments are guilty of over-hyping the GDPR.  A figure that rises to 65% amongst Chief...

Budding cyber security professionals gained a valuable insight into the world of cyber security and how to pursue a career in the industry at last week’s event run by the not-for-profit Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP) and Cyber Security Challenge UK (CSC).     The event was organised as part of the IISP’s ongoing work with Universities to help develop the cyber security professionals of the future. Working with commercial organisations and government, the...

NTT Security, the specialised security company for NTT Group, has warned that organisations could be targeted by malware designed for mining cryptocurrency. In a new report out today, researchers at its Global Threat Intelligence Center (GTIC) share their report into a type of malware solely designed to mine Monero (XMR), a form of cryptocurrency affording its users the greatest amount of anonymity. At the time of analysis, GTIC researchers found around 12,000 Monero mining malware samples, with the earliest...

Fraudsters on the dark web could buy your entire personal identity for just £820, according to the UK’s first Dark Web Market Price Index by Virtual Private Network (VPN) comparison service Top10VPN.com. Bank account logins, passport details and even access to your Netflix account are worth money to bidders on dark web markets - but the low price point of this information will spark concerns that valuable personal details are all too readily available to...