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With it being 2018 and the start of a new year, one would assume it would bring a fresh start, filled with new possibilities and opportunities for the cyber industry. In reality, the problems have remained the same. Nearly every year seems to sprout an attack that impacts organisations on a global scale – 2017 was the year of WannaCry and Mirai in 2016. But for security professionals, there is an even bigger issue that has...

When an organisation is hacked, its customer data or other stolen information will often end up being sold on what’s known as the dark web. As I’m sure most readers will know, the dark web is a part of the internet where websites are not indexed by search engines and can only be accessed if you know the site address, effectively hiding them. Inside the dark web, ‘dark net’ markets sell contraband such as drugs...

Today Hiscox publishes its Cyber Readiness Report, surveying how prepared major institutions are to face cyber-attacks. Last year the report found many businesses underprepared for cybersecurity threats. The need for financial institutions to be prepared against cyberattacks is doubly pressing this year, following a raft of new regulations. These have shifted the mandate from one of annual compliance exercises to an ongoing assurance that IT systems are prepared and secure. A variety of products offer...

WORLD leading initiatives by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have detected and prevented millions of online commodity attacks against the UK, figures published today (February 5) have shown.   The results of the UK government’s new bold approach to tackling cyber crime are detailed in ‘Active Cyber Defence – One Year On’, a comprehensive summary compiled by the NCSC’s Technical Director Dr Ian Levy.   Four pioneering Active Cyber Defence (ACD) programmes – Web...

AlienVault researchers have listed Sofacy, also known as Fancy Bear or APT28, as the most capable hacking group in the world. This was based on ranking the top threat actors which have been reported the most frequently on the AlienVault Open Threat Exchange (OTX) Platform.   The results were then formulated to measure the cyber group's activity (the number of times AlienVault vendors reported them) alongside the measure of their known capabilities over the past...

By Jackson Shaw, VP of product management for One Identity Facial recognition and fingerprint scanning for device authentication are no longer futuristic concepts reserved for James Bond movies. In fact, biometrics seem to be gaining ground over their inferior cousin, the password, by the day. So, why do we all still have more passwords than we would care to remember? And whatever happened to the much-hyped “death of the password”? Three burning questions that dog...

A10 Networks, a Secure Application Services™ company, today launched new research examining the behaviour and attitudes of the workforce towards the use of business and personal apps and its impact on risk, security and corporate culture. The Application Intelligence Report (AIR) was commissioned by A10 Networks and conducted independently with the intent to provide education for employers that helps them assess corporate policies and ultimately protect their businesses and applications by becoming more aware of...

Delphix, the company that has changed the dynamics of managing and consuming data, today announced that leading analyst firm KuppingerCole issued a new report outlining how businesses can prepare for data compliance challenges under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). With just under four months until it takes effect, the report details immediate actions any global organisation can take to ensure they are not subject to millions - or billions - in fines and lost revenues....

Unfortunately, it has become critically important that we are vigilant when it comes to online security. Cyber crime has become so common that it is not just the global businesses that get targeted but smaller businesses and even personal online devices are now targeted. And there are so many different variations of cyber crime now that it is increasingly difficult for authorities to counter. For example, cyber crime involves hacking, viruses/malware, denial of service attacks...

Ever wondered what the role of a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) encompasses? To put it simply, they are the guardians and protectors of everything information security related to a business. However, the tasks are far from simple as their teams work around the clock to respond to incidences that directly affect the safety of the company and its data. As the issues in cyber have evolved, so too has the role of the CISO,...