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Kaspersky Lab’s advanced exploit prevention system has identified a new Adobe Flash zero day exploit, used in an attack on 10 October by a threat actor known as BlackOasis. The exploit is delivered through a Microsoft Word document and deploys the FinSpy commercial malware. Kaspersky Lab has reported the vulnerability to Adobe, which has issued an advisory. According to Kaspersky Lab researchers, the zero day, CVE-2017-11292, has been spotted in a live attack, and they...

Carbon Black, the leader in next-generation endpoint security, today announced the release of: “The Ransomware Economy: How and Why the Dark Web Marketplace for Ransomware Is Growing at a Rate of More Than 2,500% Per Year.” Carbon Black released the report at the company’s largest event of the year, Cb Connect, a conference in San Francisco bringing together hundreds of security professionals from around the world to discuss the latest trends and threats in cybersecurity....

Immersive Labs, the highly accoladed UK cyber security startup that helps companies identify and develop talent through a unique cloud-based cyber training and assessment platform, will launch The Digital Cyber Academy (DCA) on October 19th, at Level 39, Canary Wharf, London. The DCA encourages full-time students around the world to develop cyber skills by immersing users in real-world exercises through online cyber labs and establishing a global leaderboard that can be used by employers and...

There are many ongoing discussions about the use of blockchain across various industries and markets.   In short, it is the distributed ledger technology or underlying foundation of Bitcoin, one of the most high-profile cryptocurrencies.   There are both public and private blockchains, and each has its own set of strengths and weaknesses regarding security. But the system itself, which records transactions, is reasonably secure, which strengthens the belief that cryptocurrencies are secure. Sadly, that...

Sophos , a global leader in network and endpoint security, has become a Corporate Foundation Sponsor at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC), where the history of computing and security can be seen in action with the world’s largest collection of functioning historical computers. Sophos has committed to sponsor the museum until 2020, and will provide expertise and counsel as well as support the museum’s ongoing development of exhibit space and visitor experience.   The...

Imperva have announced this week that they are expanding their Incapsula network. Alongside this expansion of the Incapsula network, Imperva will also be engaging in a significant investment in second-generation DDoS attack mitigation technology. This investment will facilitate Imperva being able to perform faster, and will also mean the introduction of an industry-leading 10 second DDoS mitigation SLA (service level agreement) to minimize the disruption to business in the extremely unfortunate event of a DDoS...

A new European report released today by CDNetworks, the global content delivery network (CDN) and cloud security provider, has revealed that spending on DDoS mitigation in the UK and DACH has increased sharply over the last twelve months. This has led to widespread confidence amongst IT heads in their DDoS resilience. But despite the greater investment, these same companies also confessed to a high proportion of DDoS attacks being successful in the last 12 months,...

Businesses in EMEA are increasingly turning to the Microsoft Office 365 productivity suite, yet with all the recent cyber attacks, security concerns remain one of the biggest barriers to cloud adoption. This was one of the findings from a global study of more than 1,100 organisations conducted by Barracuda Networks, Inc. (NYSE: CUDA), a leader in Cloud-enabled security and data protection solutions.   The 2017 study, titled “Office 365 Adoption: Drivers, Risks, and Opportunities” aimed to...

Most people these days are aware of the prevalence of hackers and the fact that they’re continually finding new ways and techniques to get access to information and crash systems. However, lots of consumers don’t realize how much they are actually putting themselves at risk by not securing their smart-home devices. With more and more connected gadgets becoming available and making their way into people’s homes, this is a booming market not just for retailers...

According to SailPoint’s 9th annual Market Pulse Survey, senior IT decision makers say that more cyber risks are being created outside of the IT department’s visibility; yet it remains IT’s responsibility to mitigate these risks. The survey found that organisations need to better define and enforce corporate policies company-wide, addressing risks like shadow IT and bring your own device (BYOD) given today’s increasingly mobile, agile workforce. Recent sprawling attacks like WannaCry that affected organisations worldwide,...