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Hackers Paradise:The Dark Web And Growing Cyberattacks On Businesses.

Attributed to: Ian Woolley, Chief Revenue Officer of Ensighten Despite more resources and investment being ploughed into data security, cybercriminals are still successfully stealing businesses' data. One group of hackers known as Magecart were found to be the cause of at least 319,000 data breach instances in 2018, according to RiskIQ’s Black Friday e-commerce Blacklist report. These JavaScript-sniffers (JS-sniffers) deploy a type of malware, whereby websites are injected with malicious JavaScript, designed to steal customer...

23% Of Global Domains Targeted By Cyber-Attacks, Says MarkMonito.

Almost one-quarter of brands have had their domain targeted by cyber criminals. This is according to the latest global research report released by MarkMonitor, a world leader in enterprise brand protection. The report also highlighted that 62% of brands reported that cybercrime impacted their business in the last year. Almost half of the sample believes brand infringement has increased over the last year, while 46% said that cyber threats influenced the development of their domain...

Javvad Malik Joins KnowBe4 As Security Awareness Advocate.

KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today announced the appointment of the well-known industry commentator and prolific blogger, Javvad Malik, as Security Awareness Advocate to its EMEA team. Javvad joins KnowBe4 from AT&T Cybersecurity where he was a Security Advocate and takes up his position with immediate effect. “Javvad is held in high-regard across the information security sector and is a person I have admired for some...

New SANS Cyber Security Skills Test And Roadshow Aim To Highlight Training Needs.

SANS Institute has launched a new campaign in EMEA to encourage people to test their cyber security knowledge and to help highlight the cyber security skills gap. Starting with a short, fun testcovering topics such as encryption, two-factor authentication, hashing, penetration testing and incident response, the Level Up websiteaims to attract potential new cyber security professionals into the industry. The website also aims to give existing industry professionals an idea of what skills they should...

Infosecurity Europe Exhibitor Line-Up Brings Together The ‘Who’s Who’ Of Leading Cyber And Information Security Professionals.

This year’s Infosecurity Europe – Europe’s number one information security event – is raising the bar for 2019 with over 400 exhibitors set to attend, featuring some of the most forward-thinking, innovative cyber security companies from around the world. To allow visitors to make the most of the event, Infosecurity Europe has introduced the new LaunchPad, an interactive one-stop-shop for visitors to listen and explore some of the new exhibitor novelties at the show, and...

MobileIron Announces Zero Trust Platform Making The World’s Most Ubiquitous Product – The Mobile Device – Your ID And Secure Access To The Enterprise.

MobileIron (NASDAQ:MOBL) introduces the industry’s first mobile-centric, zero trust security platform. MobileIron's mobile-centric strategy allows for continuous enforcement and protection of data, both on the device and on the network, with comprehensive correlation between the critical signals for zero trust: user, device, apps, networks, and threats. This makes the world’s most ubiquitous product – the mobile device – your ID and secure access to the enterprise. This platform goes beyond identity management and gateway approaches...

Record Level Of Vulnerabilities Sparks Cybersecurity Innovation Among Global Enterprises.

Dimension Data, the USD 8 billion global technology integrator and managed services provider for hybrid IT, has revealed exclusive findings from its Executive Guide to NTT Security’s 2019 Global Threat Intelligence Report concerning the cybersecurity maturity of organisations across a number of markets and sectors. Globally, the average cybersecurity maturity rating stands at a worrying 1.45 out of 5 – a score determined by an organisation’s holistic approach to cybersecurity from a process, metrics and...

Support The Unsung Heroes Of The Cybersecurity Industry.

If you’ve loved working in cybersecurity and want to give back you can do so by supporting the Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards. The Awards have been set up to reward all those great women and men who work tirelessly behind the scenes, day in – day out to protect us from cyber-attacks but rarely get any kind of recognition. At last you can nominate these folks and it doesn’t cost anything – but hold...

Series Of Special Events At Infosecurity Europe 2019 To Support, Educate And Nurture Information Security Professionals And Start Up Businesses.

Conference includes Capture the Flag, FutureSec, Women in Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity for CNI and Securing SMEs Symposium This year’s Infosecurity Europe (4-6 June 2019) – Europe’s number one information security event – will host a series of Special Events as part of its 2019 conference agenda, the world’s largest complimentary conference programme with 240+ free to attend sessions aimed at supporting, educating and nurturing those in the industry. Designed to bring together information security professionals at...

(ISC)² Announces Winners Of EMEA Information Security Leadership Awards.

(ISC)² – the world’s largest non-profit membership association of certified cybersecurity professionals – announced the winners of the 2019 Information Security Leadership Awards (ISLA) EMEA at a luncheon ceremony held at The World Forum, The Hague, Netherlands as part of the (ISC)² Secure Summit EMEA in April. The awards program celebrates the accomplishments of individuals across both the private and public sectors who inspire change within the field of cybersecurity throughout the EMEA region. “Receiving...