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A new Scottish cyber start-up call HighGround.io has launched today bringing to the security world a new user-centric cyber platform to help organisations better understand their cyber risk profile, meet compliance requirements, build out Incident Response plans and produce reports which focus on the metrics that matter to business leaders. The platform is backed and founded by the long-established Scottish IT services company, M3 Networks, and it sits above digital assets and cybersecurity tools, providing...

Research into the online safety of children has found that 65% of young people are unable to identify a phishing attack and cannot tell the difference between a scam and a legitimate email.  Additionally, 48% of children (11-15) who say they are knowledgeable about online security have been a victim of a phishing scam themselves, highlighting a growing concern that Generation Zs over confidence towards online safety is putting them at risk. Overconfident and oversharing...

Armis, the asset visibility and security provider, announced today that it has surpassed the 100m USD mark in annual recurring revenue (ARR) growing from 1m USD to 100m USD in less than 5 years. This, it says, makes the company one of the fastest-growing centaurs in the SaaS and cloud technology space and the fastest-growing cyber start-up for asset visibility, intelligence and security.    “Making centaur status so quickly is testament to the business use...

Salt Security, the leading API security company, today announced the addition of Gilad Gruber to the Salt executive team as senior vice president of engineering. A technology veteran with more than 20 years of experience, Gruber brings deep expertise in both consumer and enterprise software solutions. In the newly created role, Gruber will lead engineering functions and drive technology innovation, as the company continues to provide enterprise organisations with the most mature, robust, and intelligent...

Keeper Security, the provider of cloud-based zero-trust and zero-knowledge cybersecurity software protecting passwords, secrets and connections, has released findings from its Privileged Access Management Survey: User Insights on Cost & Complexity. The report explores global insights from IT and security executives, revealing an overwhelming industry desire for Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions that are easier to deploy and maintain. In fact,  84% of global IT leaders say they want to simplify their PAM solutions in 2023....

Dragos have released the findings from their annual Year in Review report for 2022. The report covers the state of the industrial sectors and the threats against them. Significantly, the report disclosed the identification of two new threat groups: CHERNOVITE and BENTONITE. It also examines new and existing threat activity, key ransomware findings, service engagement updates, as well as information disclosed around key vulnerabilities. Specifically, the report found that cybersecurity risks for industrial organizations continued...

Hackers and scammers have recently been taking advantage of the excitement surrounding HBO’s new adaption of the popular video game franchise The Last of Us. Technology expert Prateek Jha from VPNOverview.com warns fans of the franchise of the two scams circulating right now. Recently, Kaspersky researchers shared with VPNOverview details of two separate campaigns — a scam designed to inject PCs with malware and a phishing ploy designed to steal banking information and other financial data. “Gamers are...

Cato Networks today announced that it was named as a “Leader” and “Outperformer” by GigaOm in the analyst firm’s Radar for SD-WAN Report. This is the first year that Cato was included in the report, alongside 19 other notable vendors in the SD-WAN market. Despite Cato’s “freshman” status, GigaOm rates Cato an Outperformer overall and at the top of the list in both Key Criteria capabilities and Evaluation Metrics. Figure 1: The GigaOm SD-WAN Radar...

Ion Markets, a financial data group crucial to the financial plumbing underlying the derivatives trading industry, has fallen prey to the cybercrime group Lockbit.  The company has revealed that 42 clients have been affected by the attack, which has caused major disruption in its cleared derivatives division.  Reports suggest that some clients have been unable to contact Ion by phone since Tuesday, with some travelling to the company's office at St Pauls to seek more...

With the proliferation of cyber attacks in all industries, organizations are beginning to grasp the growing significance of cyber risk and how this is an integral part of protecting and maintaining an efficient business. Ransomware is the single biggest cyber threat to global businesses; in fact, during the first half of 2022 alone, there were a total of 236.1 million cases of ransomware, which reflects the immense risk to which companies of all sizes are...