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Armis, a unified asset visibility and security platform provider, has today released results from a survey that looked at the UK's attitude towards cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. The study, carried out by Censuswide*, found that nearly 9 in 10 (87%) believe that cyberattacks on critical services, such as oil suppliers, healthcare services, police departments or water treatment facilities, could have a major impact on everyday life. When it comes to increasing protection against cyberattacks on...

A new cybersecurity coalition, which is backed by IT Security Guru, has launched this week in a move to fight back against ransomware. The coalition is part of a new movement headed by managed security service provider Talion, called #RansomAware, which encourages organisations to come clean on ransomware and speak up about the attacks they are facing. Today businesses are facing a tidal wave of ransomware attacks and recent data from Cybereason has revealed that...

Shortly after hitting Colonial Pipeline, Darkside developers announced they would be closing operations. Nevertheless, researchers at AT&T Alien Labs have observed evidence that the group has completed a Linux version of its malware that is targeting ESXi servers hosting VMware virtual machines. To this point, the authors announced the Darkside 2.0 version with Linux capabilities.   "Linux and UNIX servers have always been a preferred option for servers and data centers, likely due to the...

Recent research from security and privacy comparison and advice website Comparitech.com, which has looked at children's apps available through Google Play  has found that 1 in 5 breach COPPA rules. Even more worrying is that half of the apps that violate the rules have received a "teacher-approved" badge. COPPA, imposed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), enforces a number of requirements on operators of websites or online services that are aimed at under 13 year...

What will the legacy of security leaders be in the years to come? Will they be remembered as the defenders of the cyber realm, heroes or will history view them as annoying barriers who did nothing but slow down innovation? Many security leaders agree that too many times, the security team is viewed as the Department of No. Now, some may believe that the end justifies the means. Every third party needs to be audited...

Armis, the unified asset visibility and security platform provider, has announced the appointment of Michael Carpenter to Armis’ Board of Directors. As the President of Global Sales and Field Operations at Crowdstrike, he was instrumental in expanding the sales organisation worldwide and generating business growth at incredible scale. This led to its IPO in 2019 and he has maintained the company’s tremendous growth today. Prior to Crowdstrike, Carpenter served as president, Global Sales and Field...

CyberSmart has today announced the completion of a successful over-subscribed Series A funding round, bringing the total raised to over $10 million. Alongside deeptech fund IQ Capital and with the additional support of InsurTech specialist, Eos Venture Partners, and data science focused Winton Ventures, CyberSmart is set to further disrupt the cybersecurity market. The funding will be used to enhance their product’s capabilities further, invest in channel partnerships as well as scale into the UK...

One Identity, the identity-centric security company, today announced the appointment of four executives that bring a wealth of software-as-a-service (SaaS) expertise to the organisation. The appointment of Rima Pawar as Vice President of Product Management, Joe Garber as Vice President of Marketing, Teri Robb as Vice President of North American Sales and Chris Wood as Vice President of Sales for One Identity and Quest Software Asia-Pacific Japan (APJ) enables One Identity to continue to capitalise...

Yet another year has passed, and so too has another evening celebrating the industry’s best bloggers, podcasters, and social media personalities! Unfortunately, we’ve had to skip the pub again and opt for a virtual awards ceremony but as usual, we remain consistent with the alcohol supply. Thanks to our sponsors Qualys and KnowBe4, cocktail kits were delivered for free to all attendees based in the UK to accompany an online cocktail-making class provided by Patrick Fogarty of Doctor Ink’s Curiosities/Stir Crazy. Those outside...

Synopsys, Inc. has just recently announced that it has acquired Code Dx, provider of an award-winning application security risk management solution that automates and accelerates the discovery, prioritisation, and remediation of software vulnerabilities. This move by the software giant will allow customers to receive consolidated risk reporting and prioritisation across correlated software vulnerability data produced by Synopsys solutions and more than 75 third-party and open-source application security and development products. Prior to the acquisition, Code...