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Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), today announced it was named to the “Leaders” quadrant of the Gartner’s 2017 Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing (AST).  The company is being recognised for its vision and ability to execute. Synopsys provides a comprehensive software security and quality platform, and enables organisations to address critical challenges in the evolving landscape of software security. The report evaluated 18 software vendors on 15 criteria. Detailed information about Synopsys and its position in...

FireMon delivered a strong 2016 with notable highlights: Significant year-over-year bookings growth Greater than 90% customer renewal rates Industry leading customer satisfaction rating of 95% Largest bookings quarter on record in Q4 Expansion of market leadership through new customer acquisition and multiple industry awards Record number of transactions valued at greater than $500,000 Advanced integration with Palo Alto Networks security devices FireMon, the leader in Network Security and Policy Management (NSPM), today announced that 2016...

When news first broke that Nokia might be bringing back its iconic 3310 mobile phone, consumers around the globe scrambled online to find out more. Today, new online analysis of search trends reveals insights into consumers’ real intentions towards this soon-to-be relaunched product. Captify, a search intelligence driven advertising technology company, which analyses 30 billion online monthly searches, found: Huge Consumer Interest: Since the news was announced of its relaunch (on 14th and 15th February),...

With a recent report from technology giant Cisco showing 65 percent of overall email in 2016 was classed as spam, and 8-10 percent of spam viewed as malicious, 2017 should not be a year for businesses to slack on their email security systems. That is the message from an IT and communication expert, who claims concerns from customers are most often surrounding security breaches via email as malicious messages continue to rise. Cybercrime through methods...

Yesterday, IOActive released a report exposing numerous vulnerabilities found in multiple home, business and industrial robots on the market today. The Guru reached out to several security experts to get their take on the report. Mike Ahmadi, global director – critical systems security at Synopsys: “The consequential damage of a hacked robot, or any hacked system, is directly commensurate with the amount of trust put into the system.  This becomes extremely problematical as technology improves,...

From around 9:30am Monday, the web servers of many state authorities and offices in Luxembourg were down or difficult to reach. At 10.50 am, the state-owned IT operator "Centre des Techniques de l'information de l'Etat" (CTIE) sent a message via Twitter saying the state network was the victim of a so-called "distributed denial of service attack" (DDoS). Commenting on this, Ben Herzberg, Security Research Group Manager at Imperva Incapsula said “Organisations need to prepare for DDoS attacks,...

IP EXPO Manchester, part of Europe's number one enterprise IT event series, today unveiled the world’s most famous hacker, Kevin Mitnick, as this year’s keynote speaker. Once one of the FBI's Most Wanted because just for the challenge he hacked into 40 major corporations and the NSA, Mitnick is now a trusted security consultant to the Fortune 500 and governments worldwide. He’ll be bringing his unique skill set to educate attendees at IP EXPO Manchester...

2016 saw a near-threefold rise in mobile malware detections compared to 2015 – with a total of 8.5 million malicious installations identified. This means that, in the space of just one year, a volume equivalent to 50 per cent of all the malware detected in the previous 11 years (15.77 million in 2004 – 2015) was released. Leading the way were mobile advertising Trojans which now make up 16 of the top 20 malicious programs,...

Financial organisations are being increasingly targeted by cybercriminals looking to capitalise on alternative lending and payment models. Online fraudsters are exploiting the time delays inherent in reporting loan agreements to credit bureaus for substantial financial gain. According to the latest ThreatMetrix® Cybercrime Report 1 million cyberattacks targeted online lending transactions throughout 2016, and this number will continue to grow in 2017. The total potential loss value of these transactions globally is estimated at £8 billion....

Research by Equiniti, the FTSE listed FinTech and regulatory services business, shows that lifestyle factors such social media and banking habits can make people targets of cybercrime. The study, conducted by YouGov, revealed that as many as 11.7 million people in the UK had been victims of financial cybercrime1. What makes people more likely to be victims?  1. Your Phone Respondents with HTC (37%) and Motorola (27%) phones were the most likely to be targeted....