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European businesses must be more vigilant in taking steps to prevent cybercrime from disrupting their essential operations, warns Fujitsu. In its 2017 Threat Predictions report¹, published today, the Fujitsu Security Operations Centre² identifies 10 of the greatest security risks to enterprises. These include failing to keep up with basic IT security processes. Further high risks are attacks on banking applications and smart cities. Based on real-world intelligence in monitoring ongoing security threats, Fujitsu has identified...

Proofpoint has announced the industry’s first unified social, mobile, web, and email fraud and phishing detection and protection solution to provide visibility and address threats outside of the traditional security infrastructure of companies. This growing arena of digital risks targets more than the employees of a company. Cybercriminals leverage a variety of channels, including fraudulent social accounts, fraudulent mobile apps, and fraudulent email domains for both consumer and business email compromise (BEC) phishing. Leveraging shared risk...

Imperva has announced the release of Imperva SecureSphere File Firewall v12 with real-time deception technology designed to detect ransomware and to prevent it from encrypting enterprise data. The Imperva deception technology adds decoy files to network file shares, luring hackers to strike there first so they can be neutralized before encrypting critical data. According to the FBI, ransomware is a growing problem, with hackers expected to take in nearly $1 billion from ransomware payments in 2016....

Corero Network Security has announced the expansion of its award-winning, real-time, DDoS mitigation solutions, with the SmartWall® Network Threat Defense 1100 (NTD1100). The SmartWall family of appliances now extends its real-time, line-rate, DDoS detection and automatic mitigation, to 100 Gigabit Ethernet connections.  Protection is delivered in a compact 1 RU form-factor – an industry first – scaling to 4Tbps of protection in a single rack. The expansion of the SmartWall product line is a direct response...

Today, the community driven, non-profit organisation prpl Foundation, announced Inteno as a new member.  A major European supplier of residential software and hardware Inteno will help develop one of prpl’s major open source initiatives, prplwrt. With Inteno as a member of prpl and contributor to the prplwrt working group, the community can benefit from Inteno’s experience in developing carrier grade versions of OpenWrt gateways - key to securing the many Internet of Things (IoT) devices in...

DDoS defense provider NSFOCUS has announced that Jens Andreassen has been named Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. In his role at NSFOCUS, Andreassen will be responsible for launching new products and growing the company’s business outside of China – focusing on growing its foothold in North America, EMEA, Japan and APAC. Andreassen joins NSFOCUS at a pivotal time – as the company seeks to expand its market share and continue to develop and deliver best-in-class cloud,...

Last year saw a surge in global companies including Yahoo, social giant LinkedIn and even the administration team of American presidential candidate, Hilary Clinton, suffered reputational damage due to significant IT hacks. However, it seems that UK businesses also took a hit, with almost one in five (18%) being targeted by hackers in the last 12 months. A new study carried out by office technology specialists, Altodigital, to better understand the impact of security breaches...

Netskope, the leader in cloud security, today announced the release of a survey that found six in 10 UK adults have never even heard of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The independent survey of 2,000 British adults offers a snapshot of current understanding of the GDPR amongst adults of working age, and the extent to which employers have already informed staff about the regulation. The survey also asked respondents to state the maximum...

RES, the leader in creating, automating and securing digital workspaces, has uncovered incredibly high levels of ransomware attacks focused on NHS trusts through an in-depth Freedom of Information (FOI) request campaign. By requesting information on whether trusts across England, Scotland and Wales had been targeted by ransomware in the last 18 months, it was uncovered that 87 of 260 trusts have had to deal with attacks – just under 34% of all requested. While other...

Smartphone dependency has reached new extremes, with 79% of Britons feeling anxious if they don’t have access to their phone at any one time. This fear of being disconnected from mobile devices, known as Nomophobia, is taking its toll on relationships and a third of Brits (32%) reported their partner seems more interested in their phone than them. And it’s not just long-term relationships being impacted – more than one-in-ten people (16%) have found themselves...