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A recent survey conducted by OnePoll on behalf of security and privacy advice and comparison website Comparitech.com has found that 67% of the UK public who regularly use the Windows operating system would at least consider switching from Windows to Mac due to privacy concerns, with 15% insisting they would definitely consider swapping. Interestingly, 33% said they would not even consider switching operating systems, despite Windows 10 collecting user data that would raise concern over...

Malwarebytes™, the leading advanced malware prevention and remediation solution, released new findings today on the growing threat to companies from ransomware. The multi-country study surveyed 540 CIOs, CISOs and IT Directors from companies with an average of 5,400 staff across the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Germany and found that nearly 40 percent of businesses have experienced a ransomware attack in the last year. Of these victims, more than a third lost revenue and 20 percent...

ESET researchers discovered fake versions of Prisma, a popular photo transformation app on the Google Play Store. Among them were also dangerous Trojan Downloaders. Before the release of the Android version of Prisma, a popular photo transformation app, fake Prisma apps of different types, including several dangerous Trojan Downloaders flooded the Google Play Store. Before being removed at ESET’s notice, Prisma copycats reached over 1.5 million downloads. Prisma is a unique photo editor created by...

Lastline has been recognized as the top security effectiveness performer in the NSS Labs 2016 Breach Detection Group Test. NSS Labs’ latest Breach Detection Systems (BDS) Test saw seven of the leading BDS vendors were examined for security effectiveness, performance, and total cost of ownership: Check Point, Cisco, FireEye, Fortinet, Lastline, Palo Alto Networks and Trend Micro - with a total of nine products. Lastline Enterprise was the only vendor to receive a perfect detection...

NSFOCUS IB today confirmed its new partnership with Spectrami, continuing its expansion into Africa and the Middle East. NSFOCUS was founded in 2000 to provide enterprise-level network security solutions and services primarily in the Asia/Pacific market. The new NSFOCUS International Business subsidiary brings advanced security solutions to the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. “We’re extremely excited by the opportunities this partnership opens up to us and we are pleased to expand the...

It’s a nightmare scenario for any IT manager, receiving a phone call to hear that hundreds of computers have been infected with ransomware, knocking critical systems offline and putting their organisation's entire operations at risk. That’s what happened to one large organisation earlier this year, when it found itself the victim of a carefully planned and executed ransomware attack. What was uncovered from our investigation was a perfect example of an emerging form of corporate-specific...

Kaspersky Lab has released its report on botnet-assisted DDoS attacks for the second quarter of 2016 based on data provided by Kaspersky DDoS Intelligence*. The number of attacks on resources located on Chinese servers grew considerably, while Brazil, Italy and Israel all appeared among the leading countries hosting C&C servers.  During the reporting period, DDoS attacks affected resources in 70 countries, with targets in China suffering the most (77 per cent of all attacks). Germany...

With the summer holiday season well underway many families will be getting ready to jet off to sunnier climates, and a new study from ESET has revealed that a quarter of holidaymakers will be packing as many as eight gadgets into suitcases this year, however almost 40 percent of those devices will not be password protected leaving them wide open if they to fall into the wrong hands. The survey, which was carried out in June 2016...

As nearly half a million of fans descend upon Rio de Janeiro this summer, visitors and residents alike need to be aware of fraudsters and cybercriminals, warns ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment, banking and fraud prevention solutions. Brazil has among the world’s highest rates of debit and credit card fraud, according to the 2016 Global Consumer Fraud Survey, published by ACI Worldwide and Aite earlier this month. The research...

Ransomware is one of the most infuriating kinds of cyber attack that's cropped up over recent years, with hackers raking it in from hapless comouter users who just want their files back. Whilst we all hope for a perfect online community where such things wouldn't happen, it's evident that future is a long way away. So the team at AppRiver have got several tips on how to prepare for the ransomware threat and adjust your security...