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By Martin Lee, Intelligence Manager at Alert Logic Cyber war is often in the headlines. The hype centered on state sponsored malware means that the lines defining fact and fiction often become blurred leading to increasing fear bordering on hysteria. However, cyber weapons have a very specific weakness that means that they might be less effective than anticipated in the real world. The discovery of Stuxnet in 2010 and the subsequent information leaks confirming that...

Cybersecurity firm F-Secure says over 70 per cent of businesses continue to leave themselves open to attacks by failing to update their software. The finding is surprising given the availability of security solutions that can help businesses control and manage software updating within their companies. A recent alert from the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team warns that up to 85 per cent of targeted attacks are preventable by following simple security precautions, most notably...

UK consumers feel helpless about increasingly complex online threats to their personal data and identity, a new study by Kaspersky Lab has found. High profile cyber-attacks on websites including Ashley Madison and Mumsnet, are overwhelming consumers with fear for their online privacy, freezing them into a state of indecision around how best to protect themselves from cyber threats. Kaspersky Lab has termed this feeling Privacy Paralysis. The survey of 1,000 UK adults revealed three-quarters of...

A new survey from Lieberman Software Corporation revealed that 83 percent of IT security professionals are still confident that their perimeter security tools, like firewalls, can react quickly enough to defend against today’s sophisticated cyber attacks. This assumption could ultimately be putting consumer and business data at risk. The study, which was conducted at Microsoft Ignite in May 2015 and measured the attitudes of nearly 150 IT professionals, also revealed 29 percent of those surveyed...

Many organisations still fail to provide answers to fairly simple questions asked by external IT auditors, according to Netwrix. Despite popular frameworks designed to help companies pass compliance audits, according to the 2015 Verizon PCI Compliance Report, around 80% of companies still failed to comply with all the requirements of PCI. “By treating validation tests as a tick-box exercise, companies often focus their efforts on creating an illusion of compliance rather than trying to actually fulfil...

NuData Security today announced new threat intelligence that provides insight into the latest trends in online fraud. Trends NuData Security researchers have observed include: Account takeover, in which fraudsters steal an established account with personally identifiable information (PII) attached to it, continues to beat credit card fraud. This continuing trend showcases fraudsters’ preference for account details beyond just credit cards. NuData Security evaluated 5.1 billion behaviours in May through July. Of the over 500 million...

 MapR Technologies, Inc., provider of the top-ranked distribution for Apache™ Hadoop®, today announced that Terbium Labs, a security software company that proactively searches for stolen data on the Dark Web using a patented, privacy-protected, data fingerprinting technique, is using the MapR Distribution as the big data platform for Matchlight, a first-of-its-kind data intelligence system. The data-centric solution closes the breach detection gap and minimises the damage, loss and risk caused by a data breach, which...

Five Key Features to Look for in Your Enterprise Identity and Access Management Solution  Richard Walters, General Manager and Vice President of Identity and Access Management (IAM), Intermedia When it comes to safeguarding sensitive business information, passwords are often a company’s primary line of defence. But as employees need to remember a growing number of different login credentials, these defences become prone to human error and consequently vulnerable to attacks. A recent study conducted by Intermedia last year found...

Symantec today announced it is securing more than one billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including everything from televisions and cars to smart meters and critical infrastructure. With IoT devices expected to number 25 billion by 2020, Symantec is leading the effort to protect consumers from hacks against their always-on, Internet connected devices. “As IoT innovation and adoption continues to grow, so has the opportunity for new cyber security risks.  This is the next frontier....

Centrify Corporation, the leader in securing identities from cyberthreats, today announced findings from a recent survey it commissioned to determine penetration and security compliance of Apple devices in the workplace. Conducted by Dimensional Research, the Centrify Apple survey demonstrates that while people widely use Apple devices for work, lack of security and management of those devices exposes companies to significant liabilities. Of the total 2,249 US workers surveyed, nearly half (45 per cent) use at least one...