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Research from earlier this year revealed a worrying uptick in cyberattack volume in the past 24 months, with over a third (36%) of organisations admitting to experiencing three or more data breaches in this time frame. With attack volume increasing, one thing is called into question time and time again: vulnerability prioritisation. The Inaugural Study of EPSS Data and Performance report studies exactly this.  The report outlines vulnerability exploitation in the wild since 2017. Developed...

HealthEquity, a leading provider of health savings account (HSA) services, has announced it suffered a data breach recently, resulting in compromised customer protected health information (PHI). It is understood the breach was detected on March 25, 2024, after abnormal activity was flagged from a business partner's device. Once an investigation was carried out, it was revealed that a threat actor had accessed and exfiltrated data from HealthEquity's SharePoint system. HealthEquity mobilised and launched a forensic...

Today, Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and SandboxAQ have announced that they are expanding their partnership to address the critical need for enterprise data encryption that can defend against current data breaches, as well as future AI and quantum threats. Together, Accenture and SandboxAQ are helping organisations secure sensitive data and strengthen encryption across their technology portfolios. The joint offering will also provide observability across environments to help increase enterprise resilience and lower impact from third party...

New research by Keeper Security has revealed some worrying trends and misunderstandings when it comes to password best practices and overconfidence in cyber knowledge. The research found that, while 85% of respondents believe their passwords are secure, over half admit to sharing their passwords. Additionally, 64% of people feel confident in their cybersecurity knowledge despite 2 in 5 admitting to password reuse and 24% writing down their passwords. The findings were released in a report...

New threat research by Salt-Labs, the research arm of API security company Salt Security, has released new research highlighting critical security flaws within popular web analytics provider Hotjar. The company serves over one million websites, including global brands like Microsoft and Nintendo (according to their website). These vulnerabilities could have potentially allowed an attacker unlimited access to sensitive data sets within these services, affecting millions of users and organisations worldwide. These findings are not exclusive...

DTX London, the UK’s leading digital transformation event, has announced its doors will open on 2-3 October 2024, for what is set to be one of the most exciting technology exhibitions of the year. To maximise the experience, DTX will be co-located with Unified Communications EXPO (UCX) - the UK’s biggest show for colleague and customer communications, plus Digital Commerce Expo - which explores the technologies revolutionising customer experience. DTX + UCX will welcome decision...

Eskenzi PR has opened nominations for its ninth annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards. The awards are all about celebrating the UK’s cybersecurity professionals, teachers, lecturers, leaders, and those working to make the industry not only more secure, but also more diverse and healthier for employees. Key sponsors include KnowBe4, Hornetsecurity, ThinkCyber, Pulse Conferences and The Zensory. The awards are also supported by Computer Weekly, Security On Screen and the IT Security Guru. The awards celebrate the...

Today (19th July 2024), outages have been reported across almost every facet of society, from airlines and airports, supermarkets and banking to communication services, NHS and trains. EDR org Crowdstrike said the problem was caused by "a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts". Whilst the company have confirmed that it was not a security incident or a cyberattack, there are still many questions about the incident. Pros from across the cybersecurity...

International Cyber Expo have announced the expansion of its world-class Advisory Council, now composed of 40 industry leaders from the fields of physical and cyber security. The Advisory Council, chaired by Ciaran Martin, Former CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Professor at The University of Oxford, helps shape and inform the award-winning International Cyber Expo, held at Olympia London from 24th - 25th September 2024.  Drawing on the council's collective expertise and...

Keeper Security has introduced Remote Browser Isolation, a new component of Keeper Connection Manager. Remote Browser Isolation provides users with secure access to web-based assets such as internal web applications and cloud applications – using any standard web browser. Remote Browser Isolation is the latest enhancement to KeeperPAM. Keeper Connection Manager offers teams instant access to RDP, SSH, databases, web apps and Kubernetes endpoints through a secure web browser. Built by the team who created...