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Cash App has become one of the most popular mobile payment services in the UK and the US in recent years, thanks to its ability to allow users to instantaneously transfer money between one another. As well as transfers, customers can open savings accounts, invest in stocks and cryptocurrency, access debit cards, and take out personal loans. In many ways, it has become a faster, easier-to-use, and digital version of a bank.  However, there have...

A household name among American media companies, Verizon Communications on Wednesday began notifying employees that an insider may have gained access to their data. According to the breach notice to the Maine Attorney General, an unauthorized employee opened a file containing sensitive data of 63,206 other employees.  While customers are not believed to have been impacted in this breach, Verizon is warning that the exposed employee data could include Social Security Numbers, National Identifiers, full...

The world is growing more digitised every year and the need for advanced data management solutions has become a dire concern. However, this reliance has also come with the risk of data being corrupted, compromised, or lost. This is why Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) technology helps configure a unique and robust method of protecting data. To understand how it works, here’s a look at why RAID has become a successful tool in the...

Almost one in five Irish firms experienced a significant cyber attack or data breach in 2022, according to research by Aon. It's no wonder that Irish businesses are concerned about cybersecurity, with ever evolving threats and new and novel attack vectors (for example recent news suggests that half of Irish managers 'don't fully understand' AI potential). A new Cyber Ireland roadmap, unveiled by the national organisation, suggests that demand for cyber skills will only grow....

The majority of large enterprises spend an average of 3-5 months integrating and training teams on each new security solution - at the expense of threat hunting, vulnerability scanning and security awareness training  However, major contradictions are rife, with 76% believing more tools equate to better security  Attitudes to cybersecurity within the UK's largest organisations are highly contradictory and risk exacerbating existing risks, stress, and inefficiency, new research from SenseOn has today revealed. The research...

Signing up for a website using your Facebook or Google credentials can be super handy as it streamlines the registration process, saving you from having to come up with and keep track of usernames and passwords. This method, called Single Sign On (SSO), involves using your social media account info or email. Many websites opt for SSO technology because Google and Facebook actively monitor accounts for any activities and offer authentication features compared to most...

Research commissioned by Cohesity, a leader in AI-powered data security and management, reveals the majority of companies are paying ransoms and breaking their ‘do not pay’ policies. The research polled from over 900 IT and Security decision-makers, 301 from the UK, shows that companies operate in a ‘when’, not ‘if’, reality of cyberattacks. Nearly all companies polled, a staggering 97% in the UK, have paid a ransom in the last two years, and the vast...

This week, the National Cyber Resilience Centre Group (NCRCG) – a strategic collaboration between the Home Office, policing, academic and National Ambassador partners – has welcomed AI and analytics leader, SAS, on board as a National Ambassador. In taking up this role, SAS joins an impressive cohort of National Ambassador partners including Aviva, CGI, Chainalysis, KPMG, Mastercard, Microsoft, NatWest Group, SANS Institute and The Very Group. Together, the companies are working closely with the UK...

For as long as digital systems have exerted control over physical machines and their output, the need, and associated questions in how to proportionately secure them have existed. Manufacturing, agriculture, critical national infrastructure, and healthcare to name but a few, are all industrial verticals which now more than ever have a considered need for cybersecurity controls to protect their Operational Technology (OT) systems and equipment which interact and impact the physical environment. Historically, in a...

While tried and true tactics like phishing and malware are here to stay, there are always new approaches to watch out for in the cybersecurity space. Experian’s 11th annual Data Breach Industry Forecast includes six predictions for 2024 that focuses a global lens on what savvy moves cybercriminals from near and far will potentially make to penetrate organisations and reap rewards. While 2023 was a “successful” year for bad actors, we may see the following emerge to shake...