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Today, Nominet announces its Cyber Security and the Cloud research, finding that 61 percent of security professionals believe the risk of a security breach is the same or lower in cloud environments compared to on-premise. The research, surveying nearly 300 UK & US C-level security professionals, marks a major tipping point in the perception of security of the cloud. That said, the cloud’s perceived superiority over on-premise does not mean that respondents considered cloud systems...

By Barry McMahon, Senior International Marketing Manager at LastPass When it comes to the workplace, who would have thought that your identity would be so important? Yet, for IT security professionals, identity and access management is an ongoing thorn in their side, particularly when organisations lack the necessary tools to keep data secure. In the office, your identity ensures that you have access to the right resources and that you can work securely and uninterrupted....

During the second quarter of 2019 Kaspersky experts detected multiple mailshots pretending to be offers for tax refunds worldwide. This period traditionally used as a deadline for filing tax returns and refunds in many countries. Using the scheme criminals, were trying to steal valuable information, or in some cases, install dangerous spyware. This and other findings are revealed in the Spam and Phishing in Q2 2019 Report. Spam and phishing malicious letters usually contain links...

By Danielle VanZandt, Industry Analyst, Security, Frost & Sullivan The significant breach and vulnerabilities recently discovered by vpnMentor researchers within Suprema’s BioStar 2 database are enough to scare any potential end user away from biometric security measures. With potentially over 1 million fingerprint biometrics and user passwords exposed in the breach, BioStar 2 has become the first major example of how biometric access still has its own vulnerabilities that vendors, integrators, and end users must...

With this latest integration, joint customers can now leverage the Flashpoint API to import Finished Intelligence reports, Risk Intelligence Observables (RIOs), and Technical Indicators into ThreatConnect. The ThreatConnect Platform provides a central place for users to see and analyse their team’s threat intelligence and then take well-informed, decisive action. The Flashpoint API grants users access to intelligence reports, technical data, and uniquely sourced conversations from illicit threat communities. Vice President of Product at ThreatConnect, Andy...

One year on from the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and it is becoming clear that when it comes to Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR), organisations are confused regarding a desire to balance the rights of an individual with the needs of an organisation, John Potts (Head of DPO DSAR and Breach Support) GRCI Law, outlines the essential processes that companies must put in place to avoid falling foul of DSAR breach....

Greenbone, a leading provider of vulnerability analysis for IT networks, today announced that its proven portfolio of vulnerability management (VM) products is now available via virtual appliances. Greenbone’s customers can now choose to deploy physical or virtual appliances, increasing flexibility and efficiency, while ensuring that data protection is always guaranteed. VM solutions identify and patch security-relevant vulnerabilities in IT systems, helping businesses reduce their exposure to risks and improving the overall resilience of their infrastructures....

Kaspersky researchers detected 16,017 new ransomware modifications in Q2 2019 – including ones belonging to eight new malware families. This is more than double the number of new samples detected a year ago, in Q2 2018 (7,620). The Kaspersky IT Threat Evolution Q2 2019 report also highlights that more than 230,000 users were attacked during the quarter, along with other key findings. A Trojan-Ransom can be equally successful in both private and corporate attacks, as...

OneLogin, the leader in Unified Access Management which delivers simple and secure application access and identity management to enterprises, today announced that Virgin Hyperloop One chose OneLogin's cloud-based platform to improve security for all intellectual property across its enterprise applications. "We came to OneLogin to replace our outdated legacy product and needed a solution that could deploy our mission-critical applications in less than 24 hours, while also providing the utmost level of security and ease-of-use,"...

The misuse of legitimate security tools by criminals and state-sponsored actors has been a dilemma for close to two decades. Penetration-testing software and red-teaming frameworks were built for the purpose of testing the defences of enterprise networks, but that hasn’t stopped individuals and collectives with malicious intent from pirating or hacking these tools and using them to nefarious ends. Cobalt Strike is one such tool that is being widely abused, and if your organisation has...