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The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR as it is more commonly known has been dubbed a landmark ‘win’ for data protection policy within European businesses. Replacing fragmented and disparate country-specific rules, the GDPR will set the standard for data protection across all 28 countries within the European Union. As it comes into force on the 25th of May 2018, European companies have less than two years to prepare their internal and external data protection...

This year's InfoSecurity Europe, taking place in London between the 7th and 9th of June, has just gotten a bit more exciting as Bromium, a leading endpoint security provider, has put a £10k prize up for anyone who can successfully compromise a system protected with their renowned security technology. Attendees are invited to bring the most destructive, devastating malware into the conference and use it to target a Bromium-protected endpoint. If someone is clever enough...

Join AppRiver’s experts Troy Gill, Fred Touchette and Jon French for another close-up on the findings of their Global Security Report. This week, we’re analysing the ransomware that's available through the Dark Web. Ransomware has become very sophisticated through the use of different forms of communication, payment and browsing tools that allow criminals to remain off-grid and to carrry on their illegal activities undisturbed. Tune in and join AppRiver as we share with you their expertise,...

Biometric technologies that use a person’s fingerprints, voice, heartbeat or even gait (the way we walk) as methods of authentication have attracted a lot of attention here in the UK for some time now. These techniques are gaining traction as the primary form of authentication to protect devices, apps and data. Biometric authentication is already seeing rapid adoption within the consumer arena. For example, MasterCard and HSBC have recently announced the introduction of facial and...

In security, SIEM is sometimes hailed as a 'holistic' approach - while others look upon it as a box-ticking facet of security, there for compliance purposes rather than actually defending from and reacting to security incidents. With so much confusion over the issue, the Guru felt it was time to sit down with someone who knows the topics inside out - enter Graeme Stewart, managing director at LogPoint UK & Ireland. We were lucky enough...

WhatsApp users have been left perplexed after being offered 'WhatsApp Gold', a supposed upgrade that was only for top celebrities previously. The app offers a host of new features including sending over 100 pictures at once and free WhatsApp calls. Of course the app is in fact a cybercriminal production, that installs malware on the phone and siphons details such as location and personal activity. When you see what the app offers in it's message, it's...

Running behind trendy APTs we tend to forget about common-sense approach and holistic risk assessment. Almost 3 terabytes of data stolen in the Panama Gate scandal will shortly become searchable online. Mossack Fonseca, the breached legal firm behind one of the largest data leaks in the history, had numerous high-risk vulnerabilities in its front-end web applications, including its Client Information Portal. Actually, few hacking groups would spend money on expensive zero-days and complicated APTs, when the information can...

The IT Security Guru has been lucky enough to be able to share a series of videos from the security specialists at AppRiver, award winning e-mail and web security solutions providers. The videos will break down the findings from AppRiver’s Global Security Report, a quarterly study published by the company that explains the latest trends and threat actors they’ve seen as they carry out their work, securing millions of inboxes around the world. This video...

The last quarter of 2015 witnessed a series of high profile data breaches which may prove to be a tipping point in public attitudes towards data security. The TalkTalk hack, in particular, defines the new risk normal for 21st century business. Estimates put the cost to the company at £60 million and between 100,000 and 250,000 lost customers. By chance, this period also saw the release of the final draft of the new European General...

MWR InfoSecurity has just confirmed that an extra 100 people will be able to participate in this year's HackFu 2016 challenge. Players from all walks of life will be able to participate as remote delegates, providing support to those on the ground at HackFu, helping solve puzzles and solve clues to beat the challenges set out by MWR's tech boffins. Having previously incarcerated participants in a decommissioned prison, and converted a gothic mansion in Gloucestershire...