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Join Jonathan French, Security Analyst at AppRiver, as he breaks down ransomware and cuts through the jargon to explain what it really is, how people fall victim and what the latest trends are in this area of IT security. Jonathan covers some of the most prevalent and effective campaigns of recent years, so tune in to get the stats, stories and status of Ransomware as we head into 2016. AppRiver has just released their 2015...

New survey reveals that enterprise storage budgets will see strong growth in 2016 as spending transitions to public cloud environments and next-generation technologies According to the results of 451 Research’s new Voice of the Enterprise survey, organizations will continue to transform their storage environments in 2016, with most expecting to increase their storage spending over the next year. Notably, the research reveals that the proportion of spending on public cloud storage services will at least...

UK cyber security innovator Glasswall Solutions sees data security rising to the top of the corporate agenda as organisations fail to cope with new threats and regulations Glasswall Solutions, the acclaimed UK cyber security company, today issued its top five predictions for 2016. The list covers the five key developments that Glasswall’s team of experts believes will have biggest impact on cyber security over the next 12 months. “Businesses around the globe now face unprecedented...

Varonis Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNS), the leading provider of software solutions for unstructured, human-generated enterprise data, today detailed how its DatAdvantage for Windows solution helps Havas Media, a global marketing and communications group, control its data access and permissions while ensuring data security. By using DatAdvantage, Havas Media significantly reduced the time it takes for the IT team to find out who is accessing, using, and deleting information from its Windows environments. This not only helps...

Norton has just revealed the most common January sales scams. These scams could include anything from impersonating parcel delivery services to running ‘too good to be true’ online offers leading to malicious websites, as well as fake refunds and text phishing. According to the Norton Cybersecurity Insights Report: Among those who experienced cybercrime in the past year, 1 in 7 UK victims have had their financial information stolen as a result of shopping online Among the...

Already widely adopted by enterprises, use of cloud file sharing services such as Office 365, OneDrive, Dropbox, Box and Google Drive is on the rise. As adoption increases, so does the motivation for attack. The Imperva Application Defense Center (ADC) recently announced new research on a new type of attack we call "Man in the Cloud" (MITC). These attacks rely on common file synchronization services as their infrastructure for command and control, data exfiltration and...

Leading automotive retailer and distributor adopts next generation endpoint security solution to protect and secure sensitive business information Hexis Cyber Solutions, Inc. (Hexis), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The KEYW Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: KEYW), has announced that automotive retailer and distributor, Lookers plc, is using its HawkEye G next-generation endpoint security solution in the UK and Ireland. HawkEye G is being used to protect Lookers’ business infrastructure against sophisticated cyber attacks to safeguard its reputation for outstanding...

PRESENTERS: Mike Smart and Richard Davis, Proofpoint. Phishing is without a doubt one of the biggest security threats to business today and cybercriminals are constantly modifying these threats in a bid to make them harder for humans and technology to detect. In this webinar, Proofpoint will be looking at the top 10 phishing lures of 2015 and the tricks hackers use to bypass security defences and humans, in order to gain access to corporate networks....

By Fred Touchette, senior security analyst - AppRiver   'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. But a laptop was open, the network logged on, and unfortunately for its owner, his security had gone. Unbeknownst to our user, and all others that care, this laptop had malware it wanted to share. It flew over wi-fi, pushed out through the router, and started its...

On the 15th of December, after much debate, what was first proposed back in 2012 will finally be established: the European Union has come to agreement on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which updates and replaces Europe’s Data Protection Directive – rules that were first defined in 1995 (directive 95/46/EC). As business and cybersecurity leaders, what’s critical is the way in which we choose to interpret and respond to these changes that are now...