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Closed Door Security, a leading provider of attack-driven cyber security assessments, today announced its CEO and founder, William Wright, has just been awarded with a Chartership in Cyber Security, turning the company into Scotland’s most highly accredited cyber security firm. The accreditation was awarded by the Cyber Scheme, which recently became one of the first licensed bodies for Cyber Security Chartership in the UK. The initiative was launched as a pilot scheme after the UK...

For many years, the cryptocurrency industry has waited with bated breath for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to finally approve Bitcoin ETFs. Finally, on Wednesday the SEC granted this wish, announcing the approval for “a number of spot bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP) shares.”   But this was not before a hacker had the first laugh.  Tuesday afternoon, a day prior, the official X account of the SEC was hacked, and a false announcement was...

Gotham Security, an Abacus Group company providing high-quality boutique cybersecurity services, has announced that its research team recently discovered two vulnerabilities in ConnectWise ScreenConnect, saving tens of thousands of enterprises from the possible consequences of a significant cyber-attack. ConnectWise ScreenConnect is a remote-control software used by IT managed service providers (MSPs) globally. Had Gotham Security not stepped in, therefore, and had a hacker identified the vulnerabilities as part of a zero-day attack, it would likely...

Cato Networks, the leader in SASE, announced that Kanwar Loyal has been named Vice President for the SASE leader’s Northern Europe and Middle East & Africa (MEA) regions. Loyal joins Cato from CrowdStrike, where he spent the past six years in various customer-facing leadership roles. Reporting to Luca Simonelli, vice president of sales for EMEA at Cato Networks, Loyal will scale his team to help meet the growing customer demand for Cato’s networking and security solutions...

We have witnessed cryptocurrency's rise from speculation to popularity because of the many benefits it offers and the financial gaps it has managed to fill in many industries, including finance, retail, entertainment, and many more. Some of the most commended benefits are the increased security and privacy that cryptocurrency use offers as compared to traditional forms of payment.  In this article, we will look at the ways in which cryptocurrency transactions can protect your sensitive...

The DNA testing company 23andMe has had a rough few months - first reported in October that data had been breached - and now, the response to those breaches due to customers taking legal action against the company. In an almost bizarre twist, 23andMe has stated in a letter that plaintiffs who had moved to take legal action against the company under the California Privacy Rights Act (CRPA) were indeed not affected by any security...

Today marks the day when Google makes good on its new policy to reserve the right to delete inactive accounts after two years of inactivity. The company defines activity as “actions you take when you sign in or while you’re signed in to your Google Account”: Reading or sending an email Using Google Drive Watching a YouTube video Sharing a photo Downloading an app Using Google Search Using Sign in with Google to sign in...

Employee violations of an organisation’s information security policies are as dangerous as external hacker attacks according to a recent study from Kaspersky. In the last two years, 26% of cyber incidents in businesses occurred due to employees intentionally violating security protocol. This figure is almost equal to the damage caused by cybersecurity breaches, 20% of which occurred because of hacking. There is a well-established perception that human error is one of the main causes of...

New research by Outpost24 has revealed that malware developers are using sandbox evasion techniques to avoid exposing malicious behaviour inside a sandbox where malware is analysed by security researches. Outpost24’s threat intelligence team, KrakenLabs, discovered that malware developers are using trigonometry to detect human behaviour based on cursor positions to avoid automated security analysis. The Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) model poses a significant threat in the realm of cybersecurity. This model allows individuals or groups with limited technical expertise...

Security awareness and training company SoSafe has announced the launch of the next-generation of personalised learning. The news was revealed at their Human Firewall Conference earlier this week. This latest innovation aims to make secure behaviour second nature for humans.  SoSafe’s personalisation engine multiplies the learning effect while saving up to 30% of time investment of employees. Users are set to benefit from a data-driven individualised learning journey, receiving targeted content that addresses their unique...