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RiskIQ, the global leader in digital risk management, today reveals it helped mitigate and prevent damages from yet another attempted large-scale supply chain attack by the well-known credit card-skimming gang, Magecart. Magecart is the umbrella term given to seven similar groups implicated in the breaches of Ticketmaster, British Airways, and Newegg. With its internet-scale visibility and its detection algorithms now well-honed on the Magecart skimmer, RiskIQ was automatically alerted to the compromise of Shopper Approved,...

By Victoria Guilloit, Awareness & Education Manager at John Lewis Partnership and finalist in the Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards. I’m going to address the question of how we get staff to take security awareness (and by ‘security awareness’ I mean Cyber/Information/IT and Physical) more seriously, and it should come as no surprise that it’s all down to the planning… Let me begin by saying that I’m not going to try and solve the issue of...

Today Deloitte announced the findings of their annual UK mobile consumer survey, which provides insight into the mobile behaviour of more than 4,000 smartphone users. According to the latest figures, smartphone penetration has seen growth across all age groups, with the 55-75 category seeing the most growth increasing from 40 per cent in 2013 to 77 per cent in 2018. Smartphones in the hands of shoppers are rapidly becoming a major influence on UK retail...

It is no surprise that hackers will always target high value, critical data, so amongst some of the most targeted industries is healthcare; the highly sensitive patient data stored in this industry creates a playground ready for waiting hackers to exploit. In the past five years alone, healthcare breaches have grown in both frequency and size, with the largest impacting as many as 80 million people. Last year, the NHS suffered significant disruption from WannaCry,...

Tenable®, Inc., the Cyber Exposure company, today announced that its research team has discovered a zero-day vulnerability which would allow cybercriminals to view and tamper with video surveillance recordings via a remote code execution vulnerability in NUUO software — one of the leading global video surveillance solution providers. The vulnerability, dubbed Peekaboo by Tenable Research, would allow cybercriminals to remotely view video surveillance feeds and tamper with recordings using administrator privileges. For example, they could...

CyLon today announces the nine cyber security startups participating in its eighth London accelerator programme. CyLon finds, grows and invests in the best emerging cyber businesses via its world-leading accelerator programmes. CyLon has already successfully accelerated 59 companies across hubs in London and Singapore since its launch in April 2015, and has a portfolio of international companies now valued at more than £200m. CyLon alumni have created more than 300 new jobs and have raised...

Study by Lastline shows 72% of security professionals anticipate a cyberattack on the 2018 FIFA World Cup Lastline Inc. today announced the results of a survey conducted at Infosecurity Europe 2018, which reveals that over 72% of security professionals believe a cyberattack on this year’s FIFA World Cup is likely. Hosted for the first time in tournament’s history by Russia, the 2018 World Cup begins on Thursday evening with the opening match between host Russia and...

The top companies of generations ago didn’t have to worry about cybersecurity because the internet didn’t exist yet. Because it’s so prevalent in our society now, criminals turn to the online realm to wage war against victims — and often target entire organizations in the process. It’s essential for business leaders to be aware of potential cybersecurity threats to enterprises and know how to reduce them. Disgruntled Former Employees Individuals who become upset after terminations,...

Ever wondered what the role of a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) encompasses? To put it simply, they are the guardians and protectors of everything information security related to a business. However, the tasks are far from simple as their teams work around the clock to respond to incidences that directly affect the safety of the company and its data. As the issues in cyber have evolved, so too has the role of the CISO,...

The health care industry is consistently under attack thanks to cybercriminals who eagerly attempt to snatch valuable data, costing organizations substantial financial and reputational damage. People often weigh in and wonder why the overall industry can’t sufficiently beef up its cybersecurity strategies. However, the headlines they see that alert the public about breaches and other issues don’t tell the whole story. The Health Sector Appeals to Hackers Besides the scope of the records to steal...