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New research into password usage for new accounts during the onboarding process, has revealed a worrying trend where easily guessable passwords are left unchanged for new starters, presenting significant security risks for organisations. The findings from Secops Software, an Outpost24 company, analysed 651 million compromised passwords which highlighted a list of 120,000 commonly used password for new team members. At the top of the list was the term "User", appearing 41,683 times. "Temp" was second...

The Met Police, a long with a host of other global law enforcement agencies, have dismantled a criminal gang that used a technology service to facilitate fraudulent text messages, leading to theft from victims. The scam primarily targeted younger individuals familiar with the internet. The technology service, LabHost, aided scammers in sending deceptive messages and directing victims to fake websites resembling legitimate online payment or shopping services. The criminals obtained identity information, including card numbers...

Third-party cyber-attacks remain one of the most significant threats facing organisations across the globe. Most recently, Bank of America, a multinational investment banking and financial services corporation, began notifying customers that a November 2023 hack against one of its service vendors resulted in the exposure of personally identifiable information (PII).  The breach occurred following a security incident against Infosys McCamish Systems (IMS), a subsidiary of Infosys that provides deferred compensation plan services to Bank of...

Salt Security, the API security company, has been named the winner of the API Security category in the 2023 CISO Choice Awards. Judged by a panel of distinguished CISOs at large organisations across the world, the CISO Choice Awards honour security vendors who provide top-tier differentiated security solutions, valuable to CISOs and their enterprises. Salt, utilising powerful cloud-scale big data and time-tested artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, protects APIs across their full lifecycle and delivers the...

New research this week has given warning to employees to be on alert to emails seemingly from human resources (HR) as they could be fraudulent. In fact, the findings from KnowBe4's latest phishing report has highlighted that fraudulent HR emails remain a prevalent tactic employed by cybercriminals. Such deceptive emails may encompass subjects like alterations in dress code policies, updates on training sessions, changes in vacation policies, or a wide range of other topics. These deceptive...

Flagstar Bank is notifying customers that a data breach targeting a third-party vendor has resulted in the exposure of personal customer information. Flagstar uses the vendor in question, Fiserv, for transaction processing and mobile banking services. The notice sent out on Friday states that Fiserv is one of the many organisations impacted by the headlining mass MOVEit file transfer hack.  Prior to its 2022 acquisition by New York Community Bank, Flagstar previously had assets of over $31...

Keeper Security has announced the Keeper Password Manager app for iOS, which features a brand new, more modern User Interface (UI). This highly-anticipated release includes improved usability, smart searching and faster sync times for customers with large vaults, such as Managed Service Providers (MSPs). Promoting a sleek new look and a more intuitive user experience, the updates are designed to make it easier to take advantage of Keeper’s powerful password and passkey management features, with...

Comparitech recently conducted research into exactly this, looking at the top 100 stadiums in world football around the world, to figure out which football fans are the most watched. They have collated the number of cameras found in each stadium, focusing on the number of cameras recording the public in and around the grounds but excluding those that record and stream matches on television. Football matches are always closely monitored, whether it be the World...

Cato Networks has announced today that Gartner, Inc. has recognised the company as a Challenger in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Single-Vendor SASE. “We are SASE. Four years before SASE was even defined, Cato was founded on the vision of converging networking and security into single, global, cloud service,” said Shlomo Kramer, co-founder and CEO of Cato Networks. “We have spent every moment since then building the Cato SASE Cloud, one platform that seamlessly and...

Over the past couple of years, the cost of living in the UK has increased significantly. The annual rate of inflation reached 11.1% in October 2022, which was the highest we've experienced for 41 years. Consequently, small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have found themselves struggling to stay above water, as the cost of sustaining their operations continuously increases. In fact, a recent study has shown that over 1 in five UK SMEs (21%) are...