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New research by data security company, Clearswift, reveals that 70% of financial companies have experienced a cyber security incident in the past year, highlighting the serious threat that both data breaches and malicious attacks pose to the UK’s financial sector. The research, which surveyed senior business decision makers within enterprise financial organisations in the UK, found that almost half of the incidents reported over the past 12 months originated from employees failing to follow security...

In line with its drive towards building trust in the cybersecurity industry, Kaspersky today announces the opening of its first Transparency Center in Asia Pacific, to be hosted by CyberSecurity Malaysia – Malaysia’s national cybersecurity specialist agency. The company’s third code review facility will be located at Menara Cyber Axis, Cyberjaya, alongside key cyber-related government agencies in the country. Like its counterparts in Zurich and Madrid, the Transparency Center in Malaysia will serve as a...

Crestfallen cyber students who miss out on their first choices of university are being given free access to Immersive Labs’ industry-leading cyber skills development platform. Backed by Goldman Sachs and developed by an ex GCHQ trainer, the technology will give students access to a purpose-built set of ‘labs’ which drop the user into entry-level cyber security challenges designed to set them on a path to working in cyber security. The initiative is a reflection of...

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) provider, Swivel Secure, has today announced the launch of its new AuthControl Sentry® Version 4.1. The new update means all ten authentication factors are available through the platform and can now be configured by users.The update means organisations can now create a custom MFA chain for all or any of the authentication factors available. A customisable user portal can now be branded with an organisation's identity to enhance the interface, creating a...

Tenable®, Inc., the Cyber Exposure company, today announced new product innovations in Tenable.sc ™ (formerly SecurityCenter) and Tenable.io® to continuously discover and assess known and unknown assets across on-premises and cloud environments from a single platform at no extra charge. These innovations are based on Tenable’s industry-leading Nessus® Network Monitor (NNM) for passive network monitoring, which has been a pioneer in continuous monitoring for over 10 years with one of the industry’s broadest asset coverage....

A survey of 1,253 UK workers in full or part-time employment, carried out by technology services provider, Probrand.co.uk, has revealed that investing in new and expensive technology, whilst not considering the most basic of security steps, is potentially widening companies’ vulnerabilities to cyber-attacks, which cost UK businesses millions annually. 43% of the surveyed workers, who all use IT systems in their workplace, said their company has invested in new cyber security products and services during...

As the industry leader, only CyberArk has the technology expertise and experience to deliver innovative solutions that make it simple and easy for cloud-first organisations and those embracing digital transformation to consume, use and manage privileged access security solutions, especially in hybrid cloud environments. “Privileged access security is foundational to effective cybersecurity programmes. As our customers increasingly operate in SaaS and cloud-first environments, it’s critical for CyberArk to build upon our deep knowledge and understanding...

Bitdefender, the innovative cybersecurity solutions provider protecting 500 million machines worldwide, has discovered a new security vulnerability that affects all modern Intel CPUs which leverage speculative-execution, potentially letting hackers access passwords, tokens, private conversations, encryption and other sensitive data of both home and enterprise users.Every machine using newer Intel processors which leverage speculative-execution and running Windows is affected, including servers and laptops. The vulnerability, discovered less than three months after the last worldwide security alert...

UK cybersecurity specialist Barac today unveiled details of how, in May 2019, it identified a sophisticated cyberattack targeting a major African-headquartered financial institution. At the time the attack was identified, hackers had infiltrated the bank’s infrastructure and had begun to make a small number of low-value transactions to other banks located in Bulgaria. Elements of the attack were encrypted in an attempt to evade detection; the encrypted certificates used were signed in North Korea.How the...

By David Orme, Senior Vice President of IDEX Biometrics ASA Digital identity, also known as an amalgamation of information available online that can bind a persona to an individual, is changing the face of personal identity as we know it. In a similar way to its physical counterpart, digital identity can be used to authorise an individual’s access to something that may otherwise be restricted. In the online world, a username, email or password can...