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The European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2023 are back for a tenth successive year. This year’s sponsors include KnowBe4, provider of the leading security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, and Keeper Security, the leading provider of cloud-based zero-trust and zero-knowledge cybersecurity software protecting passwords, privileged access, secrets and connections. The awards are committed to celebrating the industry’s best bloggers, vloggers, podcasters and social media influencers.   Nominations are open now and the event will take...

The UK has announced a ban on TikTok on government phones, becoming the latest country to have banned the Chinese-owned video app over raised security concerns. The microscope has been on TikTok in recent months and has come under increased scrutiny due to fear is that user data from the app owned by Beijing-based company ByteDance could end up in the hands of the Chinese government. The ban is in place with immediate effect following...

When you think of cybersecurity threats, what comes to mind? If you pictured faceless criminals (or a team of them) in a dimly-lit headquarters working tirelessly to steal your most precious digital assets, you’re not alone. Yet, cybercrime doesn’t always look like a scene from a Hollywood movie.   Sometimes, cyber threats are closer to home, making them all the more surprising (and frustrating) for many organizations. They’re called insider threats, and you need to...

A new global study has looked into how SOC's go about protecting organisations from threats, where they focus the most attention and what is driving modernisation plans. Cybereason's latest report Ransomware and the Modern SOC: How Ransomware is Driving the Requirements for SOC Modernization, surveyed 1,203 security professionals from eight countries and a dozen industries, and found more than 58% said their SOC spends most of its time responding to ransomware and supply chain attacks...

Security experts are warning consumers of two new scams that are circulating in the wild which are taking advantage of the buzz and hype surrounding HBO's new adaption of the popular video game franchise The Last Of US. Technology expert Prateek Jha from VPNOverview.com initiated the warning which has also been supported by Kaspersky. Kaspersky researchers shared with VPNOverview details of two separate campaigns — a scam designed to inject PCs with malware and a phishing...

New research reveals that security is an afterthought for almost half of UK IT leaders (45%) when deploying new tools. The research commissioned by IT infrastructure solutions provider CAE Technology Services Ltd (CAE) of 200 IT leaders and professionals working in the UK showed that just 7% of IT professionals believe that security is at the forefront of their organisation's strategic thinking. While 92% agreed that security risks have increased in the last five years, two-thirds (62%)...

Almost nine in 10 UK businesses turning over more than £5 million annually have experienced a cyberattack, according to new research from Forbes Advisor. The study questioned senior decision makers across a range of UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), finding that more than half (57%) had suffered an online attack. However, firms with an annual turnover in excess of £5 million were far more likely to experience cyber-crimes against their company (88%). These attacks have...

Mobile phishing is an issue plaguing the masses and a growing concern for enterprises, particularly as  2022 had the highest percentage of mobile phishing encounter rates ever, according to Lookout's Global State of Mobile Phishing report. On average, more than 30% of personal and enterprise users exposed to these attacks every quarter. In the U.K., there was a 35% increase in the average number of mobile devices exposed to at least one malicious phishing attack...

Romance Fraud has increased throughout the government implemented coronavirus lockdown. Compared to 2019, the year 2020 saw a 20% increase in money being transferred as a result of romance scams. Scammers were targeting people on dating apps, pretending to want a relationship before asking for money. The UK's Action Fraud reported that £68 million was lost throughout the entire year. People have been warned to be vigilant, especially now with Valentine's Day just around the...

The Outpost24 research team have released the results of attack data gathered from a network of honeypots deployed to gather actionable threat intelligence. In total, 42 million attacks were registered between January 1st and September 30th 2022, with 20 honeypots evenly distributed around the world. Honeypots are, in essence, a trap. They are a decoy system (computer, network, or software) imitating a genuine system to attract malicious users and collect information about how they operate....