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• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  A third of organisations do not have a security expert, survey shows

  Around a third of organisations are vulnerable to cyber attacks due to a lack of dedicated in-house cyber security experts, finds Gartner survey

• July 02, 2018 02 Jul'18

  Linux targeted by illicit cryptocurrency miners

  Cryptojacking is increasingly being used by cyber criminals to raise funds, Watchguard report reveals

• June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18

  Brexit a greater risk to UK financial system than cyber attack

  While Brexit is seen as the biggest risk to the stability of the UK financial system, cyber attack is the most difficult risk to manage for over half of firms

• June 18, 2018 18 Jun'18

  Singapore faced cyber attacks during Trump-Kim summit

  Russian attackers allegedly scanned IP phones in the city-state for vulnerabilities, although it was unclear what they were after or whether they were successful

• May 24, 2018 24 May'18

  Grab outlines its approach to cyber security

  Singapore-based ride-hailing company prefers detective controls rather than preventive ones to deter cyber threats – an approach it claims is less intrusive and costly to implement

• May 22, 2018 22 May'18

  Finland government examines centralised cyber defence

  The Finnish government is attempting to centralise its fight against increasing cyber threats to its infrastructure

• May 03, 2018 03 May'18

  City Police use Lego simulation to teach businesses cyber security

  City of London Police are offering to train business leaders and IT security in cyber security using a Lego simulation that is surprisingly close to real life

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  British banks target Israeli security technology

  British banks are turning to Israel’s high-tech sector to protect against cyber attacks

• April 17, 2018 17 Apr'18

  Business at risk from unidentified network traffic, report warns

  A lack of network traffic visibility poses significant security challenges to businesses, a report on network firewalls warns

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  Government to set up £13.5m cyber security centre

  Located at the 2012 Olympic Park, the London Cyber Innovation Centre could create up to 2,000 jobs in cyber security

• March 26, 2018 26 Mar'18

  Dutch SMEs’ cyber security is insufficient

  Nowhere in the Netherlands is digitisation as big as it is in small and medium-sized enterprises, but the sector still has a lot to do in terms of cyber security

• March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18

  Slingshot router malware: a warning for businesses

  A stealthy malware that has been used to carry out cyber espionage undetected for six years should raise a red flag to businesses, say security commentators

• March 08, 2018 08 Mar'18

  Mac malware more than doubled in 2017

  Malware targeting Apple Mac computers more than doubled from 2016 to 2017, according to security firm Malwarebytes

• March 07, 2018 07 Mar'18

  Only half of ransomware payments honoured

  Only half of ransomware victims who pay ransoms to cyber criminals recover their data, a report reveals, pointing to a need for more effective strategies to deal with these attacks

• February 16, 2018 16 Feb'18

  Tech industry signs cyber security charter

  Nine technology organisations have signed a cyber security charter aimed at raising the level of cyber security internationally