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Hackers and cybercrime prevention

• August 13, 2018 13 Aug'18

  Banks lead in digital era fraud detection

  All e-commerce businesses should follow the banks’ lead in how to detect fraud in the digital era, says RSA fraud and risk expert

• August 13, 2018 13 Aug'18

  Most security pros concerned about election infrastructure

  A majority of information security professionals believe that election infrastructure is vulnerable to cyber attack, a survey shows

• August 13, 2018 13 Aug'18

  UK firms concerned about cyber arms race

  Continuous investment and activity are key in the cyber arms race, according to Databarracks, as research shows UK firms are worried about keeping up with security challenges

• August 13, 2018 13 Aug'18

  Millions of businesses vulnerable to fax-based cyber attack

  Hackers could exploit security vulnerabilities in fax machines to launch cyber attacks in millions of organisations around the world, researchers warn, underlining the need for cyber resilience

• August 12, 2018 12 Aug'18

  Over 146 billion records to be stolen over next five years

  The US will bear the brunt of data exfiltration efforts by cyber criminals, though Asia-Pacific nations such as Singapore will not be spared

• August 10, 2018 10 Aug'18

  Mimecast extends core email security to enable cyber resilience

  Mimecast continues to widen its cyber security capability through in-house development and strategic acquisition, as well as extend its core email security technologies to all other areas it applies

• August 10, 2018 10 Aug'18

  NCR patches ATM vulnerabilities

  NCR has patched ATM vulnerabilities discovered by Positive Technologies

• August 09, 2018 09 Aug'18

  Under half of firms use vulnerability assessments

  Less than half of organisations base their cyber defences on strategic vulnerability assessments, and a third of these do the bare minimum to meet compliance requirements, a study shows

• August 09, 2018 09 Aug'18

  Smart cities a tempting target for cyber attackers

  Smart cities are an attractive target for cyber attackers because of the growing number of connected systems embedded throughout their infrastructure

• August 09, 2018 09 Aug'18

  Brace for more Triton-like attacks, researchers warn

  The world has not seen the last of industrial control system (ICS) attacks like Triton, researchers have warned

• August 09, 2018 09 Aug'18

  Incomplete visibility a top security failing

  Incomplete visibility of IT environments is among the most common basic enterprise security failings, as most organisations are still failing to achieve basic cyber security hygiene, a survey reveals

• August 08, 2018 08 Aug'18

  Check Point warns of WhatsApp vulnerabilities

  Researchers are warning of vulnerabilities in WhatsApp that allow threat actors to intercept and manipulate messages sent in a group chat

• August 08, 2018 08 Aug'18

  Cyber security double agents most common in the UK

  Cyber security professionals who alternate between criminal and legitimate activities or move full-time into cyber criminal activity are more common in the UK than other countries, a report reveals

• August 08, 2018 08 Aug'18

  Australia calls for interventionist approach in new cyber agenda

  The Australian government is forming a cyber defence network comprising security agencies and private sector partners to support a more interventionist approach towards cyber security

• August 07, 2018 07 Aug'18

  AI security hype putting businesses at risk

  The hype around artificial intelligence may be putting businesses at risk, according to a study that found most IT decision-makers believe AI is the answer to all cyber security challenges