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Hackers and cybercrime prevention
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May 24, 2017
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May'17
Interview: Nick Bleech, head of information security, Travis Perkins
Last year, Travis Perkins implemented Splunk to help it to respond more quickly to security threats. Now, the business is looking into machine learning and a single customer view
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May 24, 2017
24
May'17
US retailer Target agrees $18.5m data breach settlement
A breach settlement with 47 US states has taken the cost of the 2013 data breach at retailer Target to more than $220m
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May 23, 2017
23
May'17
Mobile C-level executives are major risk to business security
C-suite executives logging on to unsecured public Wi-Fi hotspots seem to present one of the biggest security risks to enterprise networks
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May 23, 2017
23
May'17
Economic and political uncertainty drives organisations to rethink IT strategies
CIO job satisfaction reaches a three-year high as organisations hire more IT staff and invest in innovative digital technology
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May 23, 2017
23
May'17
EternalRocks worm combines seven leaked NSA attack tools
Hard on the heels of the WannaCry ransomware attacks, a researcher has found a worm that combines four NSA exploits and associated attack tools, including EternalBlue used by WannaCry
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May 22, 2017
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May'17
Middle East largely unscathed after WannaCry cyber attack
The impact of WannaCry on the Middle East was reduced due to the attack falling on a weekend, but it is a stark warning
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May 22, 2017
22
May'17
Windows 7 accounts for most WannaCry infections
Statistics show that computers running Windows 7 accounted for the biggest proportion of machines infected with the WannaCry ransomware, while NHS suppliers are blamed for hampering patching by NHS trusts
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May 22, 2017
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May'17
APAC accounted for 10% of global WannaCry infections
While damage caused by the ransomware attack in the region is subdued for now, its emergence has brought the issue of software patching to the fore
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May 21, 2017
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May'17
Australian government ICT spending under fire
The opposition Labor party has called for a review of the government’s higher ICT spending and digital transformation programme
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May 19, 2017
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May'17
McAfee researchers test WannaCry recovery method
Although there is evidence that some victims of the WannaCry ransomware attack on 12 May have paid the attackers, there is no evidence that they are getting their data back
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May 19, 2017
19
May'17
Command and control communications key to detecting threats
Malware command and control (C&C) communications are key to detecting advanced threats, according to a security researcher
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May 19, 2017
19
May'17
Neustar launches international security council
Sharing information in the face of threats such as WannaCry is crucial for organisations to improve their cyber security capability, according to Neustar, which is making it easier to do
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May 18, 2017
18
May'17
Strong cyber security posture reduces impact of breaches
There is a direct correlation between data breaches and falls in stock prices, but the impact is lighter on companies with good cyber security, a study has revealed
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May 18, 2017
18
May'17
Lib Dem manifesto pledges digital bill of rights and superfast broadband
The Liberal Democrats 2017 election manifesto promises 30Mbps broadband, a focus on innovation and a digital bill of rights
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May 18, 2017
18
May'17
WannaCry biggest incident to date for National Cyber Security Centre
The WannaCry ransomware attack that started on 12 May 2017 is the biggest single incident that the new UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has faced
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May 17, 2017
17
May'17
Business not taking cyber security seriously enough, says Dido Harding
Most businesses are still not taking cyber security seriously enough, according to the former CEO of TalkTalk, which suffered a major data breach in 2015
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May 17, 2017
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May'17
TechUK manifesto calls on next government to put strong focus on digital
TechUK’s digital vision sees the government placing digital technology at the heart of the UK economy, refreshing Gov.uk Verify and prioritising tech in Brexit negotiations
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May 16, 2017
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May'17
UK government sees collaboration as key to cyber security success
The UK government believes collaboration between the public and private sectors is critical to success in cyber security
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May 15, 2017
15
May'17
Global ransomware attack could be long-awaited wake-up call
A failure by many organisations to take cyber security seriously has long been blamed on the lack of a single significant event to shake things up. Does WannaCry fit the bill?
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May 15, 2017
15
May'17
MPs and peers urged not to use personal email as WannaCry spreads
MPs and peers have been warned not to use personal emails on parliamentary Windows computers in the wake of WannaCry ransomware outbreak
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May 15, 2017
15
May'17
Attackers have no need of zero-days, breach data shows
Cyber attackers do not have to use previously unseen or extremely sophisticated attacks to bypass defences, analysis of publicly reported breaches in the past year reveals
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May 15, 2017
15
May'17
NHS cyber attack shows need for resilient infrastructure and security education
Ramsomware attack highlights system-wide issues around lack of infrastructure investment and the need for cyber security training and awareness among NHS staff
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May 15, 2017
15
May'17
Businesses urged to apply Windows patch to avert WannaCry attacks
Security advisers are urging organisations to patch their Windows systems to avert a possible second wave of an unprecedented, indiscriminate ransomware attack
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May 14, 2017
14
May'17
Penetration testing essential for success in security arms race
Demand for security testing, which should be conducted from the onset rather than as an afterthought, is growing in Australia
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May 12, 2017
12
May'17
NHS hospitals hit in global ransomware attack
Hospitals across England are reporting problems with IT systems that are affecting healthcare treatment, caused by what could be a global ransomware campaign enabled by a leaked NSA exploit
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May 12, 2017
12
May'17
Five cyber security imperatives for all companies
There are five things all companies should ensure they are doing in terms of cyber security
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May 12, 2017
12
May'17
Mixed reaction to Trump’s cyber security executive order
The latest US presidential executive order on cyber security has been met mainly with praise, but critics say there is nothing really new and takes no decisive action
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May 12, 2017
12
May'17
Why smart cities need to become smarter about technology
Cities are experimenting with smarter ways to use technologies to improve the life of citizens, but their projects are fragmented. Is there a better approach?
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May 12, 2017
12
May'17
Singapore universities hit by advanced persistent threat attacks
The attacks on NUS and NTU networks appear to be the work of APT actors and not casual hackers
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May 11, 2017
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May'17
Australian government bolsters IT security in budget boost
The country’s Digital Transformation Agency has been given a shot in the arm to guard public sector IT systems against cyber attacks
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May 11, 2017
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May'17
Allianz researchers working with car makers on cyber security
Allianz Germany is working with the local car manufacturing industry to highlight the vulnerabilities in the electronics systems of vehicles that can be exploited by criminals
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May 10, 2017
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May'17
Automation can turn tables on cyber attackers
Security defenders should use automation to turn the tables on attackers, according to the CTO of the US Department of Homeland Security
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May 10, 2017
10
May'17
Blockchain economy on the horizon
Blockchain technologies will enable many new and disruptive business models than the internet itself, an expert predicts
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May 09, 2017
09
May'17
Cognitive security is the future, says Martin Kuppinger
Modern computing capabilities combined with cognitive technology has huge potential for tackling unknown attack patterns and addressing the security skills shortage, says Martin Kuppinger
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May 08, 2017
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May'17
There are Dutch lessons in breach notification as GDPR approaches
The Netherlands is a pioneer when it comes to legislating around data protection, so GDPR might not be as much of a shock as in other countries.
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May 07, 2017
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May'17
Barclays launches £10m UK digital safety campaign
Barclays is to lead a £10m campaign against digital fraud as research reveals London, Bristol and Birmingham are scam hotspots, with young adults most at risk
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May 05, 2017
05
May'17
Debenhams data breach underlines need for supply chain security
Data breach at retailer again highlights the importance of data protection and ensuring cyber security standards across an organisation’s entire supply chain, say security commentators
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May 04, 2017
04
May'17
Testing is key to IoT security, says researcher
Building an effective testing process across all elements associated with a product is key to securing the internet of things, according to a researcher in the field
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May 04, 2017
04
May'17
Phishing gets personal with fake Google Docs app
A phishing scam targeting users of Google Docs demonstrates that attacks on personal accounts to steal credentials and other personal data are likely to increase to get around corporate security controls
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May 03, 2017
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May'17
Cognitive security is key to cyber arms race, says KuppingerCole
Cognitive computing technology is an area of artificial intelligence that is expected to help provide businesses with the security tools they need to deal with new and emerging cyber threats
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May 03, 2017
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UK business exposed to email-borne cyber risks, survey shows
Major UK businesses are leaving themselves vulnerable to the most common form of cyber attack, a survey reveals
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May 02, 2017
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May'17
UBS applies data protection for compliance and competitive advantage
Swiss bank UBS aims to get greater value out of investments in sensitive data protection systems by using its security capabilities as a differentiator
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May 02, 2017
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May'17
DDoS a top security and business issue, study shows
DNS should be at the core of information security strategies as DDoS attacks increasingly form part of wider cyber attacks and continue to ramp up to unprecedented levels, warns Neustar
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May 02, 2017
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May'17
Intel urges business to patch critical remote-execution flaw
Intel advises business customers to apply a security update for some versions of its administration firmware for vPro processors to fix a remote execution flaw
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April 29, 2017
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Apr'17
IS supporter Samata Ullah branded a “new and dangerous breed of terrorist"
Samata Ullah, a 34-year-old man from Cardiff who posted encryption training videos on a radical Islamic blog, is a dangerous “cyber terrorist”, a court heard on 28 April 2017
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April 28, 2017
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Facebook pledges to counteract government propaganda
Facebook has pledged to take action to stop governments exploiting its platform to influence opinion in other countries
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April 28, 2017
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Intel reports record first-quarter revenue
Company says growing demand for high-performance computing is driving growth for the business
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April 28, 2017
28
Apr'17
Education key to reducing systems attacks, says university security manager
Central Lancashire University’s IT networks and security manager says educating users is key to avoiding cyber security flaws
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April 27, 2017
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Apr'17
Cyber espionage up, but basic defences still down, DBIR shows
Organisations are still failing to address basic security issues and well-known attack methods, Verizon’s latest Data Breach Investigations Report reveals for a second year in a row
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April 26, 2017
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McAfee links Saudi Shamoon attacks
McAfee has published data showing the evolution of Shamoon malware campaigns as the company announces increased commitment to cyber threat research
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April 26, 2017
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Apr'17
Russian cyber espionage highlights need to improve email security
Security experts are advising political parties and businesses to pay more attention to email security after the latest revelations about a Russian cyber espionage group
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April 26, 2017
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Apr'17
Danish defence minister accuses Russia of cyber espionage
Government officials in Denmark believe they have been under attack from Russia-based hackers
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April 26, 2017
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Apr'17
Cyber attackers are more ambitious than ever, Symantec warns
Cyber attackers displayed new levels of ambition in 2016, according to the latest threat report from security firm Symantec
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April 25, 2017
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IT salaries in Singapore to grow by 3.2% in 2017
Cyber security and big data experts will be in high demand as Singapore ramps up efforts to build strong digital capabilities
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April 25, 2017
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Apr'17
Interpol uncovers nearly 9,000 C2 servers in ASEAN
Command and control servers were used to launch denial of service attacks and distribute malware and spam emails across the region
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April 24, 2017
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One in eight people have suffered a healthcare data breach
A quarter of victims had their NI number compromised and 18% saw their biometric identifiers compromised, but most people trust healthcare providers with their data
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April 24, 2017
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Apr'17
Cyber security centre of excellence to open at Cardiff University
Cardiff University and Airbus have launched the first centre of its kind in Europe to tackle cyber attacks on critical infrastructure
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April 24, 2017
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Apr'17
Collaboration is key to fighting cyber crime, say UK police
Cyber crime will be defeated only through collaboration, according to UK police, the Global Cyber Alliance, Cyber Defence Alliance and Verizon
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April 24, 2017
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Apr'17
CISOs in Singapore and Australia not keeping pace with data breaches
Only 20% of security chiefs in the two countries say their organisations can prevent data breaches, according to a ServiceNow survey
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April 21, 2017
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Apr'17
Information security key to digital era business models
Security will become increasingly important as industries seek to collaborate and use each other’s capabilities to enable new business models, with the banking sector leading the way
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April 21, 2017
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Apr'17
UK likely to face national cyber emergency, says NCSC
The UK is likely to face a level-1 cyber attack at some point in the future, according to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
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April 20, 2017
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Banks suffer average of 85 attempted serious cyber attacks a year, and one-third are successful
Banks face daily cyber attacks, many of which succeed in stealing data, research finds
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April 20, 2017
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People present the biggest challenge, say infosec professionals
More than 80% of security professionals identify people as the industry’s biggest challenge, but companies are becoming better prepared to deal with cyber breaches, a survey reveals
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April 20, 2017
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InterContinental Hotel Group reveals extent of malware attack
Hotel group InterContinental (IHG) reveals that malware attempting to glean payment card details sat undetected on its network in the US for three months
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April 20, 2017
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Human interaction still key to cyber attacks, study reveals
An analysis of threats faced by organisations in the first quarter of 2017 reveals that cyber attackers still rely heavily on user interaction
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April 19, 2017
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Conflicting advice blurs cyber safety
Companies are being overloaded with information about cyber threats and complain of a lack of relevant advice
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April 19, 2017
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Skype most popular communication channel for cyber criminals
The cyber criminal network is truly global and collaborative, making use of popular messaging services, a study has revealed
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April 18, 2017
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Microsoft underlines importance of keeping software updated
Microsoft has underlined the importance of keeping software up to date by confirming that no supported versions of its software are vulnerable to leaked NSA hacking tools
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April 18, 2017
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Apr'17
Lloyds Bank tests biometric authentication from Microsoft
Banking group is trying out enterprise-grade biometric authentication for its online customers
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April 18, 2017
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Apr'17
UK businesses need to up cyber security with one in five hit by attacks
Big UK businesses are targeted by cyber attacks more heavily, but all need to improve cyber security with one in five UK firms falling victim in the past 12 months, a survey reveals
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April 13, 2017
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Enterprise adoption of encryption accelerating, study shows
Cloud adoption and escalating threats are accelerating adoption of encryption, a study has revealed
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April 13, 2017
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Apr'17
Interview: Chris Young, chief executive of McAfee
McAfee’s chief shares his views on Brexit, GDPR, encryption and his company’s new independence in an exclusive UK interview with Computer Weekly
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April 13, 2017
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Apr'17
Six key security weaknesses in industrial systems
Organisations should mitigate six key vulnerabilities in industrial control systems to reduce the risk of cyber attack, warns security firm FireEye
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April 12, 2017
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Apr'17
Data breaches strip tens of millions off UK firms’ market value, study shows
Security experts say the fact that data breaches at FTSE 100 firms cost on average £120m in market value should be a wake-up call for boards to ensure they have an adequate cyber security strategy
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April 12, 2017
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Apr'17
Foreign cyber attackers may have targeted EU referendum
Cyber attacks may have targeted the EU referendum website in an attempt to influence the outcome, MPs have warned
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April 11, 2017
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Apr'17
Security as a service on the rise in the UAE
Organisations in the United Arab Emirates are increasingly turning to security services
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April 11, 2017
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Apr'17
Europol and Brazil agree co-operation on cyber crime
Brazil, which has a significant and growing cyber crime problem both as the target of international attacks and the source of regional attacks, is set to work more closely with Europol to fight cross-border crime
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April 11, 2017
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Apr'17
Kelihos botnet downed after arrest of alleged kingpin
The US has led the takedown of the international botnet Kelihos after the arrest in Spain of the Russian believed to have operated the botnet since 2010
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April 10, 2017
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Apr'17
IAM a core building block for GDPR compliance
Identity and access management is key to enabling organisations to become compliant with the GDPR, increase security and improve customer relationships, according to a senior analyst at KuppingerCole
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April 10, 2017
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Apr'17
Dallas city alarm hack raises fears over vital system security
Hackers have accessed the emergency alert system in Dallas in the largest breach of its kind, raising fears about the cyber security of critical infrastructure
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April 07, 2017
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How an MSSP scaled up its security analysts' capacity
Irish-managed security services provider Smarttech has increased its speed and capacity to analyse cyber attacks using IBM’s fledgling cognitive computing technology
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April 06, 2017
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Apr'17
McAfee report reveals five challenges to cyber threat intelligence
McAfee Labs’ latest report details the challenges facing threat intelligence sharing efforts and reveals growing trends in malware, ransomware, mobile malware and other threats
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April 06, 2017
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Apr'17
Interview: F-Secure’s Mikko Hyppönen on the Nordics, Russia and the internet of insecure things
Computer Weekly sat down with Finnish cyber security expert Mikko Hyppönen to talk about security in the Nordics, Russia and the trouble with connected devices
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April 05, 2017
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Apr'17
No More Ransom expands capacity
More organisations have joined an anti-ransomware cross-industry initiative, boosting its capacity to help victims of ransomware as attackers begin to focus on business targets
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April 05, 2017
05
Apr'17
Nearly a quarter of security pros are blind to encrypted threats
A sizeable proportion of security professionals do not know how their organisation is addressing cyber threats hiding in encryption
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April 04, 2017
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Apr'17
Chinese hacking group targeted firms through IT MSPs
Security researchers have uncovered a China-based cyber espionage campaign that targeted IT services firms and their customers, underlining the need for supply chain security
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April 04, 2017
04
Apr'17
McAfee re-established as independent cyber security firm
Intel has spun out its security division as independent firm McAfee, which says it is dedicated to enabling technology, people and organisations to work together
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April 03, 2017
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Apr'17
UK nuclear stations on terror alert for cyber attacks
The cyber security industry has been urged to co-operate with government to protect UK critical national infrastructure from cyber attacks.
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March 31, 2017
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Mar'17
UK leading in using red team cyber security testing
Red teaming is set to become a key approach to ensuring cyber security controls and processes are fit for purpose and compliant with regulations, and the UK is leading the way
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March 31, 2017
31
Mar'17
Rudd backs down on end-to-end encryption
Lib Dems welcome government’s apparent U-turn on seeking to restrict end-to-end encryption for popular messaging apps and online communication services
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March 31, 2017
31
Mar'17
How IT can be more defensible
A renowned Google engineer calls for the IT industry to build devices capable of being defended and for enterprises to take a balance sheet approach in managing risks
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March 30, 2017
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Mar'17
First cyber security startups graduate from GCHQ accelerator
The first group of companies has completed a government-led cyber accelerator programme aimed at helping UK startups take the lead in producing the next generation of cyber security systems, with another round to be announced in 2017
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March 30, 2017
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Mar'17
More than a quarter of SME staff lack cyber threat training
Data from cyber insurance provider CFC Underwriting shows that 38% of its claims in 2016 could have been avoided through better staff education and training on cyber risks
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March 30, 2017
30
Mar'17
Nearly a third of malware attacks are zero-day exploits
Companies could be missing up to third of malware that is targeting them, according to a report by WatchGuard
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March 29, 2017
29
Mar'17
Thorn CEO on using machine learning and tech partnerships to tackle online child sex abuse
The CEO of US-based no-profit Thorn explains how cross-industry collaboration and machine learning is helping her organisation stay one step ahead of online child sex abusers
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March 29, 2017
29
Mar'17
Girls across UK take part in cyber skills event to promote tech careers
Young women from across the UK took part in cyber security event CyberFirst Girls, designed to promote girls with cyber skills and encourage them to pursue careers in technology
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March 29, 2017
29
Mar'17
Belfast Waterfront centre equipped with state of the art network
Belfast City Council has refitted its Waterfront conference and entertainment venue with new smart building connectivity to enhance the staff and visitor experience
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March 29, 2017
29
Mar'17
Non-malware attacks pose bigger threat than malicious software
Malware-free cyber attacks are on the rise and artificial intelligence in cyber security is still far from replacing humans, according to most cyber security researchers
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March 29, 2017
29
Mar'17
Cyber attacks cost financial firms up to £1.6m a time
The costs associated with cyber attacks on the financial sector are rising as organisations face increasingly sophisticated threats, research shows
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March 29, 2017
29
Mar'17
In-flight electronics ban unsustainable, says IATA
The IATA calls on the American and British governments to urgently find alternatives to restricting the carry-on of laptops and tablets on Middle Eastern flights