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Hackers and cybercrime prevention

• August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19

  Most UK firms ignore security in tech investments

  Less than a quarter of UK firms prioritise security when investing in new technology, despite the threat of cyber attacks and data protection regulations, a survey reveals

• August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19

  Ransomware has evolved into a serious enterprise threat

  Ransomware has seen a resurgence since the start of 2019, with cyber criminals changing code and tactics to target enterprises and local authorities for higher ransom payments, McAfee researchers warn

• August 27, 2019 27 Aug'19

  Employees, MSPs and developers top third-party risks

  Employees, managed service providers and developers are the top sources of third-party risks in terms of data security, a survey reveals, highlighting the value of workplace monitoring

• August 26, 2019 26 Aug'19

  VMware’s latest acquisitions point to emerging platform war

  VMware’s buyout of Carbon Black and Pivotal is a sign of an emerging platform war following the IBM-Red Hat deal

• August 23, 2019 23 Aug'19

  Majority of organisations struggling with cloud security

  The majority of organisations find securing the cloud difficult and more than a quarter feel the shared security responsibility model is unclear, according to a survey of information security professionals

• August 23, 2019 23 Aug'19

  Kaspersky eyes enterprise business, opens APAC transparency hub

  The security firm wants to engage with enterprises and use its newly launched Malaysian Transparency Centre to burnish its credentials

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  Security pros reiterate warning against encryption backdoors

  The majority of security professionals believe countries with government-mandated encryption backdoors are more susceptible to nation-state cyber attacks

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  A helping hand from the Nordics in the eye of the GDPR storm

  Nordic IT companies are well suited to supporting enterprises in their data protection projects, even though openness is more natural to them

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  Tech firms join forces to boost cloud security

  Top tech firms are to collaborate on open source technologies, tools, frameworks and standards that accelerate the adoption of confidential computing to boost security in cloud and edge computing

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  Cyber attackers exploiting poor cloud security

  More than a third of organisations report a cyber attack on the cloud environment due to a lack of basic cloud security hygiene

• August 21, 2019 21 Aug'19

  Healthcare faces triple cyber threat, says FireEye

  Criminal and nation-state cyber attackers are increasingly targeting the healthcare industry to steal data, carry out espionage and cause disruption, a report reveals

• August 21, 2019 21 Aug'19

  Silence APT group eyes APAC banks

  Russian-speaking advanced persistent threat group has set its sights on banks in the region, customising its arsenal for targeted attacks

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  Human error a big risk to ICS cyber security, study shows

  Despite the rise in automation, industrial processes are at risk due to human error, a report on industrial cyber security reveals

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  Malware still top security threat, say infosec pros

  Malware remains the top security threat to organisations, with ransomware still considered to be the top malware threat and lack of budget the biggest obstacle to defence, a study shows

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  Huawei to US: Ban violates free market principles

  Huawei has hit back at the US government’s latest moves to restrict its activities