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Security policy and user awareness

• April 15, 2019 15 Apr'19

  How Palo Alto Networks fends off its cyber adversaries

  Palo Alto Networks CIO Naveen Zutshi talks up the company’s approach in keeping threat actors at bay

• April 08, 2019 08 Apr'19

  UK plans for online safety laws not enough, says BCS

  Government plans for online safety laws need to be complemented with a national cyber safety programme in schools, according to IT and computer science professional and educational body

• April 05, 2019 05 Apr'19

  London council fined by the ICO for disclosing personal information held on Met Police Gangs Matrix

  The London Borough of Newham has been fined for disclosing the sensitive personal information of more than 200 individuals that police held information on

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Document-based malware on the rise, businesses warned

  Document-based malware spiked in the first quarter of the year, building on a gradual rise in the past year, warn researchers

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Singapore government to review data security in public sector

  A high-level committee comprising ministers and private sector security experts will review data security practices and recommend measures to better protect citizens’ data

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Firms urged to gear up for new malware and tactics as threats proliferate

  The volume of malware attacks reached a record level in 2018, with UK and India bucking global trend of increased ransomware attacks, a study shows

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  UK police should not deploy live facial recognition technology until issues are resolved, MPs told

  The Science and Technology Committee has heard from the information and biometrics commissioners about the flawed use of live facial recognition technology by UK police

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Spike in cyber attacks targeting Cisco Webex

  Cyber attacks targeting a leading web conference tool have increased dramatically and sextortion is becoming more popular with attackers, according to WatchGuard Technologies

• March 19, 2019 19 Mar'19

  Firms urged to protect against spear phishing

  Spear phishing attacks are sophisticated, targeted, costly and increasing in popularity among cyber attackers, a report warns

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  National Cyber Security Programme at risk of missing targets

  The National Audit Office has sharply criticised the Cabinet Office over failings in how it set up the National Cyber Security Programme that mean it may struggle to meet its goals

• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  Almost half UK firms hit by phishing attacks

  Almost half of UK organisations have been compromised in the past two years using phishing attacks, despite high levels of cyber awareness and training, research shows

• March 11, 2019 11 Mar'19

  Citrix breach once again highlights password weaknesses

  A reported breach of Citrix, which has potentially exposed data at hundreds of thousands of customer organisations, has once again highlighted the need for an alternative to passwords and the importance of supply chain security

• March 06, 2019 06 Mar'19

  Cyber espionage group behind SingHealth attack

  A cyber espionage group dubbed Whitefly has been identified as the perpetrators behind Singapore’s largest data breach to date

• February 28, 2019 28 Feb'19

  Supplier consolidation tops infosec goals for 2019

  Supplier consolidation, collaboration between networking and security teams, and security awareness are the top priorities for information security professionals trying to prepare for the unknown, annual benchmark study shows

• February 28, 2019 28 Feb'19

  Sextortion accounts for one in 10 spear-phishing emails

  Email sextortion scams have increased in frequency and scope in the past four months, as well as evolving to bypass spam filters and trick recipients into reading the messages, research shows