BDEX and InfoSum form partnership to support Identity services
BDEX, one of the largest US data exchange platform and InfoSum, an identity infrastructure provider have announced a joint collaboration. As part of the new partnership, InfoSum clients will be able...
Malware targeting Microsoft Office soared in 2020
Malware targeting Microsoft Office soared last year, according to the Malwarebytes State of Malware report. Infections involving the Microsoft Office software cracker, KMS, jumped by 2,251%. It wasn’t alone. Banking malware...
Post Office partners with Yoti and unveils digital identity services
Post Office is rolling-out of a suite of online and in-branch products in a new partnership with digital identity company Yoti. The rollout includes a free-to-use app that will combine customers’...
Retail eCommerce news from week beginning 1 February 2021
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NTT warns of continued fallout from SolarWinds breach
NTT Ltd has warned of continuing and ongoing fallout from the SolarWinds breach. The warnings come in the latest Global Threat Intelligence Centre monthly report. Most security vendors are convinced that...
Are you giving away too much sensitive information?
People are posting too much sensitive information on their social media accounts according to a report by Tessian. Titled, How to Hack a Human, the report contains the results of a...
Is Trickbot – the bindweed of malware?
There have been many attempts to take down Trickbot. Microsoft led the most recent in October 2010. However, like bindweed, which is almost impossible to eradicate, Trickbot was soon up and...
Emotet taken down but for how long?
An international operation to disrupt the Emotet malware infrastructure has been successful. It was coordinated by Europol and Eurojust and involved law enforcement from the US (FBI), UK (NCA), Netherlands, Germany,...
Three active exploits hit Apple device users
Apple has released iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4 to address three vulnerabilities that have been actively exploited. The company has provided very little detail on the vulnerabilities reported by an anonymous...
Gamarue malware found on laptops for schools
Malware connecting to servers hosted in Russia has been found on laptops provided to schools. The malware was found when laptops provided by the Department for Education (DfE) arrived at a...
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Accelo reviews and previews product updates
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