Cloud adoption saved half of UK businesses from COVID-19 collapse
Fifty-one percent of UK business leaders say their shift to a cloud computing-based business model has saved their company from collapse during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the headline from research...
Police Scotland National Centre of Excellence targets cybercrime
Police Scotland has announced plans to establish a National Centre of Excellence to deal with cybercrime. The move comes as part of its Cyber Strategy 2020. The National Centre of Excellence...
Do too many users have privileged access at your organisation?
Too many users have privileged access to data across both commercial and government organisations. That is the conclusion of a report from Forcepoint and the Ponemon Institute (registration required). Among the...
CrowdStrike strengthens its zero trust capabilities with acquisition
CrowdStrike has strengthened its zero-trust capabilities with the planned acquisition of Preempt Security. The deal is expected to complete in the next few months and will cost CrowdStrike US$96 million. Once...
ConnectWise launches bug bounty programme
ConnectWise has launched a bug bounty programme to improve the quality of its software. The programme will be managed by HackerOne, who run programmes for many organisations. At present, there are...
TikTok accounts spreading scam apps for iOS and Android
Avast has discovered rogue TikTok accounts promoting adware scam apps on iOS and Android. To compound matters, these are apps that have been approved in both vendors app stores. It raises,...
Will DisrupTor help take down more dark web marketplaces?
DisrupTor, a joint operation between the US Department of Justice, Europol and other JCODE members struck yesterday. It has resulted in over 176 arrests, including 119 in the United States and...
Home office under fire for 120% surge in data loss incidents
The UK Home Office recorded a 120% surge in data loss incidents over the two most recent financial years. There were 1,895 individual incidents in 2018-19, rising to 4,204 incidents in...
Would you ransomware test your IT infrastructure?
Ransomware attacks continue to proliferate, and organisations continue to pay to get their data back. In the last week, the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned of increasing ransomware...
Rise in outbound email drives increase in data breaches
A rise in outbound email, driven by COVID-19 and work from home, is being blamed for an increase in data breaches. Overall, 93% of the IT leaders surveyed for this report...