Talking Cyber Resilience with Felicity March
The risk of a business threatening cyber-attack is ever present today. Ransomware locks up data making it hard for businesses to operate. The impact is so bad that an increasing number...
4 million malvertising hits blocked in a single day
Confiant has revealed that on 11 June it blocked the biggest single-day malware redirect ever seen. The attack lasted for more than 7.5 hours and Confiant claims it was blocking as...
Do you have sufficient in-house cyber security skills?
Struggling to find staff with cyber security skills? Can't find affordable staff to protect your data? That's not the case for customers of backup and DR specialist, Databarracks. It has revealed...
Duo Security hunts Twitter Bots
There is considerable attention on the problem of fake social media accounts. These accounts are enrolled into botnets that are used to push fake news and malware. They are also used...
Hackers give the Fax a new lease of life
Forgotten about that fax in the corner of the office? Once the ‘must have’ communications device in every office, it has since be usurped by email, text and instant messaging. But...
mPOS devices open to fraud and theft
UPDATED (see bottom of article)
Positive Technologies has published a list of vulnerabilities in mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) technology. The vulnerabilities allow malicious merchants to change the amount customers think they are paying....
Ethical hacking jobs outstrip demand
Want a new job? Want one with a big pay packet where a shortage of competition means salaries will stay high for years to come? Then why not become an ethical...
Perception Point protects Box, Dropbox, OneDrive and others
Israeli security company, Perception Point, has released anti-malware protection for shared storage drives.
Called Advanced Shared Drive Security, it is targeted at users of OneDrive, Google Drive, Box, Dropbox and SharePoint. The...
Manufacturers facing increased cyberattacks
The manufacturing industry is at risk of increased cyberattacks due to industrial IoT devices and Industry 4.0 initiatives. This is due to the way that systems are installed and configured. Too...
Can you trust that WhatsApp message?
WhatsApp is never far from the headlines. The latest two stories in India and the US will do little to improve its reputation. In India, the Department of Telecommunications is seeking...