CISA lists two vulnerabilities to be fixed this month
CISA, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has listed two vulnerabilities it says must be fixed within two weeks. Both are being actively exploited. Under the Binding Operational Directive (BOD)...
SamSam, a very lucrative ransomware campaign
Security vendor Sophos has detected a very lucrative piece of ransomware it has named SamSam. It is a closely controlled attack that has earned $5.88 million. In fact, by the time...
Microsoft Word hit by zero-day vulnerability
FireEye Labs has warned of a zero-day vulnerability affecting Microsoft Word. The warning came in a blog by Threat Researcher, Genwei Jiang. In the blog, Jiang says FireEye alerted Microsoft to...
Armor Anywhere gets major upgrade to defend systems
Armor has released a major update to Armor Anywhere. The update adds two new security capabilities, Intrusion Prevention System and Recommendation Scans. These allow the product to be more proactive in...
Online sales to drive biometric payment security
Global payment card provider, Mastercard, believes that 25% of online payments will require biometric security from September 2019. Mastercard claims that currently just 1-2% of online transactions require cardholder authentication. Those...
ConnectWise flexes new acquisition capability
At its annual convention IT Nation Connect, Connectwise has announced two significant acquisitions and a new strategic partnership. These are significant acquisitions compared the one it made a year ago of...
Want to move 100PB+ from your data centre into the cloud?
DigitalGlobe collects imagery of the Earth from its QuickBird satellites (first launched in 2001). Since then new satellites have added capacity and improved resolution. The total data being stored is reaching 100PB.
In the...
Cyber Security Challenge focuses on MoD
The latest round of the Cyber Security Challenge took place at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom (DAUK). It saw the competitors deal with a number of challenges, not least of...
Egress adds advanced graymail detection to its cloud security offering
Egress has added advanced graymail detection capabilities to its cloud security offering. It is part of Egress Defend, and integrates into customers’ Microsoft 365 environments. The company claims it will improve...
Immersive Labs helps British Army enhance its human cyber capabilities
Immersive Labs has signed a deal with the British Army to enhance the human cyber capabilities of military personnel. The deal covers over 100,000 people from Staff Offices to technical specialists....