An international study from Barracuda Networks shows that 69% of successful ransomware attacks start with an email. Barracuda Networks, a trusted partner and leading provider of cloud-first security solutions, has published its 2023 Email Security Trends report that shows how email-based security attacks affect organisations around the world. A total of 75% of the organisations […]

The 17th Annual Data Protection Day took place recently (January 28) but is relevant all year round. It is a day marked by the ‘gloom’ and ‘uncertainties’ of international crises by the war, the climate crisis and the economic crisis, according to the Council of Europe. Data Protection Day is an annual event, celebrated across […]

Zeki Turedi, CTO EMEA, CrowdStrike, discusses the cybersecurity landscape in the months to come and why the way forward depends on your choice of partner, not technology. It’s safe to say that last year was unrelenting on the cybersecurity front and adversaries are only becoming more sophisticated and adopting more advanced techniques and technologies to […]

Acronis has released its cyberthreats report which delves into the cyberthreat landscape – in particular, ransomware threats, phishing, malicious websites, software vulnerabilities and a security forecast for the months ahead. Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, released its latest cyberthreats and trends report for the second half of 2022 which found that phishing and […]

Rubrik, the Zero Trust data security company, has announced the Australian findings from its inaugural  State of Data Security report, commissioned by Rubrik and conducted by Wakefield Research.   Among the key findings regarding the most pressing challenge, Australian cybersecurity leaders face in securing their organisation’s data was ‘insufficient talent in IT and SecOps’, cited by […]

SecurityGen, a global provider of security solutions and services for the telecoms industry, has revealed its cybersecurity priorities for telecom operators in 2023. SecurityGen Co-founder and CTO, Dmitry Kurbatov, identifies the main factors shaping the risks and threats that operators must prepare for in the year ahead. 1. 5G-related challenges 5G is designed from the […]

The latest OT/IoT security report from Nozomi Networks Labs finds wiper malware, IoT botnet activity and the Russia/Ukraine war significantly influenced the 2022 threat landscape. Continuing the trend that was observed in the first half of 2022, Nozomi Networks Labs researchers saw hacktivists shift tactics from data theft and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks […]

When it comes to the Metaverse, it is crucial that security is a top priority or businesses will risk leaving themselves open to attack. Lior Arbel, CTO of Encore, discusses the importance of staying secure in the Metaverse to ensure we reap its potential of revolutionising the way we communicate and conduct business. As new […]

Neil Thacker, CISO EMEA at Netskope, says the fact that new standards for post-quantum cryptography are coming is a hugely positive step forward in the constant evolution of security and why the transition to these standards will be one of the biggest transformational challenges facing security teams in the next decade. Every few decades, the […]

Fortinet, a global leader in the cybersecurity field, has unveiled predictions from the FortiGuard Labs global threat intelligence and research team about the cyberthreat landscape for 2023 and beyond. Highlights of the predictions and key takeaways for CISOs can be found below: 1 – Success of RaaS is a preview of what’s to come with CaaS Given […]