The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved new rules that require publicly traded companies to publicise details of a cyberattack within four days of identifying a material impact on their finances, marking a major shift in how computer breaches are disclosed. Richard Suls, Security & Risk Management Consultant, WithSecure and Paul Brucciani, Cybersecurity […]

Gender diversity at risk with widening cyberskills gap, burnout and job attrition among women also posing threats to critical national infrastructure. UK critical national infrastructure (CNI) organisations are facing a dearth of diverse cybersecurity talent, with a disproportionate number of women afraid their jobs may be on the line when compared with men, according to […]

Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity leader, has announced new research revealing that most enterprises invest 5-10% of their IT budgets specifically on private 5G network security, despite an assumption that the technology is secure by default.  “When it comes to private 5G network technology, there’s no such thing as ‘secure by default’, so it’s reassuring […]

Thousands of satellites are currently orbiting the Earth and there will be many more in the future. Researchers from Ruhr University Bochum and the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Saarbrücken have assessed the security of these systems from an IT perspective. They analysed three current low-earth orbit satellites and found that, from a […]

Report pinpoints proliferation of Generative AI circumventing approaches to authentication and verification of identity. Ensign InfoSecurity has released its latest Cyber Threat Landscape report showing the biggest threats and vulnerabilities across some of Asia’s key economies – including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Korea and Hong Kong.   This year, the report incorporates a new approach […]

The Estée Lauder Companies has identified a cybersecurity incident, which involves an unauthorised third party that has gained access to some of its systems. After becoming aware of the incident, the company proactively took down some of its systems and promptly began an investigation with the assistance of leading third-party cybersecurity experts. The company is […]

The Norwegian Government Security and Service Organisation (DSS) has detected a cyberattack on the ICT platform used by 12 ministries. The matter is currently being investigated by the police. “We are taking this incident very seriously. The Norwegian Government Security and Service Organisation (DSS) is cooperating closely with the National Security Authority (NSM) and the […]

New integration provides comprehensive management of Microsoft 365 and expands Microsoft 365 Backup offering. Rubrik, the Zero Trust data security specialist, has announced a new integration with Microsoft 365 Backup. The announcement is an extension of Rubrik’s long-standing relationship with Microsoft and comes on the heels of last month’s confirmation of the joint collaboration to integrate Rubrik […]

IBM report reveals AI/Automation cut breach lifecycles by 108 days; $470,000 in extra costs for ransomware victims that avoid law enforcement; only one third-of organizations detected the breach themselves. The latest Cost of a Data Breach report from IBM Security shows the global average cost of a data breach reached $4.45 million in 2023 – […]

The EU’s new transatlantic data transfer deal with the US has been signed off by the 27 EU Member States, ending three years of legal uncertainty. By finally ratifying the European Commission’s adequacy decision, national governments formally approved the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which the Commission has adopted. The decision means that EU and US businesses […]