C-level executives who have access to a company’s most sensitive information are now the major focus for social engineering attacks, alerts the Verizon 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report. Senior executives are 12 times more likely to be the target of social incidents and nine times more likely to be the target of social breaches than […]
Environments running Operational technology (OT) are stepping up their focus on cybersecurity amid a growing number of attacks. This emerged in Fortinet’s recent State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity Report, which found about 74% of OT organisations have experienced a malware intrusion in the past 12 months, causing damages to productivity, revenue, brand trust, intellectual […]
Trend Micro and Ponemon have produced a new Cyber Risk Index (CRI) which gives insight to the risk of breaches for a number of different sized companies. To collate this material, Trend Micro and Ponemon surveyed over 1,000 IT professionals in the United States. To create the report, the CRI was calculated by reviewing a […]
UK manufacturing and technology sectors continue to battle it out for first and second place in the table of most targeted industry sectors by cyberattackers, according to the 2019 Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR) from NTT Security, the specialised security company and centre of excellence in security for NTT Group. While manufacturing took top billing […]
Sophos study of 10 Cloud Server Honeypots placed worldwide reveals the need for visibility and security to protect what businesses put into hybrid and all-cloud platforms. Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, has announced the findings of its report, Exposed: Cyberattacks on Cloud Honeypots, which reveals that cybercriminals attacked one of […]
New research released by Tanium has found that CIOs and CISOs in the UK have held back from implementing critical measures that keep them resilient against disruption and cyberthreats. Over eight out of 10 (84%) respondents said that they have refrained from adopting an important security update or patch due to concerns about the impact […]
In its recent report about the vulnerabilities in online banking applications, Positive Technologies experts assessed the security levels of online banks in 2018 and discovered that 54% allowed attackers to steal money. In addition to this, all online banks carry the risk of unauthorised access to personal data and other sensitive information. The analysis by […]
In its recent report about the vulnerabilities in online banking applications, Positive Technologies experts assessed the security levels of online banks in 2018 and discovered that 54% allowed attackers to steal money. In addition to this, all online banks carry the risk of unauthorised access to personal data and other sensitive information. The analysis by […]
According to a new CyberArk survey, the majority of UK organisations (nearly 50%) do not prioritise the protection of the applications that their business depends on – such as ERP and CRM systems – any differently than how low-value data, applications or services are secured. The independent survey was conducted among 1,450 business and IT […]
A new report reveals both good and bad news about emerging cybersecurity trends. Mohammed Abukhater, Vice President – MEA at FireEye, gives us the lowdown on decreasing detection times, evolving threats from nation-states and increased attacks during M&A activity. FireEye, the intelligence-led security company, has released the Mandiant M-Trends 2019 Report. The report shares statistics and […]
