Synopsys has announced the publication of its Global State of DevSecOps 2023 report examining the strategies, tools and practices impacting software security. The new report from the Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center is based on a survey conducted by Censuswide polling more than 1,000 IT professionals across the world – including developers, application security professionals, DevOps engineers and CISOs, […]

WatchGuard Technologies, a global leader in unified cybersecurity, has announced the findings of its latest Internet Security Report, detailing the top malware trends and network and endpoint security threats analysed by WatchGuard Threat Lab researchers. Key findings from the research include 95% of malware now arriving over encrypted connections, a decrease in endpoint malware volumes despite […]

Akamai Technologies, a cloud company that powers and protects life online, has released a new State of the Internet report that explores existing and emerging cyberattacks against the financial services industry.  The new report, The High Stakes of Innovation: Attack Trends in Financial Services, finds that financial services are the third-most attacked vector in the Europe, Middle East and […]

Trustwave, a leading cybersecurity and managed security services provider, has released comprehensive research shedding light on the distinctive cybersecurity risks encountered by the hospitality sector. The report, 2023 Hospitality Sector Threat Landscape: Trustwave Threat Intelligence Briefing and Mitigation Strategies, explores the specific threats and risks that hospitality organisations face, along with practical insights and mitigations […]

As the 2023 academic year kicks off, schools across the globe are facing an escalating cybersecurity crisis, the Atlas VPN team reports. Data shows the education sector is the most targeted industry by cybercriminals, primarily motivated by the high percentage of schools choosing to pay the ransom. A recent Sophos survey of 3,000 IT and […]

The number of cybersecurity breaches for UK financial services firms has tripled from the years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, with the highest number of breaches being reported within the pensions sector. A report from the international law firm, RPC, highlighted that the number of breaches reported to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has increased from 187 to […]

It has been discovered that 85% of cyber leaders believe AI will outpace cyber defences, according to new research from RiverSafe, a leading cybersecurity professional services provider. The findings were revealed in the AI Unleashed: Navigating Cyber Risks Report, a survey of 250 cybersecurity leaders conducted by independent polling agency, Censuswide, which detailed the rising […]

Barracuda Networks, provider of cloud-first security solutions, published its Fifth Annual Threat Spotlight on Ransomware. The new report looks at ransomware attack patterns that occurred between August 2022 and July 2023. Barracuda researchers analysed 175 publicly reported successful ransomware attacks across the world between August 2022 and July 2023, and in the primary categories Barracuda […]

Proofpoint’s recent survey has revealed some stark findings about Generative AI, highlighting that nearly three-quarters (73%) of those surveyed feel at risk of a material cyberattack, a notable increase from 65% in 2022. We take a look at the results in more detail. Proofpoint, a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, has released its second annual Cybersecurity: […]

Ransomware incidents are on the rise and thus fuelling the ongoing ransomware pandemic that industry leaders are trying to grapple with. Check Point’s 2023 Mid-Year Security Report has revealed that 48 ransomware groups have breached over 2,200 victims. JUMPSEC’s research supports this by revealing that in the first half of 2023, UK ransomware attacks rose […]