More From Security – Page 15
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NewsRansomware attack knocks out key US pipeline
The Colonial pipeline serving most of the eastern United States with fuel and heating oil has been shut down after what is being viewed as the worst-ever cyber-attack on the country’s infrastructure.
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NewsPhilippine national security and criminal cases ‘put at risk’ by data leak
A data store belonging to The Solicitor General of the Philippines containing 345,000 files and documents was downloaded by a third party, with the information left available on the web, according to cyber security company TurgenSec.
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NewsUkraine willing to work with US on cyber security
Ukraine is ready to share its experience in the field of cyber security with the United States and other Western nations, according to the country’s new ambassador to Washington, Oksana Markarova.
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BlogThe journey to automation
Cyber security defence strategies are too often reliant on manual processes - this needs to change as we enter the age of AI, argues Jan Tietze
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NewsMajor UK construction companies work together to counter cyber attacks
The cyber security heads of major contractors working in the UK are drawing up guidance for dealing with online attacks and other cyber security matters, especially when working in joint ventures.
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NewsCloud security switch will increase cyber security spending to $200 billion a year by 2024, says BI
The switch to cloud security will increase global cyber security spending to $200 billion a year by 2024, according to a new report by Bloomberg Intelligence (BI)
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NewsEnergy industry provider Gyrodata hit by data breach
Global energy industry service provider Gyrodata this week began sending letters to current and former employees whose information may have been compromised in a ransomware attack.
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NewsUS Justice Department forms taskforce to tackle ransomware attacks
The United States’ Justice Department has formed a special taskforce to tackle the increasing number of ransomware cyber-attacks.
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Q&APrivSec Job Focus: Keith Price, Cyber Services Director and CISO, Littlefish
Keith Price describes his career journey from the US Air Force to managed security services
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NewsEU to establish Cybersecurity Competence Centre in Bucharest
The European Union will seek to boost security of the internet and other critical network and information systems by setting up a Cybersecurity Competence Centre in the Romanian capital of Bucharest.
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BlogDriving cloud security from the edge for post-COVID success
Investments in cloud infrastructure have helped companies survive a potentially catastrophic period in the pandemic. Now it’s time to look at boosting security from the edge, argues David Shepherd.
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NewsGiant US insurer warns breach leaked customers’ driving license numbers
Major US car insurer Geico has sent a letter to policy holders to tell them of a hack which exposed their driver’s licence number to cyber-attackers.
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NewsInvestigation under way after hack at provider of code testing software
Codecov has called in law enforcement agencies after a cyber attacker breached one of its products which enables software developers to test source code to help prevent bugs and syntax errors.
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SponsoredMicrosoft: Identifying and managing insider threats
Data breaches due to the behaviour of insiders is of increasing concern globally, but how do you tackle the problem? Neha Monga of Microsoft explains how you can identify and mitigate the risks
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Q&APrivSec Job Focus: Lluis Mora, Chief Security Officer, Entain Group
In our latest reader-submitted Q&A, Lluis Mora talks about the importance of product design, customer experience and trust
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NewsGlobal cyber-attacks ‘top 600 a minute’
An average of 648 online threats per minute took place worldwide in the fourth quarter of last year, up 10.2% on the previous three months, according to research by security company McAfee Labs.
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News97% of businesses ‘experienced cyber attacks via mobile devices last year’
Nearly every business polled reported a cyber-attack via a mobile device last year, according to research by cyber security firm Check Point Software Technologies
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NewsIndian online stockbroker Upstox enhances security after suspected data breach
Upstox, India’s second largest stockbroker, has upgraded its security systems after receiving emails claiming unauthorised access into the company’s database.
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NewsIsraeli regtech AML firm ‘considers public listing’ ahead of expected AI boom
Israeli cyber security firm ThetaRay is considering listing on the stock market following an increase in the valuation of regtech companies.
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NewsDoS and API attacks ‘on the rise’
New analysis from F5 Labs suggests Denial-of-Service (DoS) and Application Programming Interface (API) attacks, are on the rise globally.
