All Security articles – Page 17
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Cloud 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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Energy 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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US 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&A
PrivSec 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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EU 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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Blog
Driving 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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Giant 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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Investigation 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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Microsoft: 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&A
PrivSec 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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Global 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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97% 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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Indian 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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Israeli 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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DoS 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.
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Microsoft warns businesses are not taking firmware attack threat seriously enough
Businesses are not paying close enough attention to firmware attacks, Microsoft has warned, following research showing the scale of the problem.
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EU says ‘no major breach detected so far’ following significant cyber attack
The European Commission and other European Union (EU) institutions have been hit by a cyber attack significant enough for senior officials to be alerted.
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Thousands of Indian government officials being trained in cyber security
More than 4,000 employees of the Indian government have been trained in cyber safety in the past three months to help beef up the state’s defences against cyber-attacks.
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Tackling the FinTech Regulatory Landscape: Addressing Challenges in Privacy, Compliance and Cybersecurity
Fintech has disrupted the financial sector dramatically over the past few years. With new, fast services, increased connectivity it has enabled the industry to be quicker and more agile.
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Giant cyber insurance firm CNA hit by 'sophisticated' ransomware attack
Insurance firm CNA is working to restore its systems and is investigating if policyholders’ data has leaked after a “sophisticated” cyber attack.