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Medigate announces $5.35M seed round to protect connected medical devices
Israeli startup Medigate today announced $5.35 million in seed funding for its mission to secure the use of the millions of connected medical devices on healthcare provider …
Governments manipulate social media, threaten global Internet freedom
Governments around the world are dramatically increasing their efforts to manipulate information on social media, threatening the notion of the Internet as a liberating …
This year’s most hackable holiday gifts
McAfee announced its third annual Most Hackable Holiday Gifts list to help consumers identify potential security risks associated with popular gifts this holiday season. In …
Rise and evolution of ransomware attacks
Ransomware, malware that encrypts systems and then asks for a ransom to decrypt files and systems, has become more prevalent in recent years. In fact, two of 2017’s major …
Risk assessment: The first step in improving cyber security
Despite the proliferation of high profile cyber-attacks over the last 18 months, many organisations are still too disorganised in their approach to security. While it is no …
November Patch Tuesday forecast: .NET, Adobe, Firefox and more
Fall is upon us and the holidays are right around the corner! But before we continue shopping, we need to cover a few security topics for this month. KRACK vulnerability The …
Is your CCTV system GDPR compliant?
Organisations are putting themselves at risk of breaching the GDPR because they’re failing to realise that the new regulation covers their CCTV systems and the visual data …
EMEA IT spending to exceed $1 trillion in 2018
IT spending in EMEA is projected to total $1 trillion in 2018, an increase of 4.9 percent from estimated spending of $974 billion in 2017, according to the latest forecast by …
Week in review: Top GDPR compliance risks, DDE attack mitigations, Node.js security
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Infosec expert viewpoint: Vulnerability patching Vulnerability patching is one of the …
Eavesdropper vulnerability exposes sensitive corporate communications data
Appthority published research on its discovery of the Eavesdropper vulnerability, caused by developers carelessly hard coding their credentials in mobile applications that use …
Node.js security: Are developers confident in the quality of their code?
A NodeSource and Sqreen joint developer survey of nearly 300 CTOs, CIOs and developers revealed that, while the developer community fully understands the risks of operating in …
Digital business is turning CIOs into leaders
For 82 percent of EMEA CIOs digital business has led to a greater capacity for change and a more open mindset in their IT organization, according to Gartner‘s annual …
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