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Week in review: MySQL 0-day, Stingrays, and the end of Patch Tuesday
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Five ways to respond to the ransomware threat While organizations wrestle with the …

Top trends in security testing and vulnerability management
Many businesses fail to conduct frequent security testing despite believing that it’s critically important to securing their systems and data. One in five of businesses …

What information people most fear being hacked
People are most fearful of their credit cards or bank statements being hacked, with 78 percent of Americans and Germans ranking it a top concern. That number is even higher in …

Students unaware about ransomware costs, impact
A new Webroot survey reveals a disconnect between what college students say they would pay to access personal data being held for ransom and the reality of actual ransomware …

Real damage done by malicious, careless and compromised insiders
A recent OnePoll survey has revealed some surprising results regarding malicious insiders. 36 percent of surveyed companies experienced security incidents involving malicious …

Cyberattacks cost SMBs an average of $86,500
On average, a single cybersecurity incident now costs large businesses a total of $861,000. Meanwhile, SMBs pay an average of $86,500. To assess the state of the security …

68% of organizations don’t have an IoT test strategy
Capgemini and HPE examined the state of application quality and testing practices across multiple industries and 32 countries. They discovered that, despite 85% claiming that …

Can an automated defence network protect Britain from low-level threats?
A recent Freedom of Information request found that the number of breaches reported to the ICO in the last 12 months has nearly doubled from the previous year, so something …

GDPR: Are you prepared?
Many European and US businesses are ill-prepared for the recently agreed EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and are at risk of falling foul of its rules around the …

Ransomware usage explodes, as app, browser and plug-in vulnerabilities increase
Bromium conducted research on cyber attacks and threats affecting enterprise security over the last six months. The good news is while the number of vulnerabilities is …

Securing information in the age of external collaboration
A new Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) research study, which was completed by 200 senior IT and security professionals with influence over purchasing decisions, highlights the …

Business still ill-prepared to handle modern DDoS attacks
In September 1996, New York City’s original ISP, Panix, was hit by a SYN flood denial of service attack that took them offline for several days. At a time when only 20 million …
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