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Exploit kits: The rise in user-friendly malware
In past years, we’re seen a massive increase in the use of exploit kits. No website is too great to withstand the many powerful kits, with the Mail Online famously …
A global data analysis of hostile activity
Solutionary’s latest Global Threat Intelligence Report contains information from 24 security operations centers, seven R&D centers, 3.5 trillion logs, 6.2 billion …
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS introduces “snaps” for new robust, secure app format
Canonical released Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, featuring the new “snap” package format and LXD pure-container hypervisor. An Ubuntu Long Term Support (LTS) release is …
Why a layered defense is your best protection against malware
As long as there is software there will be vulnerabilities and those vulnerabilities will be exploited. It’s a bold statement, and oddly enough technically incorrect. In …
Ransomware attacks escalate, companies largely unprepared
Ransomware attacks against endpoints have recently taken place against hospitals in the US and Germany. Attacks have increased in severity to the point that the FBI issued an …
Exposing the Cybercrime as a Business model
Trustwave released a new report which reveals the top cybercrime, data breach and security threat trends from 2015. Experts gathered real-world data from hundreds of breach …
Employees risk corporate security by accessing pirated content
6 in 10 Brits who use personal devices for work also use the same device for streaming or downloading pirated content. Whilst the research, conducted by OnePulse, found that …
Five steps to GDPR compliance
For any organisations processing personal data the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is important news. Agreed upon just days ago, after years of negotiations, the …
SIM Swap fraud is gaining momentum
SIM Swap fraud or SIM Splitting, a financially-motivated mobile phone threat, is gaining momentum according to Foursys. Remote banking losses increased significantly last …
ISPs are putting their enterprise customers at risk of DDoS attacks
The vast majority of enterprise end users (85%) want their ISPs to offer more comprehensive DDoS protection-as-a-service, according to Corero Network Security. The research, …
Global security appliance market continues to grow
The global security appliance market is projected to grow at a CAGR of more than 11% by 2020. Global security appliance market by large enterprises Technavio predicts the …
AI system predicts cyber attacks using input from human experts
Today’s security systems usually fall into one of two categories: man or machine. So-called “analyst-driven solutions” rely on rules created by human experts …
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