consumer
How familiar are consumers with data protection best practices?
With data breaches on the rise along with consumer demand for privacy and control over their own data, governments have in turn adopted new data protection regulations — and …
QNAP NAS devices targeted by new bitcoin miner
Unsecured QNAP NAS devices are getting covertly saddled with a new bitcoin miner, QNAP has warned users. “Once a NAS is infected, CPU usage becomes unusually high where …
5G services revenue to reach $600 billion by 2026
Revenue generated from 5G services will reach $600 billion by 2026; representing 77% of global operator-billed revenue, a Juniper Research study found. It found adoption of 5G …
What’s stopping consumers from acting on a data breach notice?
Only three percent of consumers implemented a credit freeze after receiving a data breach notice, 11 percent enrolled in credit/data monitoring, and only 22 percent changed …
Biometrics emerging as the preferred identity verification option for digital consumers
Onfido announced the results of a global study with Okta which revealed that businesses have just 10 minutes to set up digital accounts or risk losing consumer trust. The …
Tech support scams becoming the top phishing threat to consumers
NortonLifeLock published a report detailing the top consumer cybersecurity insights and takeaways from July to September 2021. The latest findings show tech support scams, …
Organizations failing to give users the login experience they want
Companies often claim to be customer-centric, or even customer-obsessed, striving to offer technologies that their users demand. However, the findings of a recent global Auth0 …
Fraudulent robocalls to cost consumers $40 billion in 2022
Consumers will lose $40 billion to fraudulent robocalls globally in 2022; rising from $31 billion in 2021, a Juniper Research study reveals. Fraudulent robocalls pose threats …
Consumers will abandon a brand that can’t balance convenience and privacy
The global transformation of daily life has changed how people everywhere interact with brands. With experiences increasingly online, consumers are less tolerant of …
Consumers taking action to protect themselves online, though confidence is low
68% of consumers claim to be doing more to protect themselves from online fraud and identity theft than a year ago, according to a Trulioo research. The research found 76% of …
Microsoft announces passwordless authentication option for consumers
After offering the passwordless authentication option to enterprise customers in March 2021, Microsoft has now started rolling it out to its consumer segment of users. The …
Enterprise WLAN market growth remains strong in 2Q21
Growth rates remained strong in the enterprise segment of the wireless local area networking (WLAN) market in the second quarter of 2021 (2Q21) as the market increased 22.4% …