DMARC email security is now mandatory for the UK government, what can the enterprise learn?
It’s no secret by now that email has become the number one tool for cyber criminals and fraudsters. Earlier this year the FBI predicted that Business Email Compromise attacks …
Photos: IP EXPO Europe 2016
With six IT events under one roof, 300+ exhibitors and 300+ free to attend seminar sessions, IP EXPO Europe is taking place this week in London, UK. IP EXPO Europe now …
OpenChain Project: Best practices for an ecosystem of open source software compliance
Yesterday at LinuxCon in Berlin, The Linux Foundation announced that the OpenChain Project has established its first set of requirements and best practices for consistent free …
EU wants to curb export of cyber-surveillance tech
The European Commission has proposed a new amendment to the regulation that forms the basis of EU’s export control regime of dual-use technology, i.e. technology that …
Europol identifies eight main cybercrime trends
The volume, scope and material cost of cybercrime all remain on an upward trend and have reached very high levels. Some EU Member States now report that the recording of …
Many tech senior decision-makers don’t understand encryption
Nearly a quarter of tech senior decision-makers in the UK don’t fully understand encryption, according to PKWARE. This number increases to 40% in the retail sector and …
Swiss voters approve new surveillance law
On Sunday, the Swiss populace voted in support for a new surveillance law that will give the Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) wider electronic surveillance powers to prevent …
Top five GDPR myths
At this moment, there are many misunderstandings surrounding the new GDPR legislation. These rules will affect any business that handles personal data, and therefore the …
Rise of malicious apps leveraging UK brands
The number of malicious apps leveraging top UK brands has grown by 130% year on year. A new study examined mobile apps owned by or leveraging the brands of 45 top UK companies …
UK online banking customers are back on fraudsters’ radar
Hot on the heels of the Ramnit Trojan delivery campaign targeting customers of six UK banks comes one delivering the Qadars Trojan. The targets, again, are customers of UK …
Cyber terrorism seen as biggest single future threat
47% of UK IT decision makers (ITDMs) are more worried about cyber terrorism attacks now than they were 12 months ago, according to IP EXPO Europe. This was identified as the …
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 …