The emergence of the Digital Risk Officer
More than half of CEOs will have a senior “digital” leader role in their staff by the end of 2015, according to the 2014 CEO and Senior Executive Survey by …
Global rise in Android banking and payment malware
Mobile banking and mobile payment malware – malicious software that can extort money from users by hijacking personal information and spoofing bank sites or apps to …
1 in 5 enterprises experienced an APT attack
An ISACA global study shows that one in 5 organizations (21 percent) have experienced an advanced persistent threat (APT) attack, and 66 percent believe it’s only a …
64% of companies expect cyber attacks
Nearly two-thirds (64%) of UK IT decision-makers said they expect their organization to be the target of a cyber attack within the next 12 months. And nearly one in three …
Global cloud services market to reach $555 billion by 2020
The global cloud services market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 17.6% from 2014 to 2020, reaching a market size of $555 billion in 2020, according to Allied Market Research. …
Light Patch Tuesday fixes six issues, two critical
Microsoft has released the patches and it is a relatively light month. Six issues in total, 2 Critical, 3 Important, 1 Moderate. OS administration teams will be busy, …
DPAPI vulnerability allows intruders to decrypt personal data
Passcape Software has discovered a DPAPI vulnerability that could potentially lead to unauthorized decryption of personal data and passwords of interactive domain users. The …
Risks of selling used smartphones
AVAST Software easily retrieved personal data from used smartphones sold online, despite consumers deleting their data. From the used devices, researchers was able to recover …
GFI MailEssentials gets new AV engine and anti-spam capabilities
GFI Software released GFI MailEssentials 2014 R2, adding major enhancements to the company’s email security solution. With more than 70 per cent of worldwide email …
Mobile banking users to exceed 1.75 billion by 2019
Over 1.75 billion mobile phone users will have used their devices for banking purposes by the end of 2019, compared to 800 million this year, according to Juniper Research. …
Travelers targeted by infected travel websites
Proofpoint security researchers recently were the first to discover that a large number of travel destination websites had been compromised and were being used to deliver the …
Security weakness found in WiFi enabled LED light bulb
Researchers at Context Information Security have been able to expose a security weakness in a WiFi enabled, energy efficient LED light bulb that can be controlled from a …
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