The issue of cybercrime was thrust into international conversation last year, but what will the phenomenon look like in 2018? Cybercrime really hit the headlines in 2017, with the likes of WannaCry crippling the National Health Service in May, the Petya/NotPetya ransomware attack infecting global companies shortly afterwards and a whole host of data breaches … Read more
Top execs make big targets, especially when traveling abroad. Here’s how to protect C-level officers from whaling, espionage, and themselves. Senior executives are among the favorite targets of malicious hackers and other bad actors, in part because they are more likely to hold valuable information — or have a high level of access to such … Read more
New study compares FBI Internet Crime data with insurance stats to reveal the states most at risk from cybercrime. New research by Website Builder Expert, the online resource for creating and launching a website, has revealed the states which are set to lose the most money to cybercrime in 2018. The study compares data from the FBI’s … Read more
If you’ve been keeping up with the news, you’ve probably noticed a few recent reports about companies that may have been a little less than candid about security issues. For example, we recently learned that Uber experienced a breach in 2016. As we’ve also learned from subsequent press reports, the company may have paid the … Read more
The issue of cyber security has been thrust into the spotlight this year like never before, with overwhelming attacks gaining international coverage. Evolving & ever growing IoT landscape will widen attack surface for cyber criminals (IoT adoption by corporations, smart homes). It has been predicted that there will be more than 20 billion IoT devices … Read more
2018 could be the year that governments take a more active role in IoT security, and put pressure on device manufacturers to do the right thing for consumers. 2017 will likely be remembered as the year of ransomware, with high-profile attacks by WannaCry and NotPetya dominating the headlines and causing widespread disruption to organisations around … Read more
The most effective and proactive way of controlling that security risk is by finding and removing vulnerabilities in base images. Containers provide an effective way to deliver a compact, portable environment for running applications across shared server resources. But enterprises are advised to take precautions before embracing this approach to operating-system-level virtualization. Security risks unique … Read more
McAfee forecasts developments in adversarial machine learning, ransomware, serverless apps, connected home privacy and privacy of child-generated content. McAfee Inc.’s most recent threat analyst report has identified five key cyber security trends to watch in 2018. This year’s report focuses on the evolution of ransomware from traditional to new applications, the cyber security implications of … Read more
Are you concerned with the cyber security of your company? Mitigate risks by training your employees. Here’s how: Security awareness isn’t just education, communications and training. It is cultural change and a movement that requires buy in from the top down and the bottom up. It needs to be a credible program that people want … Read more
Using industrial products from Cisco, Siemens, Rockwell Automation or Sierra Wireless? Then this article is a must-read for you. An increasing number of vendors have warned customers over the past weeks that their industrial networking products are vulnerable to the recently disclosed Wi-Fi attack method known as KRACK. The KRACK (Key Reinstallation Attack) flaws affect the WPA … Read more
