Category: Security

April 23, 2024

While cloud security has certainly come a long way since the wild west days of early cloud adoption, the truth is that there’s a long way to go before most organizations today have truly matured their cloud security practices. And […]

April 16, 2024

Your company’s intellectual property—whether that’s patents, trade secrets or just employee know-how—may be more valuable than your physical assets. Here’s to establish basic policies and procedures for IP protection. Intellectual property (IP) is the lifeblood of every organization. It didn’t […]

April 11, 2024

Passwords serve as the first line of defense against data breaches, yet individuals often exhibit poor habits when it comes to selecting or updating their passwords regularly. Despite widespread requirements for secure passwords across applications and websites, research indicates that […]

March 27, 2024

With email being the biggest business productivity tool out there, it’s no surprise that it’s also the main vehicle for cybercrime. Email phishing is the most common type of online exploitation, which grew by 173% in Q3 of 2023 compared […]

March 22, 2024

Despite the critical role of APIs, the vast majority of commercial decision-makers are ignoring the burgeoning security risk for businesses, according to Fastly. Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) have long been recognised as a bedrock of the digital economy and recent […]

March 21, 2024

ChromeOS is slated to receive some new privacy tools in a future update, and chief among them is the ability to control your Chromebook’s location privacy setting. According to a post on the Google Cloud blog, the feature is an […]

March 11, 2024

In today’s fast evolving digital space, the proliferation of application programming interfaces (APIs) has been nothing short of explosive. One forecast predicts there will be nearly 1.7 billion active APIs by 2030 which ushers in unparalleled opportunities for innovation and […]

March 1, 2024

Dealing with cyber security incidents is an expensive business. Each data breach costs an estimated $4.35 million on average and it’s not as if the volume of cyber attacks is falling – last year, they rose by 38 percent according […]

February 29, 2024

Concerned over the chance that Chinese-made cars could pose a future threat to national security, Biden’s administration is proposing plans to probe potential threats posed by “connected” vehicles made in the Middle Kingdom. In a statement this morning, the US […]

February 29, 2024

Consumer groups are filing legal complaints in the EU in a coordinated attempt to use data protection law to stop Meta from giving local users a “fake choice” between paying up and consenting to being profiled and tracked via data […]

February 28, 2024

In the ever-shifting digital arena, staying ahead of evolving threat trends is paramount for organizations aiming to safeguard their assets. Amidst this dynamic landscape, email stands as a primary battleground for cyber defense. VIPRE Security Group’s latest report, “Email Security […]

February 27, 2024

After ten years operating under the original model, and two years working to revise it, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released version 2.0 of its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). Unlike the original, which was designed with critical […]

February 27, 2024

Broadcom has delivered on its 2023 teaser of integration between VMware’s SD-WAN and Symantec’s Security Service Edge, by today debuting the “VMware VeloCloud SASE, Secured by Symantec” at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Symantec Security Service Edge is already […]

February 27, 2024

A joint advisory issued by cybersecurity agencies of Five Eyes (US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand) warns that Russia-linked APT29 threat actors (aka SVR group, Cozy Bear, Nobelium, BlueBravo, Midnight Blizzard, and The Dukes) have switched to targeting cloud […]

February 26, 2024

A data protection watchdog in the UK has issued an enforcement notice to stop Serco from using facial recognition tech and fingerprint scanning to monitor staff at 38 leisure centers it runs. During an investigation, the Information Commissioner’s Office, Britain’s […]

February 26, 2024

Bitdefender announced Cryptomining Protection, a cryptomining management feature that allows users to both protect against malicious cryptojacking and manage their own legitimate cyptomining initiatives on their Windows PCs. According to a 2023 report, cryptojacking attacks have increased nearly 400% year […]

February 23, 2024

The outage knocked out cellphone service for thousands of its users across the U.S. starting early Thursday before it was restored. AT&T blamed the incident on an error in coding, without elaborating. “Based on our initial review, we believe that […]

February 22, 2024

Apple announced this week that it is implementing post-quantum cryptography in its iMessage platform to protect against potential future attacks powered by quantum computers. The new encryption protocol, called PQ3, will roll out later this year. According to an Apple […]

February 21, 2024

It was growing threat levels and an increase in reported cybersecurity attacks since digitalization which pushed the European Union to introduce the original Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive in 2016. The rules at the time went some way towards […]

February 21, 2024

The complexity facing businesses as they make the necessary transition to cloud-native applications and multi-cloud architectures keeps cloud teams firmly on the frontline when it comes to implementing security policies. The constant risks of misconfiguration and malicious attack demand that […]