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“Our observations suggest that the vast number of breaches occurring on an almost daily basis indicates that businesses – just like individuals – are still struggling to get the basics right when it comes to securing their data.” — David Gibson, Varonis Vice President Commenting on reports that the Bank of England’s director of financial [...]

Nearly five years ago, Peratech, the innovators in touch technology, warned of the possible fraud problems of data, money and identity theft from the use of RFID for Near Field Communications (NFC) in contactless access control, passports and credit cards.  Known as skimming, thieves can use easily available electronics or a smartphone to read the [...]

It has been revealed that NATO experienced 2,500 cyber attacks in 2012*.  Though an official stated that none of the attacks had successfully infiltrated NATO security, it has been reported that around ten attacks a month were considered ‘serious’ and a minority may have been state-sponsored.  The news came as officials met at NATO headquarters [...]

Security experts at Voltage Security, the world leader in data-centric security, warn that a drop in enterprises that prohibit BYOD, coupled with a new mobile enterprise era rung in by the introduction of 4G, could leave organisations across the UK wide open to cybercriminals unless they take on appropriate security measures. Voltage predicts that with [...]

“The reality is that mid-sized businesses need to help themselves in the security defence stakes, as no-one – including the government – is going to run to their rescue in the event they are hit by a cyber crime.” – Richard Kirk, AlienVault Senior Vice President Commenting on the latest cyber security report from the [...]

Proven security executive with more than 25 years of experience will oversee global research and development. ThreatTrack Security, the leader in progressing how organisations identify and stop the advanced global threat landscape, has  announced last week the appointment of Dipto Chakravarty to executive vice president of engineering and products. Chakravarty will lead global research and [...]

In the recent 2012 Home Office Statistics, it found that 206 people on average have been arrested every year since 2002 in relation to terrorism related offences, 37% of which have resulted in a charge. However, terrorism is not just about physical attack, but can take the form of attacks on vital information or communication [...]

In their latest report, the experts at Kaspersky Lab analysed the development of IT threats in the first quarter of 2013. The first three months of the year turned out to be full of incident, especially when it came to cyberespionage and cyberweapons. At the very beginning of the year, Kaspersky Lab published a major [...]

Spear-Phishing, News and Twitter Accounts: Why Corporate Credentials Must be Protected The Daily Telegraph is the latest victim in a series of high-profile attacks against media organizations.  The group that is behind these attacks, the ‘Syrian Electronic Army’ (SEA), has hijacked Twitter accounts and online operations of several media organizations, including the Financial Times, The [...]

Following the announcement yesterday, Thursday 16th of May, about how E-Skills UK has teamed up with organisations to launch cyber security apprenticeships, Etienne Greeff, managing director SecureData comments about the importance of these apprenticeships for UK businesses. “Cybercrime is a very serious issue and can cause UK businesses to lose thousands of pounds each day. The announcement [...]