Security Spotlight

In the past couple of years, cybercrime has increased by 600 per cent, according to cloud technology publication Cloudwards. Cloudwards also shows that phishing is the most widespread method of cyberattack, with more than 65 per cent of American companies falling victims to it every year. Here Marcin Bala, CEO …

Nebulon, Inc.’s release of its latest Nebulon TimeJump, addresses key ransomware mitigation challenges in less than four minutes. Nebulon TimeJump provides four-minute restore capabilities not only for critical application data but also infected operating systems, so application infrastructure can be brought back online near-instantly. “A ransomware attack on your business is more …

Attacks on various crypto projects and ecosystems brought millions of dollars to hackers and scammers. According to the recent findings by the Atlas VPN team, blockchain hackers stole $682 million in 72 hack events throughout Q1 2022. In addition, hacks on Solana and Binance Smart Chain ecosystems attributed to more …

Martin Fairman, Group Sales & Marketing Director at KYOCERA Document Solutions UK explores how printers can be an access point for cybercriminals.  Today’s Wi-Fi printers possess an array of features that make printing easy, which are especially useful in a world where remote working is commonplace and employees use a …

Andrew Gogarty, Chief Security Evangelist at Secon, looks at the reasons why organisations must address numerous vulnerabilities with reports of multiple breaches and ongoing threats continuing. With much of the UK workforce now heading back into the office following the easing of Covid restrictions, there still remains a large amount …

LogRhythm has partnered with Pareto to help current LogRhythm employees develop and improve their skill in solving cybersecurity challenges for UK customers. “We are excited to launch our new apprenticeship scheme with Pareto as we look for new methods to provide our UK customers with a comprehensive cybersecurity experience. The …

A study of 1,247 workplaces, by cybersecurity experts VPNoverview.com, found that two-thirds of businesses (66%) leave themselves at risk of cyberattacks due to their lack of having (or enforcing) password rotation policies. In fact, it is advised that you should change your password every 60-90 days1, but a significant number of …

Pax8 is partnering with LogMeIn on password management and single sign-on solution, LastPass, to managed service providers (MSPs) giving them visibility and control over every access point of their clients’ businesses in North American and the UK. “We are excited about the partnership with LogMeIn and to offer partners their award-winning …

NordVPN Teams and NordVPN have released data showing the average cost of a data breach in the retail industry is $2.01 million — the third fastest-rising figure in all sectors. The shift to e-commerce and a 16.5% increase in sales last year have presented more cyberattack opportunities. In recent years, …

LogRhythm has launched version 7.7 of its LogRhythm NextGen SIEM Platform with new features for threat detection and response, including a new Timeline View that provides analysts with an easy-to-follow security narrative when investigating an incident.  Visualising Security Stories with Timeline View Through Timeline View, security analysts have a consolidated, …