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Comodo opens up threat library to public – almost 100m incidents in Q217 alone

Fri, 11th Aug 2017
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​Comodo has opened its 'library' to university, governmental, and non-profit educators and researchers in an industry-first.
Data out the backdoor

HBO breach: Centrify says 'winter is coming' for passwords

Thu, 10th Aug 2017
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HBO's soft underbelly was laid bare to the world after hackers stole 1.5 TB of data from its systems - Centrify says passwords' days are limited.
Targeting cyber threats

Cybercrime: What to expect for the rest of 2017 and how to prepare

Wed, 9th Aug 2017
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​So far this year we have already borne witness to a multitude of serious cybercrime. NordVPN has provided insights for what the second half may hold.
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The renaissance of magnetic tape storage: IBM Research sets new world record

Wed, 9th Aug 2017
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The tape storage has the potential to record up to about 330 terabytes (TB) of uncompressed data on a single tape cartridge.
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Symantec sells digital certificate business – good or bad for customers & partners?

Wed, 9th Aug 2017
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Symantec has sold its digital certificate business to DigiCert - the question is what will be the implications? We talk to both sides to find out.
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Want to cause chaos? ICIT says hacking elections is easy

Mon, 7th Aug 2017
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elections
Hackers at DEFCON were able to exploit vulnerabilities in voting machines in a matter of minutes - ICIT breaks down just how easy it is.
Business tug of war

Traditional data centre vs micro data centre deployments - who wins?

Thu, 3rd Aug 2017
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edge computing
The weigh-up of the cost effectiveness of a single traditional data centre of one MW capacity against a cluster of micro data centres each of 5kW.
Treasure trove

HBO's Game of Thrones treasure chest ransacked by hackers

Tue, 1st Aug 2017
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​It would seem winter has come for HBO after hackers have stormed the company's servers and looted the jewels within to leak data online.
Email scam

Nearly a quarter of 'unsafe' emails getting through to user inboxes

Fri, 28th Jul 2017
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There is a continuous challenge of securing organisations from malicious attachments, dangerous files type, impersonation attacks as well as spam.
Trojan virus

Malware found prowling within every app of alternative Android store

Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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Malware researcher at ESET, Lukáš Štefanko says this is the first time he has ever seen an entire Android market infected like that.
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BT boosts cloud collaboration with Cisco Spark integration

Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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BT One Collaborate Spark helps customers create productive digital environments for their employees while reducing the cost of international calls.
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ForeScout partners with ServiceNow to enable complementary capabilities

Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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ForeScout and ServiceNow have partnered to improve IoT security, providing customers with asset visibility and accelerated response to security incidents.
Businessman help

Majority of organisations that think they're GDPR compliant actually aren't

Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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A global study from Veritas has made some disconcerting findings, revealing only 2% of supposedly 'GDPR-ready' organisations are in fact compliant.
Data out the backdoor

Cisco reveals alarming findings from Midyear Cybersecurity Report

Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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The Cisco Midyear Cybersecurity Report warns of rapidly evolving threats and potential 'destruction of service' (DeOS) attacks.
Data leaky tap

Digital Shadows discovers credit card crime ring cashing in on $24b a year

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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cybersecurity
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credit card fraud
A professional ecosystem has emerged that is providing e-learning courses to allow aspiring cybercriminals to make USD$12k in monthly earnings.
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78% of UK data centres fail ASHRAE guidelines – is IoT the answer?

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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risk & compliance
New research from thermal risk experts has revealed UK data centres are seriously lacking when it comes to temperature management.
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'Most technologically advanced stadia ever built' - Tottenham partners with HPE

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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cloud services
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has been singled out as a key partner in forming one of the most technologically advanced stadia ever built.
Network padlock broken

Hackers steal $32m of ethereum cryptocurrency – expert commentary and advice

Sat, 22nd Jul 2017
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​In the second heist this week, hackers have stolen around US$32 million - Webroot senior threat analyst shares his commentary and insights.
Cyber hack pattern

60% of enterprises confirm global attacks have affected cyber protection choices

Fri, 21st Jul 2017
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Results from a recent survey of security executive from across 11 EMEA countries have been released, revealing the effects of attacks like WannaCry.
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Businesses can't outrun cybercriminals but they can 'outsmart' them

Thu, 20th Jul 2017
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Most businesses mistakenly believe they are protected against cybercrime due to security controls, but this is not the case, says Empired.