Most of us recognize the online risks, and as many as half of us have been hacked… and still we do nothing. Nothing ever changes… right up to the point when it then does. Yes, on one level, blindingly obvious. But less obvious or predictable is what it actually takes for change to occur? How […]
A lot of the brunt of cybercrimes are borne by businesses. The Daily Mail of April 2017, reported that the Ipsos Mori poll for the Government shows that around 46 percent of firms suffered digital assaults last year, 2016. A separate Parliamentary report stated that 2.5 million companies out of the 5.5 million in the
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Apple and Cisco are forging a new path in their partnership. The two companies announced on Monday that they are working with insurance company Allianz and Aon, a premier risk evaluator, to assist their customers in having the best cyber protection around. The goal of this new endeavor is to provide businesses a practical way
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Image courtesy of IT Security Central Throughout this series we have brought up darknet enabled insiders or professional insiders as some call them. These insiders are often armed with a series of tools that are accessible to anyone and barely require any knowledge of programming. Not that you have read about what happens on the
As internet users are becoming more aware of online threats, cybersecurity is becoming a serious challenge for internet firms as they scramble for ways to dampen their users’ fears over online vulnerability. To take advantage of this need for more secure online systems, Alphabet, Google’s parent firm, has put up a new independent company with
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Cybersecurity will always remain a big issue that computing companies such as Amazon Web Services will have to address every time they court potential clients. After all, these clients will want assurance that their sensitive data will remain secure when stored off premises. With the discovery of the decades-old system flaws like Spectre and Meltdown, assuring
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Have you ever wondered where exactly data goes after it is stolen? It’s not like physical property which can only be in possession by one person at a time. If someone steals your pen then you are no longer able to utilize that commodity anymore. When we think about theft this is the common conception.
If you’re a small business owner who thinks that you don’t need to worry about about cyber security, think again. The Ponemon Institute’s 2016 State of SMB Cybersecurity report surveyed 600 small businesses, finding not only that “no business is immune to a cyber attack or data breach,” but that a surprisingly high number of
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Last week, Nvidia ran into some problems with the recently revealed “Meltdown” and “Spectre” bugs. When the manufacturer announced that it would be releasing a new patch to address the memory-related vulnerabilities, some outlets misinterpreted the statement as an indirect admission that perhaps, even its GPU might be vulnerable. Microsoft details performance impact of Spectre
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By June 30, 2018, your website will be required to use a later version of the TLS protocol for secure payment communications. That means if your site is using an old TLS version or SSL, then it will be in violation of the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Even worse: you’re putting customer data
