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Cybercrime gangs continue to go where the money is
According to the APWG’s new Phishing Activity Trends Report, phishing in the first part of 2018 surged 46 percent higher than late 2017. The total number of phish detected in …

Employees who witness compliance violations twice as likely to leave company
Twenty-nine percent of employees observed at least one compliance violation at work in 2016 or 2017, according to a survey by Gartner. The survey, which sampled more than …

Rise in email impersonation attacks makes companies re-assess their security efforts
Most companies believe they’ve experienced serious data breaches driven by email impersonation in the past 12 months – but are not doing nearly enough to prevent future …

Industrial cybersecurity: Protecting OT from IT
A powerful technique for protecting OT from IT, or to enforce whatever separation is required to ensure the integrity of industrial control infrastructure, involves …

Securely deploying automation for business benefit
Streamlining business processes – and cutting down on the need for human employees to perform mundane and repetitive tasks – automation technology is increasingly being …

Do your users understand your cybersecurity policy?
ObserveIT surveyed more than 1,000 full-time employees ages 18-65+ at organizations with more than 500 employees on their understanding and awareness of cybersecurity …

IaaS public cloud services market grew 29.5% in 2017
The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 29.5 percent in 2017 to total $23.5 billion, up from $18.2 billion in 2016, according to Gartner. Amazon was the …
JD-HITBSecConf2018: Technical trainings, talks, exhibitions, competitions
HITB, organizer of the popular HITB Security Conference series, is collaborating with JD.com to bring its popular JD – HITB Security Conference to China for the first …

Top 10 list of dark web activities that indicate a breach
Research analysts at Terbium Labs released a list of the most common activities seen on the dark web that indicate a breach, or other unwanted incident, has taken place. …

Three security trends to watch for at Black Hat USA 2018
Thus far in 2018, organizations and individuals worldwide have experienced a large number of high profile cyber attacks, with criminals stealing billions of dollars as well as …

Digital trust: Security pros, business execs and consumers see it differently
An extensive global survey of consumers, cybersecurity professionals and business executives about their views on digital trust conducted by analyst firm Frost & …

Insights into consumer attitudes to biometric payments
Biometric payments are poised for significant growth, but substantial consumer security concerns could put its future at risk according to a new report from Transaction …
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