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2015 saw 888 data breaches, 246 million records compromised worldwide

Gemalto revealed that in the first six months of this year a total of 888 data breaches occurred, compromising 246 million records worldwide.Compared to the first half of …

95% of websites in 10 new TLDs are suspicious

Much has changed since the early days of the Internet when the Web had only six common top level domains (TLDs). Back then, what most consumers and businesses encountered were …

Snoopers’ Charter will cause extreme rise in business costs

The UK Government’s Investigatory Powers Bill, dubbed ‘Snoopers’ Charter’ by critics, has already been met with contention from tech giants, Google, Facebook and Microsoft, …

What’s burning up resources for IT pros during the summer?

IT pros felt the heat this summer as they kept networks humming along for remote workers on vacation. Over the summer months, most organizations see a significant expansion in …

Hope is not a strategy, we need more healthy paranoia

35 percent of security experts believe leadership within their organization lacks a healthy paranoia, with 21 percent of leadership “relying on hope as a strategy” …

Should the removal of personal info posted online be a human right?

69% of online Americans agree that the ‘Right to be Forgotten’ should be a human right, 29% think it allows for censorship. Only 16% think the ‘right to be …

EMEA organizations are being pre-emptive about security

In EMEA, organisations are being pre-emptive about security due to the increasing threat posed by targeted attacks. These threats take the form of cyber-attacks that lie …

What drives employees to shadow IT?

While 94 percent of knowledge workers recognize the importance of collaboration and 83 percent use technology to collaborate, 59 percent are not satisfied with the tools they …

81% of healthcare organizations have been compromised

Eighty-one percent of health care executives say that their organizations have been compromised by at least one malware, botnet, or other cyber-attack during the past two …

Unsurprisingly, most would support eliminating passwords

Password-based authentication is no longer capable of meeting the demands of modern information security, according to LaunchKey. An overwhelming 84% of respondents would …

How many employees present a cloud security risk?

Based on analysis across 10 million users, 1 billion files, and over 91,000 applications, CloudLock focused on the riskiest element in the cloud: user behavior.1 percent of …

Malvertising campaigns increase 325 percent

Cyphort investigated the practices used by cyber criminals to inject malicious advertisements into legitimate online advertising networks. Researchers found that malvertising …

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