Trusted deployment of personal data to boost growth in the European economy
The effective and trusted deployment of personal data could be a boon to consumers and a source of massive growth in the European economy, but only if public and private …
IT in the organization: four possible scenarios for the future
The changing shape of IT is causing CIOs to question the role of IT in the organization. As businesses confront global economic uncertainty, changing market dynamics and …
Alarming number of merchants unaware of PCI DSS
The last four years have been marked by continued growth in small business data compromise, yet small business owners are still missing the point of the PCI DSS, a ControlScan …
Gartner says EMEA IT spending will grow
IT spending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) will reach $1.154 trillion in 2013, a 1.4 percent increase from 2012 projected spending of $1.138 trillion, according …
25% of Google Play apps pose a security risk
New research shows that more than 100,000 Android applications in the Google Play store (25 percent) pose a security risk to mobile device users and the enterprise networks to …
Companies don’t understand cloud services
A majority of SMBs in the UK and US are unsure of cloud services or think they are only for large companies, thus missing out on the opportunity to increase productivity and …
Costs of tools and activities in the Russian cybercriminal underground
A new Trend Micro research paper describes a broad offering of tools and activities that can be bought and sold on underground forum shopping sites. It examines the prices …
Most organizations report an increase in external attacks
Organizations need to fundamentally shift their approach to information security in order to meet the threats presented by existing and emerging technologies according to …
Inside the black market for social network fraud
In its analysis of a large hacker forum containing roughly 250,000 members, Imperva detected a black market for social network fraud. In addition, about one third of …
The anatomy of cyber security exercises
In its new report, the EU’s ‘cyber-security agency’ ENISA (the European Network and Information Security Agency) examines 85 national and international …
Worst passwords of 2012
Just in time for Halloween comes something that might scare anyone who spends a lot of time online: SplashData’s annual list of the most common passwords used on the …
Phishing websites proliferate at record speed
A new phishing survey released by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) reveals that while the uptime of phishing websites dropped during the first half of 2012, …