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Armis: Navigating the UK’s cybersecurity tempest

Curtis Simpson, CISO at Armis explores the rising cyber threats to UK organisations and the need to improve attack surface management before it’s too late, and asks how companies can ride the storm of employee risks, expanding attack surfaces and limited visibility. Much like Shakespeare’s final play, which begins with the spectacle of a storm-tossed […]

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Tenable Q&A | Increasing confidence in cyber risk analysis

Bernard Montel, EMEA Technical Director and Security Strategist, of Tenable gives an exclusive interview regarding the recent study entitled ‘Beyond Boundaries’ and suggests how organisations can prepare for cyber attacks more diligently. The recent study of Beyond Boundaries, commissioned by Tenable and conducted by Forrester Consulting, says 55% of organisations are lacking in confidence in

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Armis research finds lack of awareness towards cyber security

Armis has released the findings of a nationwide study of 2,000 UK employees that analysed their thoughts on the country’s cyber resilience and their own attitudes to security. The results demonstrate the lack of awareness towards cybersecurity in the UK. Despite 60% admitting to having been impacted by a cyber attack, the study found a general lack

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Healthcare organisations experience 105% increase in IoT attacks in last year

A new study from Obrela Security Industries into the state of healthcare cybersecurity has revealed that the industry is under increased pressure from a significant rise in cyberattacks, with 83% experiencing an increase in attacks since the beginning of the pandemic.   The study looked at Obrela’s healthcare attack data over the last year to understand the

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SOS Q&A | Protecting the online environment of businesses

In this exclusive Q&A, Detective Inspector Michael Preston, Head of Cyber and Innovation at The Cyber Resilience Centre for Wales, discusses what the organisation can offer to businesses to respond to incidents efficiently and migrate any potential damage a cyber attack may create.  Defend against the latest online crime threats through our business memberships. The

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Cybereason and Smarttech247 partner up to tackle cyber threats

Cybereason and Smarttech247 have announced a new partnership to enable joint customers to detect and end cyber attacks on endpoints anywhere on their networks. Businesses today face a constant barrage of cyber threats, including destructive ransomware attacks and other malicious activity. Cybereason and Smarttech247 will work together to enable organisations to better safeguard their most critical

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Cybereason launches new ‘Defenders League’ Partner Program

Cybereason has launched ‘The Cybereason Defenders League;’ a global partner community, designed to reward the cybersecurity industry’s most trusted advisors and solution providers by increasing their margins and profitability. Members of this program will reportedly gain access to award-winning technology and services to help end users stop cyber attacks. “The Cybereason Defenders League affords partners

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KnowBe4 | Protection from the ‘bad guys’

When it comes to cyber attacks, the bad guys are out there, watching and waiting for an opportunity to strike. They have carefully researched organisations in order to set the perfect trap and the perfect backstory, or pretext, is the key. In an exclusive on-demand webinar from KnowBe4, Kevin Mitnick, Chief Hacking Officer and Perry Carpenter, Chief Evangelist and

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CYBERUK ONLINE 2021 | Video event highlights

This year’s CYBERUK ONLINE event was delivered via a YouTube channel where the NCSC led and shared a range of world-class conversations to a global public audience. These are some of the video highlights of the key content showcased at CYBERUK21 ONLINE, 11-12 May 2021. https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/cyberuk/overview

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Opinion | Phishing for humans – what do the numbers teach us?

Javvad Mailk, Security Awareness Advocate of KnowBe4, gives his insight on phishing attempts over the last quarter Humans are curious. They also want to inherently “fix” things”. And they’re social beings. These are all traits that cyber attackers prey on – it’s what makes phishing so successful. Every quarter, we look to analyse what types

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NCSC reports fifteen-fold increase in removing online scams

The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has revealed it thwarted more online scams during the pandemic than it had done in the previous three years combined. COVID and NHS-themed cyber crime fuelled the increase, with security experts recording a 15-fold rise in the removal of online campaigns in 2020 compared to 2019.  The findings were

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Talion article | The Power of the Vulnerability

Threat Intelligence Analyst at Talion, Natalie Page gives her exclusive insight on the power of prompt patching in the fight against ransomware gangs as they increasingly exploit vulnerabilities at an alarming rate. Since the dawn of cyber, security vulnerabilities have consistently been a key concern for cyber analysts defending against threat actors who leverage exploits

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NCSC publishes online cyber security training for schools

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has recently produced an online training package designed to protect schools from cyber attacks. Available as a scripted powerpoint presentation on the company website, the package offer school staff four steps for building basic cyber security safeguards, including how to defend against phishing attempts, the effective use of passwords,

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Cybereason unveils campaign to leverage Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities

Cybereason has announced the discovery of a widespread, global campaign seeking to propagate the Prometei Botnet, by targeting organisations with a multi-stage attack to steal processing power to mine bitcoin. The threat actors, who appear to be Russian speakers, are taking advantage of previously disclosed Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities leveraged in the Hafnium attacks to penetrate networks.

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Armis and Eseye form strategic partnership

Armis and Eseye have announced a partnership and joint solution to enable organisations to deploy connected devices anywhere in the world with consistent, reliable cellular (4G/LTE/5G) connectivity. While Eseye’s connectivity management platform enable devices to switch intelligently to any one of over 700 GSMA-compliant carriers, Armis’ Agentless Device Security Platform provides device discovery, monitoring and

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Cyber attack roundtable | Targeting the ‘soft underbelly’ that is Education

The latest roundtable discussion from Security on Screen analyses the recent cyber attack against the University of Hertfordshire as well as the education sector becoming increasingly vulnerable during the pandemic. The University of Hertfordshire has been targeted by cyber attackers this week, resulting in the entire IT network being taken down and subsequently, all online

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Two in five UK firms have experienced cyber-attacks in last year, says new report

According to a new report from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), two in five businesses (39%) and a quarter of charities (26%) have had cyber security breaches or attacks within the last 12 months. The report (Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2021) also exposes the cyber risk to organisations that is now

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