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AI hacking of ‘March Madness’ betting to cost US companies record amounts in 2024

Advizex, a leading technology provider of infrastructure and enterprise application solutions, is warning that, with the rise of AI, cyber-attacks and AI hacking are becoming more sophisticated and frequent. It is estimated that these attacks, and the general loss of productivity from office betting pools, will cost U.S. companies more than $18.3 billion (€16.77bn) in […]

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UK Cyber Week Expo and conference

UK Cyber Week Expo and Conference 2024 to leave attendees “better informed, action-empowered and industry-revitalised”

With less than a month to go before UK Cyber Week Expo and Conference, organisers are urging cyber experts, IT leaders and front-line business executives along to the event which promises to “deliver actionable insight for all levels of cyber knowledge”, so attendees can “leave better informed, action-empowered and industry-revitalised”. At the show, which takes

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Adarma

Adarma launches new Managed Detection and Response (MDR) offering based on Microsoft’s XDR technology

Adarma have announced a new service within its Managed Detection & Response (MDR) suite of offerings based on Microsoft XDR (Extended Detection & Response) technology. The turnkey service is aimed at customers who require coverage against the UK’s most prevalent threats and who do not have the in-house teams to manage a 24×7 Security Operations

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Acronis names Patrick Pulvermueller as CEO

Acronis has appointed cloud software and hosting industry veteran Patrick Pulvermueller as its Chief Executive Officer, effective as of 1st July, 2021. Pulvermueller succeeds Serguei Beloussov, who founded the company in 2003 and has served as CEO since 2013.  Pulvermueller joins Acronis from GoDaddy, where he most recently served as President of the Partner Business. In that

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Saracens welcomes Pax8 as Acronis #CyberFit Delivery Partner

Acronis and Saracens have announced an Official Cyber Protection Partnership which will be supported by global cloud distributor Pax8. Acronis will deliver  cyber protection solutions to ensure that Saracens’ data, applications, and systems are secure, authentic, and easily accessible, thus minimising the risk of downtime or disruptions to the team’s daily operations. Acronis’ technology and

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Williams Racing has named UK-based cloud distributor Vuzion as the Acronis #CyberFit Delivery Partner

Williams welcomes Vuzion as Acronis #CyberFit Delivery Partner

Williams Racing has named UK-based cloud distributor Vuzion as the Acronis #CyberFit Delivery Partner, in line with the Cyber Protection Partnership between Williams and Acronis that was renewed earlier this year. Since Williams and Acronis first partnered at the start of the 2018 Formula One season, Acronis has helped the team manage growing volumes of

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Ransomware roundtable | A threat in the pipeline

The latest roundtable discussion from Security on Screen analyses the Colonial Pipeline’s major ransomware attack and how it highlights the risk ransomware can pose, not just to businesses, but to critical national industrial infrastructure  The US government issued an emergency legislation on Sunday after The Colonial Pipeline (located in Alpharetta, Georgia) was hit by a

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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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KnowBe4 releases Q1 2021 top-clicked phishing report

KnowBe4 has recently revealed the results of its Q1 2021 top-clicked phishing report, which reveals that despite still seeing phishing email attacks related to COVID-19, users are becoming more savvy and alert to these types of scams. “With COVID-19 being around for over a year now and employees becoming more aware of the types of

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