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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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Genetec

ASIS Europe 2024 Interview – Genetec

Genetec is an innovative technology company with a broad solutions portfolio that encompasses security, intelligence, and operations. The company offers innovative, connected solutions that go beyond security to provide operational insights that allow users to improve their business and environment, it says. In this exclusive interview, on Genetec’s appearance at ASIS Europe 2024, we speak

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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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women in cyber

Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Awards 2024 recognises exceptional women contributing to cyber industry

The 20 winners of the Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Awards, organised by Eskenzi PR, have been announced at a ceremony held at the prestigious BT Tower in London on the 27 February 2024. The awards celebrated the achievements of women working in cybersecurity around the globe – whether recognising personal achievements, efforts to close

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Cybersecurity predictions

Industry experts: 2024 Cybersecurity Predictions

As 2023 draws to a close, experts from My1Login, i-confidential and OSP Cyber Academy gaze into their crystal balls and give their cybersecurity predictions for the year ahead. Mike Newman, CEO of My1Login: Cloud migration will expand the attack surface “In the last year organisations have continued to transform by moving more of their applications

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Security Architecture podcast

Security Architecture podcast kicks off series 5

Cybersecurity architect and host of the Security Architecture podcast, Evgeniy Kharam is inviting security professionals to join him for the Kickoff episode of Season 5. In this latest series, Kharam and co-host Dmitry Raidman will be exploring the best ways to protect infrastructure as a service (IaaS) environments. It will be focusing on the Cloud-Native

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Synopsys

Synopsys introduce Software Risk Manager to streamline enterprise-scale application security testing

Synopsys has introduced its Software Risk Manager, which is an on-premises application security posture management (ASPM) solution. This tool empowers security and development teams to effectively prioritise risks and concentrate on critical areas. The platform brings together policy, orchestration, correlation, integrated static application security testing (SAST), and software composition analysis (SCA) engines, seamlessly integrating security

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Salt Security

Salt Security uncovers API Security flaws in Expo framework

Salt Security have released new threat research from Salt Labs that details several critical security flaws in the Expo framework. The flaws were found in the implementation of the Open Authorisation (OAuth) social-login functionality utilised by Expo, which had the potential to affect any users logging in to an online service using the Expo framework

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Salt Security

Salt Security accelerates API threat detection with new investigation capabilities

Salt Security have announced the addition of new advanced threat detection capabilities and improved API discovery to the Salt Security API Protection Platform. Providing the industry’s only patented AI algorithms for API security, Salt now includes richer detection of user intent, analytics to evaluate API threat severity and rapid investigation enhancements that reduce time to

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The rising threat of the Traffer Ecosystem – deep dive by Outpost24

Outpost24 have released a new report revealing the underground operation of Traffers, cybercriminal organisations reshaping the business of stolen credentials. The Rising Threat of Traffers report, compiled by Outpost24’s Threat Intelligence team, KrakenLabs, provides a deep dive into the credential theft ecosystem and encourages organisations to evaluate their security measures against these evolving threats. Stolen

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Specops

‘Password’ still the most common term used by hackers to successfully breach enterprise networks, according to Specops 2023 weak password report

Specops Software have announced the release of its annual Weak Password Report which analysed over 800 million breached passwords, and proves passwords are still the weakest link in an organisation’s network. The study found 88% of passwords used in successful attacks consisted of 12 characters or less, with the most common being 8 characters (24%).

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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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Cybersmart

CyberSmart attracts £12.75m investment in Series B funding round to protect UK’s 5.5m SMEs

CyberSmart have announced the completion of its Series B funding round, raising an additional £12.75 million following its initial Series A investment of over £8 million. Oxx led the oversubscribed round, with participation from British Patient Capital, Legal & General Capital and Solano Partners, alongside IQ Capital, which backed the company since its seed stage,

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Ivanti

Ivanti and Lookout extend strategic partnership to deliver mobile threat defence as part of Ivanti’s Unified Endpoint Management Solution

Ivanti and Lookout, Inc. have announced the extension of their strategic partnership to now include Lookout Mobile Endpoint Security as part of the Ivanti Neurons automation platform. The combined solution, which also includes Ivanti Go and Ivanti Neurons for Modern Device Management, is a best-in-class security and management solution that enables Ivanti customers to deploy

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UK joins international cyber agency partners to release supply chain guidance

The UK and its international partners have issued advice to IT service providers and their customers as part of wider efforts to protect organisations in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The joint advisory from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – a part of GCHQ – and its partners sets out a series of

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Scottish cyber start-up Lupovis secures over £615,000 in pre-seed funding

Lupovis has secured a pre-seed investment of over £615,000 from a syndicate co-led by Techstart Ventures, investor of seed capital and Nauta Capital, a pan-European venture capital firm together with an investment by the University of Strathclyde itself. According to data on HubSpot the average pre-seed round for start-ups is just above £360,000, putting Lupovis significantly ahead of

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Outpost24 acquires Blueliv for cyber threat landscape monitoring

Outpost24 has acquired threat intelligence company, Blueliv in order to help businesses identify threats targeting their organisations and dramatically reduce risk exposure.   According to IT research organisation, Gartner, “threat intelligence is evidence-based knowledge about existing or emerging menaces or hazards to assets. CISOs should plan for current threats, as well as those that could emerge in the long term.” With cybercriminals continually

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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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Data breach roundtable | LinkedIn shadows Facebook’s error

Earlier this week, Facebook was involved in a massive data breach that compromised the personal data of 533 million users. Now, there is news of another huge data leak involving LinkedIn with 500 million users’ data being compromised, according to reports. Information that has been leaked includes full names, email addresses, phone numbers, genders, links

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Defence Secretary summarises 2030 objectives for armed forces

Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace has recently announced the 2030 outlines for the UK Armed Forces. Outlined in his statement, the UK Armed Forces are set to become a more threat-focussed integrated force; ensuring the military is prepared for new and emerging challenges with a continued shift in thinking across land, sea, air, space and cyber

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