Cybersecurity

Security Compass expands e-learning with hands-on Virtual Lab

Security Compass has launched a hands-on Virtual Lab which it describes as complementary to its existing e-learning course offerings and training solutions. The new Security Compass training lab provides practical opportunities for developers to deepen their understanding of common vulnerabilities and gain the skills necessary to build secure software. Armed with knowledge about the OWASP […]

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Radiflow sees record year for growth and revenues

Cybersecurity solutions for industrial automation networks specialist, Radiflow, has announced significant growth in revenues and bookings following the launch of new products in 2020 and continued international expansion. “Although last year has been a challenge for many vendors due to the impact of the global pandemic reducing overall IT spending, the OT cybersecurity space has

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Industrial Defender creates IT-OT integration lab

Industrial Defender has launched an IT-OT integration lab. The lab has been created to accelerate advancements in the industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity space by providing a real-world setting to experience new technologies virtually. This IT-OT Integration Lab will be used to research and develop emerging technologies and test cybersecurity integrations. In addition to this,

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KnowBe4 finds rise in work from home-related phishing attacks

KnowBe4’s Q4 2020 top-clicked phishing report reveals that work-related email subjects such as corporate policy changes are becoming more popular with the coronavirus pandemic continuing to keep more people working from home. Covering the entire fourth quarter, real phishing emails that were reported to IT departments related to working from home are on the rise.

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DataLocker launches its most secure managed large-capacity USB drive

DataLocker has released what it describes as an entirely new breed of encrypted USB drive. The DL4 FE delivers security and remote management in a small-form-factor USB drive with capacities up to 15.3 TB. “The onslaught of attacks by state actors, hackers and cyber cartels continues,” said Jay Kim, CEO of DataLocker. “Threat actors are

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Cybersecurity failure identified as ‘clear and present danger’ by World Economic Forum

Cybersecurity failure has been ranked fourth in the ‘clear and present danger’ category of the World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2021. The 16th edition of the report is based on the results of the Global Risks Perception Survey which is completed by over 650 members of the World Economic Forum’s diverse leadership communities. This

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DigiCert grows in the Nordic region

DigiCert has announced details of its expansion within the Nordic region. The company has signed its 30th partnership agreement and added to its regional leadership team while adding to its regional customer base. The company now has 30 strategic partnership agreements within the region amongst major systems integrators, solution providers and global consultancies. The list

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Home Office working to restore Police National Computer data

Home Office engineers have worked throughout the weekend to restore data lost from the Police National Computer as a result of human error during a routine housekeeping data update earlier this week. Working with the NPCC and other policing partners, data engineers within the Home Office Digital, Data and Technology function continue to develop and

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CISA report highlights threats against cloud services

The latest analysis report from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has highlighted some of the common attack vectors used in cyberattacks against various organisations cloud services and techniques to defend against them. The report states that “threat actors are using phishing and other vectors to exploit poor cyber hygiene practices within a

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Forrester recognises Synopsys as a leader in static application security testing

Synopsys has been recognised as a leader in The Forrester Wave: Static Application Security Testing, Q1 2021. The report identifies the 12 most significant vendors in the static application security testing (SAST) market and evaluates them against 28 criteria in three high-level categories: current offering, strategy and market presence. Synopsys’ Coverity SAST solution received the

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Cybereason collaborates with Intel

Cybereason will adopt new Intel Hardware Shield protections for ransomware available on the 11th Gen Intel Core vPro mobile platforms. The company states that its multi-layered protection, in collaboration with Intel Threat Detection Technology, will enable full-stack visibility to uncover ransomware attacks. “This collaboration with Intel to add CPU based threat detection bolsters our long

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Reserve Bank of New Zealand suffers data breach

A third-party file sharing service used by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua to share and store some sensitive information, has been illegally accessed. Governor Adrian Orr stated that the breach has been contained, but that it would take time to determine the impact. “We are actively working with domestic and

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Booz Allen invests in Tracepoint

Booz Allen Hamilton has made a strategic investment in Tracepoint. The company, co-founded by Plexos Group and several industry experts, specialises in supporting cyber insurance carriers, lawyers, brokers, and their clients through crises. The reportedly enhances the ability of both Tracepoint and Booz Allen to defend clients against a growing number of debilitating cyber threats.

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Ping Identity adds Paul Martin to board of directors

Paul E. Martin has joined Ping Identity’s board of directors. Martin is described by Ping as an acclaimed IT visionary with international experience, boardroom acumen, and award-winning IT innovation accolades. Martin most recently served as CIO and senior vice president for Baxter International Inc., where he led the company’s global IT strategy, operations, security and

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Motorola Solutions grows cybersecurity services

Motorola Solutions has expanded its cybersecurity services to help public safety and enterprises continuously secure their mission-critical operations. The company’s expanded cybersecurity services have been designed to help public safety and enterprise customers better defend their information networks, employees and assets against today’s threats. “Securing our products, software and customer networks to deliver public safety

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IBM works with with AWS on security for hybrid cloud

IBM Security has announced new technology initiatives leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS), designed to help clients simplify and extend their security visibility across AWS and hybrid cloud environments. The projects include integrations with AWS security services, quick start deployment for key IBM Security technologies, as well as consulting and managed security services support. “IBM Security

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Noname launches to tackle enterprise API security

A new player has joined the enterprise API security sector with the launch of Noname Security. The company launched with US$25 million in funding from Lightspeed, Insight Partners and Cyberstarts. Noname describes itself as a holistic security platform that lets enterprises see and secure managed and unmanaged APIs exposed by the organisation, consumed by the

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CRAE Index shows changing challenges for cybersecurity

The Cybersecurity Resource Allocation and Efficacy (CRAE) Index reports that spending continued to increase, but cybersecurity efficacy has waned in Q3 compared to previous quarter pandemic business continuity and work-from-home initiatives. More than half of organisations (52%) consider phishing attacks or ID and credential theft as the top concern in Q3 2020, according to data

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Dynatrace joins the cloud application security market

Software intelligence company, Dynatrace, has entered the cloud application security market with the addition of a new module to its Software Intelligence Platform. The Dynatrace Application Security Module provides continuous runtime application self-protection (RASP) capabilities for applications in production as well as preproduction and is optimised for Kubernetes architectures and DevSecOps approaches. According to the

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NetUtils offers enterprise grade cyber security for at SME pricing

NetUtils has launched a new, highly integrated managed cyber security services portfolio to help businesses gain enterprise class protection at competitive price points to suit small and medium sized organisations. The new four tier bundles combine between four and 16 cyber security services ranging from Endpoint Protection and Email Security all the way up to

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Bitesize | The Aspen Pointe data breach, with Robert Meyers of One Identity

It was reported that the nonprofit US healthcare provider AspenPointe has notified patients of a data breach. In a media statement AspenPointe said they discovered unauthorised access to their network in September 2020. The patients affected number over 295K.  Robert Meyers, channel solutions architect and fellow of information privacy at One Identity discusses the situation.

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Exclusive Networks to distribute ExtraHop in five countries

ExtraHop has signed a new distribution agreement with Exclusive Networks to cover Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands. The agreement spans the entire portfolio of ExtraHop security and cloud products and services. “Exclusive Networks brings a wealth of expertise with the ability to leverage innovative technology solutions that complement ExtraHop’s world-class NDR, helping our

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Nozomi Networks and Chinook Systems partner for OT and IoT security solutions

Nozomi Networks and Chinook Systems have partnered to provide advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect industrial and critical infrastructure facilities across North America. Under the deal, Chinook will offer Nozomi Networks’ complete portfolio of OT and IoT security solutions. “Facilities that fully leverage their OT systems deliver tremendous returns when it comes to energy and operational

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Kudelski Security expands research into quantum security

Kudelski Security has launched a new focus on quantum security, including expanded research and advisory services. The global quantum practice for Kudelski Security is led by Dr Tommaso Gagliardoni. Kudelski Security suggests that sectors such as automotive, financial, insurance, military and healthcare should already be working to understand risks relating to quantum security and defining

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Bitesize | The DoppelPaymer Malware threat, with Chad Anderson of Domain Tools

Ransomware authors have increasingly gone after the double extortion attacks for the simple reason that this further encourages their victims to pay. When sitting on a treasure trove of sensitive personal information, attackers know that the looming threat of exposing it on hacking forums gives them more leverage to instigate a payment. This all comes

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Andre Durand, Founder and CEO of Ping Identity

Ping Identity praised in Gartner access management report

Ping Identity has received winning rankings across all three categories of use cases in Gartner’s 2020 Critical Capabilities for Access Management report. The placement comes on the heels of Ping being named a Leader for the fourth consecutive year by Gartner in the 2020 Magic Quadrant for Access Management. The report assesses 12 vendors and

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Radiflow and Mitsubishi Electric UK collaborate on cyber security standards

Radiflow and Mitsubishi Electric UK are collaborating to address the needs of IEC62443 cyber security standards in the Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Automation markets. The companys believe that the combination of the automation knowledge and tools of Mitsubishi Electric UK with the cyber security and IEC 62443 compliance skills of Radiflow will provide a holistic

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APRA releases new cybersecurity strategy

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released its Cyber Security Strategy for 2020 to 2024. The strategy seeks to lift cybersecurity standards further and introduce heightened accountability where companies fail to meet their legally binding requirements. Most notably, it also aims to extend APRA’s reach beyond its regulated entities to influence the broader eco-system

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Bitesize | Black Friday security tips. Shop safely!

Security on Screen talks to security experts about how people can protect themselves during Black Friday. Our panel of experts includes Chris Hauk, Consumer Privacy Champion at Pixel Privacy, Javvad Malik, security awareness advocate at KnowBe4 and Andy Renshaw, VP of payment, strategy and solutions at Feedzai.

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Honeywell partners with Nozomi for cybersecurity

Honeywell and Nozomi Networks have announced a cybersecurity partnership to deliver more comprehensive, end-to-end cybersecurity for Operational Technology (OT) environments. The partnership combines Nozomi Networks’ OT & Internet of Things (IoT) security and visibility capabilities with Honeywell Forge Cybersecurity software, professional consulting and managed security services from Honeywell. “Our partnership with Nozomi Networks will enable

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Bitesize | The new Jupyter Infostealer malware.

A newly uncovered trojan malware campaign is targeting businesses and higher education in what appears to be an effort to steal usernames, passwords and other private information as well as creating a persistent backdoor onto compromised systems. Jupyter infostealer has been detailed by cybersecurity company Morphisec who discovered it on the network of an unnamed

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Newly discovered ‘Chaes’ malware targeting e-commerce customers

The Cybereason Nocturnus Team has identified an active campaign targeting customers of a larger e-commerce platform with newly identified multi-stage malware that evades antivirus tools dubbed Chaes. The info-stealing malware is designed to harvest sensitive consumer information, including login credentials, credit card numbers and other financial information. The Nocturnus Team has been tracking threat actors

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ESET Research discovers Lazarus attack in South Korea

ESET researchers have discovered attempts to deploy Lazarus malware via a supply-chain attack (on less secure parts of the supply network) in South Korea. In order to deliver its malware, the attackers used an unusual supply-chain mechanism, abusing legitimate South Korean security software and digital certificates stolen from two different companies. The attack was made

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Animal Jam reveals data breach affecting 46 million user accounts

Online children’s game, Animal Jam has been hit by a severe data breach, impacting 46 million user accounts. Developer of Animal Jam, WildWorks, stated that Animal Jam user data was stolen in connection with a recent attack on the server of a vendor it uses for intra-company communication. The virtual world game was launched in

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Cybereason unveils new XDR cyberattack solution

Cybereason has announced the availability of Cybereason XDR (Extended Detection and Response). The manufacturer describes Cybereason XDR as “a unified solution that fuses endpoint telemetry with behavioral analytics to empower global enterprises; detecting and ending cyberattacks anywhere on their networks”.   As targeted attacks take aim at multiple devices and users while employing a range of

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Fairfield University partners with Pulse Secure for cybersecurity education

Fairfield University and Pulse Secure, have announced a new partnership to educate the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. The Connecticut-based University is now offering a flexible 30-credit Master of Science in Cybersecurity programme, which will reportedly leverage Pulse Secure technology in its new state-of-the-art cybersecurity lab. “Security threats thrive off distraction and working through stressful

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Data breach roundtable | Addressing the Threats

Following various reports back in September that Singapore-based hotel management platform, RedDoorz had suffered a data breach, a threat actor is now said to be selling a database from the company containing 5.8 million user records on a hacker forum. Security on Screen’s panel of cybersecurity experts explain what the hotel platform’s security teams and

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Westcon signs distribution agreement with AttackIQ

Global technology distributor, Westcon has signed an agreement with breach and attack simulation (BAS) specialist, AttackIQ, to distribute its solutions in the EMEA and APAC regions. “Breach damage is worse than ever,” said Carl Wright, Chief Commercial Officer at Attack IQ. “In 2021, cyber damage on the global economy is expected to reach US$6 trillion

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Survey highlights Covid challenges for IT security stakeholders

The results from One Identity’s global survey show how IT and security team best practices have changed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The results highlight successful strategies that have emerged in recent months, and how organisations rushed to adopt them to maintain a secure and efficient virtual workplace. Shifts in priorities indicate organisations are turning

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Cybereason puts its money where its mouth is

Cybereason has created the Cybereason Breach Protection Warranty that provides up to US$1 million in coverage in the event of a breach. The Cybereason Breach Protection Warranty covers a variety of attacks including zero-day, malware and ransomware attacks, and is available free of charge to customers with the Cybereason Ultimate package. “Cybereason was founded with

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Highlights of Nokia’s Threat Intelligence report 2020

The annual Nokia Threat Intelligence Report has been published and lead researcher Paul Edwards is keen to explain the highlights. Based on data from hundreds of millions of endpoints and Internet of Things (IoT) devices protected by Nokia’s NetGuard Endpoint Security solution, the report takes a look at the past year’s threat activity, including malware

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Cybersecurity improvements essential for resilient physical security

Devices and applications play an increasingly important part in our everyday lives. As these technologies become smarter, so they grow in potential. The evolution of the smart city sees such devices employed to manage and maintain basic services, while smart homes and businesses are adopting the ubiquity of connected solutions to enhance productivity, reduce friction

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My1Login and Hitachi Europe announce technology partnership

Finger vein biometrics specialist, Hitachi Europe Limited, and enterprise identity and access management company My1Login have announced a technology partnership to deliver enhanced security solutions to address one of the cybersecurity industry’s most compelling challenges – passwords. The two companies will deliver solutions utilising Hitachi’s VeinID Five product together with My1Login’s Identity and Access Management

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swIDch wins at the 2020 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards

swIDch has won the “Authentication Solution of the Year” award in the 4th annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards conducted by CyberSecurity Breakthrough. The cybersecurity authentication technology startup, was recognised for its technologies, as well as its industrial competitiveness and business innovation. “We are honoured and thrilled to win the Authentication Solution of the Year with our innovative OTAC

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Unbound launches new partner programme

Cryptographic infrastructure specialist, Unbound Tech, has launched a new partner programme designed to help managed service providers, systems integrators, resellers and technology partners to drive increased services revenue and new security solutions. Unbound states that its new programme offers additional business revenue for partners looking to advance their security portfolio. Channel community members that sign

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