The dramatic rise in ransomware and other cyberattacks over the past year has finally driven home the point that cybersecurity needs to be taken much more seriously. Amid initiatives by the U.S. government and other parties, there’s a growing global awareness of the need to focus on security to combat attacks that threaten vital areas […]

Over half (51%) of SME businesses and self-employed workers in the UK have experienced a cybersecurity breach, according to a new study by insurance firm Markel Direct. The findings were taken from a survey of 1000 SME firms and self-employed individuals in the UK, underlining fears that these organizations are at particularly high risk of […]

There are a few thoughts that have been constant on the cybersecurity front over the last decade: Cyber protection is always a step or two behind cyber attacks We’re always protecting against yesterday’s attacks, not tomorrow’s Cyber threats are simply part of the cyber environment and always will be That reality of cyber-attacks may or […]

Nearly a third of hospitals and health systems are planning to implement biometrics (29%), digital forensics (28%) or penetration testing (28%) within the next 24 months, according to new HIMSS research. (HIMSS is the parent company of Healthcare IT News.) However, 43% say funding is keeping their organizations from executing on security challenges they have, the […]

The dating app was fined by Norway’s Data Protection Authority (DPA) for illegally sharing detailed user data with third party advertisers, including users’ IP addresses, GPS locations, age and gender. At the time the original fine was issued, the head of the DPA’s international department, Tobias Judin, said the fact that Grindr is an LGBT+ app […]

Businesses around the world will spend years dealing with the repercussions from critical vulnerabilities discovered in Apache Log4j, Tenable Co-Founder and CTO Renaud Deraison predicted. The ubiquity of the Java logging package Log4j in software used by everyone from Apache and Apple to Minecraft and Twitter gives threat actors an enormous attack surface to cause […]

Global ransomware attacks increased by 151 percent in the first half of 2021 compared with 2020, Canada’s signals intelligence agency has reported, as hackers become increasingly brazen. Key Canadian infrastructure has regularly been targeted in ransomware attacks in which hackers essentially hold computer information hostage until they are paid, the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) said […]

The government has been fined £500,000 for mistakenly sharing the postal addresses of more than 1,000 New Year Honours recipients online. Singer Sir Elton John, sports presenter Gabby Logan and TV cook Nadiya Hussain were among those affected. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found that the Cabinet Office had failed to put adequate measures in […]

Japanese multinational conglomerate Panasonic disclosed a security breach after unknown threat actors gained access to servers on its network this month. “Panasonic Corporation has confirmed that its network was illegally accessed by a third party on November 11, 2021,” the company said in a press release issued Friday. “As the result of an internal investigation, […]

Cybercrime specialist FoxTech has revealed the five sectors that are at “extreme risk” of future attacks and should be doing more to protect customers. Newly collected data has revealed the five worst industries for cybersecurity and those that are most at risk from future cyberattacks. Research carried out by FoxTech suggests that among the worst […]