QR codes are going through a renaissance today. All businesses are focusing on how they can protect employees, customers and suppliers during the pandemic by adopting touchless transactions and services to provide a safer, more streamlined buying experience. Fraudsters are quick to capitalize on the opportunity QR codes’ soaring popularity present too. Combining social engineering […]
Senior leadership recognizes the value of cybersecurity but understanding how to best allocate financial resources poses an issue for IT professionals and executive teams. As part of justifying a 2021 cybersecurity budget, CISOs need to focus on quick wins, cost-effective SaaS solutions, and effective ROI predictions. Finding the “quick wins” for your 2021 cybersecurity budget […]
The business of cybersecurity companies is to keep users safe from hackers and cyber attacks but almost all cybersecurity providers have themselves had data leaked or stolen and published on dark web forums. Research by application security company Immuniweb found that nearly all of the top cybersecurity companies have had corporate data exposed and shared […]
The telecom provider Sure has been fined £80,000 for data breaches in last year’s directory. The Office of the Data Protection Authority took action after Sure told the regulator there had been a “small number of entries” that were incorrect. An investigation by the ODPA found 216 complaints had been made to the company relating […]
Almost two-fifths of business decision-makers (39 per cent) have dismissed employees because of a cybersecurity policy breach since the pandemic began, a survey has found. The research, conducted by Censuswide on behalf of Centrify, polled 200 UK business decision-makers and found more than half (58 per cent) of firms believed that working from home made […]
The firm recently disclosed a data breach affecting more than 143 million people, and set up a new website to share information with customers. But it mistakenly tweeted the wrong web address several times, leading some customers to a fake website. One security researcher told the BBC it was a “massive faux-pas”. Following its data […]
Uber’s former chief security officer Joseph Sullivan has been charged with obstruction of justice in the US. The 52-year-old is accused of trying to cover up a data breach in 2016 that exposed the details of 57 million Uber drivers and passengers. The company has previously admitted to paying a group of hackers a $100,000 […]
Depending on whose version of the story is correct, a 20 GB data leak affecting Intel presents an important lesson on either the perils of default credentials and insecure server misconfigurations, or the risks of sharing proprietary secrets with third-party business partners and customers. Software engineer Tillie Kottmann, whose Twitter account looks to have been […]
Illinois healthcare system FHN has notified patients of a data breach that took place in February. An investigation was launched by the Freeport-based healthcare provider after it transpired that the email accounts of a number of employees had been compromised. According to a notice issued by FHN, the alarm was raised when suspicious activity was […]
The word ‘unprecedented’ seems to have been used on a daily basis during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly when it comes to the impact of the virus on patients, clinicians, resources and care delivery. But it has resonated equally strongly with hospital chief information security officers (CISOs), with its power to either stiffen resolve or ratchet […]