Aug 31, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
Technology and cyber systems have become essential components of modern society. Despite the benefit of cyber technologies, insecurities arise. These could affect all systems and infrastructures. More than that, the threat of a cyberattack could very well have a...
Aug 28, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
Mimecast released the Threat Intelligence Report: Black Hat U.S.A. Edition 2020, which presents insights gleaned from the analysis of 195 billion emails processed by Mimecast for its customers from January through June 2020. Of those, 92 billion (47%) were flagged as...
Aug 27, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
New research has found that 42% of organizations are taking disciplinary action against staff who make cybersecurity errors. To examine the prevalence of punishment in businesses and the impact of this on staff, a team of researchers led by Dr John Blythe, Head of...
Aug 26, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
New research shows almost three quarters of large businesses believe remote working policies introduced to help stop the spread of COVID-19 are making their companies more vulnerable to cyberattacks. You need to take steps to protect the remote workforce AT&T’s...
Aug 25, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
Mozilla has announced a new Firefox protection feature to stymie a new user tracking technique lately employed by online advertisers: redirect tracking. How does redirect tracking work? Online advertisers, web analytics companies and browser makers are locked in a...
Aug 24, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
14% of IT workers are consumed with Identity and Access Management (IAM), spending at least an hour per day on routine IAM tasks, according to 1Password. IAM continues to be a significant productivity bog for IT and employees alike, with 57% of IT workers resetting...
Aug 21, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
Cloud breaches will likely increase in velocity and scale, and highlights steps that can be taken to mitigate them, according to Accurics. “While the adoption of cloud native infrastructure such as containers, serverless, and servicemesh is fueling innovation,...
Aug 20, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
A high-risk vulnerability (CVE-2020-13699) in TeamViewer for Windows could be exploited by remote attackers to crack users’ password and, consequently, lead to further system exploitation. About TeamViewer TeamViewer is an application developed by German company...
Aug 19, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
Smart home tech is marketed to enhance your home and make life easier. However, UK consumers are not convinced that they can trust the privacy and security of these technologies. To better understand consumers perceptions of the desirability of the smart home,...
Aug 18, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
Could organizations recoup their share of more than $1 billion per quarter by moving away from legacy solutions to cloud-native patch management and endpoint hardening? A new report from Sedulo Group says yes. The 2020 TCO Study of Microsoft WSUS & SCCM report...
Aug 17, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
Findings from Link11’s H1 2020 DDoS Report reveal a resurgence in DDoS attacks during the global COVID-19 related lockdowns. In April, May and June 2020, the number of attacks registered by Link11’s Security Operations Center (LSOC) averaged 97% higher than the during...
Aug 14, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
Cybercriminals are increasingly using Dharma ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) attacks against small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) this year, according to British cybersecurity company Sophos. During these attacks, hackers are leveraging various iterations of Dharma...
Aug 13, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
A clever phishing scam is targeting cPanel users with a fake security advisory alerting them of critical vulnerabilities in their web hosting management panel. cPanel is administrative software commonly installed on shared web hosting services that allow website...
Aug 12, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
Cybercriminals are increasingly registering accounts with legitimate services, such as Gmail and AOL, to use them in impersonation and BEC attacks, according to Barracuda Networks. BEC attacks impact thousands of organizations In their most recent threat spotlight...
Aug 11, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
A massive hack has hit Reddit yesterday after tens of Reddit channels have been hacked and defaced to show messages in support of Donald Trump’s reelection campaign. The hacks are still ongoing at the time of writing, but ZDNet were told Reddit’s security...
Aug 10, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
Back in June, Google teased Parallels coming to Chrome OS this fall, although it didn’t say much more than that. Today, Parallels expanded on that announcement, explaining that you’ll be able to run a full Windows virtual machine on your Chrome OS PC, with...
Aug 7, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
Many businesses are at risk from bot attacks, despite an awareness of the problem and a widely held belief that they have the problem under control, Netacea reveals. Global businesses at risk from bot attacks The research surveyed businesses across the travel,...
Aug 6, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
38 percent of businesses have scaled infrastructure to meet new levels of demand during the lockdown period (March-June), highlighting how the pandemic has accelerated businesses’ digital transformation plans, according to Aptum. The findings also demonstrate that...
Aug 5, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
A global research report by Lenovo highlights the triumphs, challenges and the consequences of the sudden shift to work-from-home (WFH) during the COVID-19 pandemic and how companies and their IT departments can power the new era of working remotely that will follow....
Aug 4, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
The ultimate desktop now features much faster performance, SSDs across the line, an even more stunning Retina 5K display, and higher quality camera, speakers, and mics Cupertino, California — Apple today announced a major update to its 27-inch iMac. By far the...
Aug 4, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
Digital privacy is paramount to the global community, but it must be balanced against the proliferation of digital-first crimes, including child sexual abuse, human trafficking, hate crimes, government suppression, and identity theft. The more the world connects with...
Aug 3, 2020 | Cloud Consultancy News
97% of enterprise decision makers believe COVID-19 accelerated their company’s digital transformation efforts, according to a Twilio survey of over 2,500 enterprise decision makers. “Over the last few months, we’ve seen years-long digital transformation roadmaps...
