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Android Trojan Spreads Via DNS Hijacking
An Android Trojan masquerading as popular mobile applications is propagating via smartphones roaming between Wi-Fi networks, Kaspersky Lab warns. Over the span of two months, the Moscow-based security firm observed the malware mainly targeting users in Asia. As part...
GDPR For SaaS Environments: 3 Questions To Ask Yourself
In just a few weeks on May 25, 2018, the deadline to be in compliance with GDPR will be here. For IT professionals who manage SaaS apps, GDPR compliance can be a little tricky. The sprawl of SaaS data can be hard to see and, in turn, protect. Here’s what you need to...
Microsoft Account Gets New Look With Fluent Design Update
Microsoft is refreshing the design for its web-based account management dashboard. The company previously showed off variants of the redesigned Account dashboard in concepts before, but it is finally rolling out the new design to Microsoft Account users. The...
Enterprises Want To Leverage The Cloud But Are Held Back By Security Misconceptions
iboss has published the findings of its 2018 Enterprise Cloud Trends report. The survey of IT decision makers and office workers in U.S. enterprises found that 64% of IT decision makers believe the pace of software as a service (SaaS) application adoption is outpacing...
Ransomware Incidents Double, Threatening Companies Of All Sizes
Verizon’s 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) is out, and companies of all sizes and industries need to take note of the results. In a summary of its findings, Verizon noted that 73 percent of the breaches were perpetrated by outsiders, 50 percent were...
Microsoft Office Apps Now Work With the Files App on iOS
Microsoft released new updates to its Office suite of apps on iOS earlier this week. Along with the usual improvements, the latest update for Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook brings some new features. With the latest update, Microsoft is enabling support for iOS’...
Avoid These Security Mistakes During Cloud Migration
The headlong rush to the cloud continues to accelerate, promising increased efficiency, flexibility and security, but CSOs are not off the hook when it comes to fortifying the privacy and security of their sensitive data. During the past five years, cloud and security...
Encryption An Increasingly Popular Solution Among Organisations
Organisations are turning towards encryption to keep their data safe, new reports from Thales are saying. The critical information systems company issued its 2018 Global Encryption Trends Study, based on a poll of more than 5,000 people across multiple industry...
Businesses Blame Legacy Antivirus Protection For Failed Ransomware Prevention
More than half (53 percent) of U.S. businesses that were infected with ransomware blamed legacy antivirus protection for failing to prevent the attack, according to SentinelOne. Nearly 7 out of 10 of these companies have replaced legacy AV with next-gen endpoint...
No Room for Cyber-Complacency: a Quarter of DDoS Attacks Claim Unintended Victims
Over a quarter of businesses that have been hit by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack don’t think they were the intended target, highlighting that businesses can’t afford to be complacent when it comes to today’s threat landscape. According to research from...