Cloud Consultancy News
Widespread API Use Heightens Cybersecurity Risks
A new Imperva survey showed a heightened concern for CyberSecurity risk related to API use. Specifically, 63 percent of respondents are most worried about DDoS threats, bot attacks and authentication enforcement for APIs. APIs power the interactive digital experiences...
Creating an Incident Response Checklist to Prepare for a Data Breach
When faced with an external attack or data breach, a business is helpless unless it has an incident response plan firmly in place. The goal of such a plan is to minimise the damage of an attack, meaning that the recovery effort should take as little time as possible...
Hover Card – OneDrive For Business
Hover Card is a new OneDrive for Business File Office 365 feature. Basically now as soon as you hover your mouse over a file you will be able to see file details including access stats (number of views, who viewed and who modified). In SharePoint Online document and...
Insights from 700M thwarted cyberattacks show how the fight against cybercrime has intensified
2017 was a record-setting year in the fight against cybercrime. Based on analysis of real world cybercrime attacks, ThreatMetrix confirmed a 100 percent increase in volume of attacks over the last two years. The good news is that record numbers of these attacks are...
Apple To Release £319 HomePod Speaker In February
Apple's HomePod will be released on February 9, around two months after it was first due to go on sale. The Siri-powered smart speaker, a competitor to Amazon's Echo range and the Google Home speaker, was announced in June last year and was originally due to be...
Mobile, PC Spyware Platform Called Dark Caracal Being Touted To Governments
An investigation by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and security biz Lookout has uncovered Dark Caracal, a surveillance-toolkit-for-hire that has been used to suck huge amounts of data from Android mobiles and Windows desktop PCs around the world. Dark...
Less Than 10% Of All Google Gmail Users Have Two-Step Verification Activated
One of Gmail’s most effective security features is hardly used by anyone, Google has revealed. Two-factor authentication (2FA) has been enabled on less than 10 per cent of active Google accounts, the company says. The feature is designed to make it much harder for...
UK law firms have leaked over a million email addresses (most with passwords) online
In excess of a million email addresses and hacked credentials taken from some of the UK’s foremost legal firms are floating around on the dark web, according to a new report. To be precise, security outfit RepKnight reckons that it found almost 1,160,000 email...
Apple’s ‘Everyone Can Code’ Adopted By Education Institutions In Europe
London — Apple today announced 70 colleges and universities in Europe have adopted Everyone Can Code, a comprehensive program designed by Apple to help everyone learn to build mobile apps. These colleges and universities are adopting Apple’s App Development with Swift...
Kaspersky warning over electric car charging
Electric cars may be growing in popularity, but cyber security giant Kaspersky has warned drivers to be wary of chargers. According to Kaspersky, car manufacturers may be investing heavily into electric vehicles, expecting a market shift from petrol and diesel any...