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Cybersecurity Training: Raising Awareness And Securing Your Business
Organizations are increasingly faced with threats from sophisticated criminal organizations and nation-state actors. To mitigate the risks posed by cyber criminals, organizations must secure and protect their proprietary and sensitive information. They must also...
Ransomware: ‘We won’t pay ransom,’ says Ireland after attack on health service
Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) has ruled out giving in to hackers' demands as the country's healthcare and social services continue to deal with the disruption caused by a significant ransomware attack that occurred a few days ago. The HSE has now confirmed...
The Evolution of the Internet – Web 3.0 Explained
What is Web 3.0? The Internet has changed dramatically since its inception. From Internet Relay Chat (IRC) to modern social media, it has become a vital part of human interactions - and continues to evolve. Web 3.0 is the next generation of Internet technology that...
Cybersecurity control failures listed as top emerging risk
Cybersecurity control failures was listed as the top emerging risk in 1Q21 in a global poll of 165 senior executives across function and geography, according to Gartner. Despite a myriad of risks resulting from the pandemic, such as the new work environment and...
58% of orgs predict remote workers will expose them to data breach risk
35% of UK IT decision makers admitted that their remote workers have already knowingly put corporate data at risk of a breach in the last year according to an annual survey conducted by Apricorn. This is concerning given that over one in ten surveyed IT decision...
Apple fixes four zero-days under attack
A week after Apple patched a macOS zero-day exploited by Shlayer malware for months for months, the company has released new security updates for macOS, iOS, iPadOS and watch OS that plug four additional zero-days that “may have been actively exploited”. The fixed...
Email security is a human issue
Research suggests that email is the most common point of entry for malware, providing access in 94% of cases, so it’s unsurprising that phishing is the root cause of 32% of security breaches. Just last month the UK government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey confirmed...
WhatsApp relaxes deadline for accepting its new privacy policy
In a new statement posted on its website, WhatsApp says users won’t lose any functionality if they fail to accept its new privacy policy by May 15th. “No one will have their accounts deleted or lose functionality of WhatsApp on May 15th because of this update,”...
Are NFTs safe? 3 things you should know before you buy
NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have captured the attention (and wallets) of consumers and businesses around the world. This is largely in part to the big price-tag sales, such as the digital artwork by Beeple that sold for over $69M on Christie’s Auction House. While...
Adobe announces new Document Cloud integrations for Microsoft Teams
Adobe and Microsoft are expanding on their years-long partnership with a new batch of productivity integrations across Adobe Document Cloud and Microsoft Teams. The latest integrations include the availability of Adobe Sign in the new Microsoft Teams Approvals app, a...