Cyber attacks on industrial and critical infrastructure systems are increasing in number and sophistication, but more attention is being paid to security, says Honeywell at it opens new Dubai facility…
Day: February 14, 2018
Euro SMBs Paid Out $98m for Ransomware Decryption Last Year
Phil Muncaster European SMBs were forced to pay out out nearly $100m to regain access to locked computers, as ransomware continued to cause major disruption across the region last year,…
While Western Union wired customers' money, hackers transferred their personal deets
Outside storage outfit blamed for data leak blunder By Iain Thomson Western Union has confirmed one of its IT suppliers was hacked, and that customer information was exposed to miscreants. A Register reader,…
BEC Attacks Jumped 17% Last Year
Phil Muncaster The Business Email Compromise (BEC) epidemic shows no signs of abating, after Proofpointrevealed a 17% increase in attacks last year. The security vendor analyzed over 160 billion emails sent…