Malicious groups and individuals worldwide are increasingly targeting critical infrastructure such as power and water supplies, telecommunications and transport systems. Attackers operating today include foreign states, criminal gangs and individuals,…
Day: October 11, 2018
Cybercrime is on-going, but many breaches could be prevented
Last year was dubbed the “worst ever” by the Online Trust Alliance for data breaches and cyber incidents around the world. Interestingly, it revealed that 93% of the breaches recorded…
Morrisons Appeals Insider Breach Compensation Ruling
UK supermarket giant Morrisons is in the Court of Appeal this week fighting to have overturned a judgement that it should compensate employees after a major insider data leak. A…
Volume of Stolen Credentials Soars 141% in North America
The number of compromised credentials detected in North American botnets has soared 141%, according to the latest quarterly analysis from Blueliv. The cyber-threat intelligence vendor scans the open, deep and dark…
Resilience and Mitigation
Imagine you’re sitting in your office and the phone rings. It’s your CISO or IT head. “We’ve suffered a cyber attack,” he tells you. What you do next very much…