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Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights a range of ongoing threats, including increased phishing attacks targeting remote workers as organizations adapt to hybrid work models. Ransomware groups continue to evolve their tactics, with a notable rise in double extortion methods, where data is both encrypted and threatened with public release. Additionally, vulnerabilities in popular software platforms have been exploited, emphasizing the need for timely patch management. Experts urge organizations to enhance their employee training on security awareness to mitigate risks. Overall, vigilance and proactive defense strategies remain critical in countering these escalating threats.
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Students and faculty at Florida International University are being sent notification letters regarding the potential compromise of personal data stored in a university database.
RSA, the security division of EMC, and endpoint security firm Lumension have announced a partnership aimed at helping organizations better protect and share sensitive information.
Apple announced yesterday that it sold its 3 millionth iPad this past Monday, as strong international and domestic demand for the tablet device continues unabated.
A gang of UK chip and pin fraudsters have been jailed for a nationwide scam that netted ÂŁ725,000 in nine months.
Business IT planners, especially in the security arena, have been holding their collective breath for several weeks, but yesterday's Budget may have proven to be an anti-climax, if only for the fact it skirted around issues that affect company capex plans.
Whether it’s during the Super Bowl or World Cup, recent surveys show that IT department staff would stay on the job in the event of a crisis, at least hypothetically speaking.
Reports are coming in of a systematic hack of Twitter accounts – apparently owned by Israeli internet users – by Turkish hackers.
Every IT project in central government is being reviewed and contracts renegotiated in an attempt to make the ÂŁ95m savings announced by the government last month.
US headquartered IT security vendor Skybox Security has taken the wraps off v5.0 of its automated firewall and allied security systems management software. In the process, the company has added change assurance and tracking to its software.
A cybercriminal gang appears to have resurrected the old pump and dump internet scam, this time adapted to use the power of a botnet.
The world's second-largest seller of website addresses knowingly helped groups that sell counterfeit pharmaceuticals to US residents in violation of federal laws, a research report alleges.
Online ticket sales are hot targets for fraudsters, but research shows UK customers are buying only from sites that offer security assurances, says VeriSign.
The Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General testified before Congress yesterday and provided an update on US-CERT’s efforts to improve cybersecurity, while also identifying many key points where the department is still falling short.
M86 Security has come across active exploitation of a Skype ActiveX vulnerability that affects older versions of the popular VoIP service.
You wouldn't normally classify digital printers as being a security risk but, according to Quentyn Taylor, director of information security with Canon, high-end multi-functional printers pose a serious security risk when they come to the end of their working lifetime.
Twitter's outages at the start of the week could be repeated in the next few weeks due to technical problems and increased traffic during the FIFA World Cup, the site has warned.
You wouldn't class digital printers as being a security risk but, according to Quentyn Taylor, director of information security with Canon, high-end multi-functional printers pose a serious security risk when they come to the end of their working lifetime.
Twitter's outages at the start of the week could be repeated in the next few weeks due to technical problems and increased traffic during the FIFA World Cup, the site has warned.
Massachusetts-based managed file transfer (MFT) provider Ipswitch has acquired MessageWay Solutions in a bid to expand its offerings into high-value, sensitive file transfer services.
A recent report from the Social Security Administration’s Inspector General reveals that beneficiaries’ personal has been put at risk through its new flexible workplace policy. The IG asserted that lax adherence to the agency’s employee compliance standards is to blame.