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Security mistakes with repercussions

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New research from email security firm Tessian reveals why people make mistakes, how blurred lines between work and home contribute, and the factors that influence cybersecurity behaviours.

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Cyber criminals continue to morph their tactics

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The SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team has published the mid-year update to the 2020 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report, highlighting increases in ransomware, opportunistic use of COVID-19 pandemic, systemic weaknesses and growing reliance on Microsoft Office files by cybercriminals.

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Businesses anticipate cyber attack increase

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Phishing attacks are regarded as the greatest cyber threat.

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Cybersecurity overconfidence leaves businesses at risk of bot attacks

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Research from Netacea reveals businesses don’t understand up to half of the traffic on their sites.

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Security professionals suffer from overwork and burnout

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Overwork and burnout are very real issues for the IT security industry in 2020, according to the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec)’s The Security Profession 2019/2020 report. In the survey of 445 IT security professionals, 54 percent of respondents had either left a job due to overwork or burnout, or have worked with someone who has. This could be down to a lack of funding and human resources.

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70 per cent of organisations suffer from public cloud 'insecurity'

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According to The State of Cloud Security 2020, a global survey from next-generation cybersecurity leader Sophos, nearly three quarters (70%) of organizations experienced a public cloud security incident in the last year – including ransomware and other malware (50%), exposed data (29%), compromised accounts (25%), and cryptojacking (17%). Organizations running multi-cloud environments are greater than 50% more likely to suffer a cloud security incident than those running a single cloud.

Belden acquires Tripwire

Belden has announced an agreement to purchase cybersecurity leader Tripwire for $710M. Belden is a...

Top five tips for security behaviour management programs

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Global cybersecurity - could do better

International survey of information security professionals identifies cloud, mobile devices and...

A fifth of UK organisations do not provide IT security training for staff

Survey reveals UK office workers do not understand basic security threats and organisations are...

40 per cent of accounts are hacked by simply guessing user passwords

Kaspersky Lab launches new password manager to help secure passwords.

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