Category: Security

January 14, 2020

Within 24 hours of the long-awaited launch of Disney+, the entertainment multinational’s streaming service, it was reported that thousands of accounts had been hacked, with critical data stolen and sold online. As these breaches are so common, we’ve become almost […]

January 9, 2020

As more and more aspects of our lives go online, how can we make sure that our personal information remains secure, and that our conversations remain private? Here are five simple steps you can take to improve your online safety. […]

November 20, 2019

Consumers are no longer surprised by data breaches. And, the truth is that large scale data breaches are here to stay. In fact, according to recent research from Bitdefender, six in every ten businesses have suffered a data breach in […]

October 9, 2019

A new report estimates that the global cybersecurity market will be worth $143 billion in the year 2021, and that this major growth will be driven in part by the need for better security for vital connected medical devices. Analytics […]

October 2, 2019

A big problem with passwords is that people use the same one over and over. This means that hackers who steal a password for one website—like for a hotel reward program—can often use it in many other places—such as to […]

September 27, 2019

With businesses of all sizes keen to ensure they don’t become the next big-name security attack victim, the need to stay on top of your data could be central to staying safe from the latest threats. “Every business should be […]

August 15, 2019

The hacker behind the Capital One data breach may have also been responsible for attacks on multiple other companies, law forces have said. Paige Thompson may have stolen data from more than 30 other organisations, according to US officials investigating […]

July 24, 2019

Attend any cybersecurity confab, and you’ll encounter some version of the following refrain. “There are two types of companies in this world: those that have been hacked and those that don’t yet know they’ve been hacked.” The phrase that launched […]

May 16, 2019

A recent MIT study revealed that the healthcare sector “has lagged behind other industries in protecting its main stakeholder (ie, patients)”. One healthcare security professional highlighted the gap in a comment to the researchers lamenting that “When [I was] in […]

March 20, 2019

More than half of all European businesses have suffered some form of disruption caused by a cyberattack over the last two years, new research has claimed. A report from Kaspersky Lab found that 54 percent of businesses have faced at […]