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Did The Cybersecurity World Forget Small To Medium Businesses?

Officials at the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise (ASBFE) recently released a small business statistical report detailing the pattern and health of Australia’s small-to-medium enterprise (SME) sector—and it’s not good news. The report provides comprehensive data and charts discussing SMEs drive for innovation, commercialization of research, effects on national productivity, research and development, and value […]

Khronos yesterday, Osiris today – the evolution of a Bank Trojan

Proofpoint, a cybersecurity firm has announced in their study that Japan, Poland, and Germany banks are in the crosshairs of a new variant of the Kronos bank trojan. Kronos was first detected four years ago has recently seen in the wild spreading through infected spam messages and exploit kits for sale on the Dark Web. […]

5 Cyber Threats Retail Businesses Need to Know Right Now

Convenience is the natural enemy of security. Even though security often means creating a process of more sophisticated checks and verifications, convenience often means less of those things actually happen. People are in a rush and they want to get things done now, even if that means they may jeopardize their online safety. Retail businesses […]

5 Reasons Why Businesses Are Failing IT 101

In today’s ever-changing technological landscape, cybercriminals have taken on the challenge of cybersecurity. Different forms of ransomware and crytojacking malware are their new weapons of choice—not just for their 15 minutes of fame, but to rake in crazy amounts of profit. Just like any other profession, hackers are “in it to win it.” Because hackers […]

Former Israeli PM Changes the Meaning of Cyber Espionage

From geopolitics to cyber defense and security, that is how the founders of Toka Cyber Labs transformed themselves to meet a new goal. Headed by the former Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Barak and retired Brig. Gen Yaron Rosen of Israeli Cyber Defense Force, Toka is a new anti-cyber threat company focused on transforming the […]

How to Teach Your Employees About Cybersecurity

In the modern world, threats to security are no longer just physical. In fact, cybersecurity has now become one of the most important parts to keep a business and its employees safe. Without it, many businesses can find themselves in trouble when they least expect. Unfortunately, it can be a tricky area to understand, especially […]

Global Cyber Security Insights and Forecast 2026

The cybersecurity industry is growing in the face of new developments in the world of tech. Marketresearch.biz is to release the Cyber Security forecast covering the years up to 2026. Data will be based from 2016 and 2017. Vital changes need to happen to all firms in order to capture the needed security defense against […]

How Can Vietnam’s New Cybersecurity Law Secure Safety For All?

The new Cyber Security Law that Vietnam has adopted, and which will come into effect on January 1, 2019, seeks to ensure safe cyber activities for all citizens. The new law would require all internet/telecom service providers- domestic as well as foreign providers- to eliminate sources of harmful information by endeavoring to refuse or suspend […]

Kaspersky Lab Turns Transparency Into Data Protection

Leading cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky Lab, is moving its core infrastructure to Zurich, Switzerland where it is slated to open its first Transparency Center. By the end of 2019, data from customers in different parts of the world will soon be stored and processed in Zurich. This is part of the cybersecurity company’s Global Transparency Initiative, […]

IBM’s Managed Services To Skyrocket Using Commvault Technology

The data management solutions provider, Commvault, has publicly announced a partnership with the technology giant, IBM, in providing a more compelling, unified platform for both on-site and cloud infrastructure covering storage, backup, indexing, and migration. The relationship will broaden the coverage of the current IBM Business Resilience Platform and help them further compete with their […]

Should Corporate Executives Be Responsible for Security?

Amit Yoran, the current CEO of the cyber exposure company called Tenable Network Security, has recently revealed that corporate executives are regularly downplaying the digital security threats they are facing. And given Yoran’s sterling track record and considerable experience as founding director of the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team under the Department of Homeland Security, […]

FireEye And Gigamon Strike A High-Tech Alliance

FireEye and Gigamon, two cybersecurity organizations, have shaped a new strategy to enhance product effectiveness for customers while still providing them with what they need to stay protected in today’s digital environment. When paired together, FireEye Network Security and GigaSECURE Security Delivery Platform can provide canny access and control of system movement and alternatives for both […]

Upcoming Trends in the World of Cybersecurity

With things changing rampantly in the world of cybercrime, things are evolving fast for cybersecurity as well. Cyber-criminals are evolving into being clever and more innovative. Moreover, cyber attacks now happen on a large scale, with millions of people/computers being targeted simultaneously. Things are likely to get even bigger with more widespread use of IoT […]

Three American Cities named as Most Cyber Vulnerable Cities

Las Vegas, Memphis and Charlotte are the most cyber insecure cities in America, as per a study report released recently. The report, titled ‘Cybersecurity in the City: Ranking America’s Most Insecure Metros’, has been brought out by cybersecurity firm Coronet and seeks to address cybersecurity issues faced by mid-market and small businesses. A PRWeb Press […]

An Embattled Kaspersky is Moving its Office from Russia to Zurich

Kaspersky is battling against the allegations that it has connections to the Russian government and that dealing with their software means risking security.  The cybersecurity firm decided to move some of its critical infrastructure to Switzerland and will authorize an independent group to review its source code. A year ago, the Department of Homeland Security requested every […]

Blockchain Technology Can Secure Financial Industry From Cyber Risk

Exploring the online world has become a nightmare in the course of the most recent cyber-attacks and, taking a gander at how serious and advanced a portion of the current cyber-attacks across the world has been, it appears as though things are bound to just deteriorate. Despite the fact that programmers are showing signs of […]

The Different Phases of a Cyber Attack

As we begin to discuss the different phases of a cyber attack, let’s not forget that things are changing drastically as regards the cyber security industry. Hacks today are being executed in a very different way and hackers are resorting to using all kinds of innovative techniques. If you examine the recent attacks that targeted […]

Abbott Releases Firmware Upgrade to Fix Vulnerabilities

Abbott, the leading manufacturer of medical devices, releases a firmware upgrade that would fix cyber security vulnerabilities in certain cardiac devices. Health Data Management reports- “Medical device manufacturer Abbott has released a firmware upgrade to fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities in certain radio frequency-enabled implantable cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators.” The FDA ( Food and […]

Secure Engineering: Why You Need a Dedicated Development Team

So you’ve got a great idea for an application or software, and you’ve secured all of the startup money that you need to fund. Now you need to find a developer to turn your dream into a reality. Not so fast, though. You don’t want to pick anybody. When you pick the cheapest and fastest […]

Start-up in Cyber Security Going Through Rough Times

Cyber attacks will be in news in the coming days as its going to keep the US cybersecurity on its toes. A lot of the companies are yet to keep up with the promise that they made earlier. Most of the times the security products that are developed is overtaken by the hackers, as they are a […]