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Banking malware grows 50% while cryptominers decline – Check Point
Thu, 1st Aug 2019
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cybersecurity
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cryptomalware
Check Point’s mid-year report highlights a 50% rise in mobile banking malware attacks, yet cryptominers see a decline in activity in 2019.

CrowdStrike report lists cybersecurity adversary rankings
Wed, 31st Jul 2019
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ai security
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ai
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cybersecurity
CrowdStrike's latest report highlights the urgent need for speed in cybersecurity, ranking nation-state actors by their breakout times in real-life intrusions.

Gartner names Proofpoint leader in security training
Mon, 29th Jul 2019
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it training
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dlp
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cybersecurity
Gartner recognises Proofpoint as a leader in security training for the sixth year, highlighting the company's top-notch solutions in cybersecurity awareness.

Email attacks affecting employees’ personal lives - Barracuda
Mon, 29th Jul 2019
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firewalls
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phishing
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email security
The survey includes responses from 660 executives, individual contributors and team managers serving in IT-security roles in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.

Gaming industry a rising target of cyber-attacks – Akamai
Fri, 26th Jul 2019
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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iam
Hackers have launched 12 billion credential stuffing attacks on gaming websites from Nov 2017 to Mar 2019, says Akamai's 2019 report.

Only 20% of organisations use cloud DLP – Bitglass
Wed, 24th Jul 2019
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cloud security
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casb
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dlp
Each year, Bitglass conducts research on the state of enterprise cloud security in order to identify key trends and common vulnerabilities.

RPA services market to balloon up 47% by 2024, says Zinnov
Tue, 23rd Jul 2019
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partner programmes
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rpa
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healthtech
Zinnov projects a 47% annual surge in the RPA services market, hitting USD $4B by 2024, driven by intelligent automation and deepening tech partnerships.

Businesses feel they need AI to respond to cyber-threats - Capgemini
Wed, 17th Jul 2019
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ai
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cybersecurity
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capgemini
Businesses are rapidly investing in AI for cybersecurity, with 69% believing they can't combat critical threats without it, says Capgemini study.

Buhtrap group behind targeted zero-day attack - ESET
Wed, 17th Jul 2019
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microsoft
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zero day malware
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report
ESET researchers have traced a zero-day exploit in Eastern Europe to the Buhtrap group, known for targeting financial institutions and businesses.

Check Point releases report on public cloud security challenges
Wed, 17th Jul 2019
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public cloud
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cloud security
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cybersecurity
Unauthorised access, insecure interfaces, misconfigurations and account hijacking named as the biggest vulnerabilities in the public cloud.

Gartner: ANZ IT spending continues to outstrip global average
Fri, 12th Jul 2019
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cloud services
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pc market
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it spending
Australia will see a 3.1% increase in IT spending, while NZ should expect 2.3%. This is compared to global growth of just 0.6%.

Financial institutions' websites most frequently attacked – report
Tue, 2nd Jul 2019
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application security
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financial institutions
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report
New report by Positive Technologies exposes top threats to web apps, with data theft as the prime attack vector.

Malware and malicious Office documents on the rise in 2019 - WatchGuard
Mon, 1st Jul 2019
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malware
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
Hackers are doubling down on well-known tactics like credential theft and ransomware by utilising fake Office documents and other attack avenues.

85% of enterprises struggling to protect network assets - Endace
Thu, 27th Jun 2019
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
Research conducted by Endace and VIB identifies the economic, resourcing, and management challenges that large enterprises face in protecting their networks.

Cloud adoption moving businesses forward faster – McAfee
Wed, 19th Jun 2019
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cloud security
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iaas
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casb
However, there is a divide between organisations who have addressed their shared responsibility for protecting data in the cloud, and those who have not.

Native email security systems inadequate – Mimecast
Mon, 17th Jun 2019
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email security
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mimecast
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report
Mimecast's latest ESRA report reveals native email security systems are falling short, with millions of spam, malware, and phishing emails bypassing defences.

SOC roles and responsibilities evolving with threats - Exabeam
Thu, 13th Jun 2019
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soc
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dlp
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ueba
Security roles in SOCs are evolving, Exabeam's new report finds, with C-suite execs more engaged in incident response while frontline tasks decrease.

Untagged data a major risk to businesses - Veritas
Mon, 10th Jun 2019
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
Over half of company data remains unclassified, despite a rise in security breaches and stringent data protection regulations.

Emotet drove 61% of malicious payloads in Q1 2019 - Proofpoint
Thu, 30th May 2019
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malware
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cybersecurity
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proofpoint
In Q1 2019, 61% of malicious payloads were driven by Emotet, according to Proofpoint's latest report, highlighting a major cyber threat shift.

Enterprise IoT ecosystem extends beyond corporate devices - Zscaler
Tue, 28th May 2019
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cloud security
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iot security
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edge computing
The most commonly detected IoT device categories across the Zscaler cloud were IP cameras, smart watches, printers, smart TVs, among others.