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Key cybersecurity news, insight and features on the latest data breaches, threat actors, cyberattacks and beyond from around the world. Cybersecurity is one of the most important issues facing the world of technology today, and is only set to worsen in the coming years. Keep on top of the latest developments and cybersecurity news with Verdict, with articles that include insight from some of the biggest names in the field.
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26 Mar
Geopolitics in cybersecurity causing 2 in 3 companies to change locations, business partners
Two thirds of digital security companies have been forced to change where and who they do business with as a result of growing issues concerning geopolitics in cybersecurity, according to research published today.
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26 Mar
Chip security breakthrough finds flaws before hackers
A breakthrough in chip security that allows vulnerabilities in new computer chip designs to be identified before they can be discovered by hackers has been developed by an international team of scientists.
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25 Mar
Family location data breach poses “real risk” to physical security
A key location data breach involving a widely used family tracking app has exposed users to significant risks to their real-world security, a cybersecurity expert has warned.
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25 Mar
Insider breaches: 61% of CIOs believe employees are maliciously leaking data
A study into to the root causes of insider breaches has found that 61% of IT leaders, including CIOs, CTOs and IT directors, believe that employees have maliciously put data at risk in the last 12 months.
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22 Mar
Facebook password blunder may have exposed more than social media accounts
Hundreds of millions of Facebook users had their account passwords visible in plain text to the platform’s employees, potentially creating security vulnerabilities on third-party sites that use the same passwords, cybersecurity experts have warned.
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22 Mar
DDoS attacks may cost the UK economy £1bn per year
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks may now cost the UK economy up to £1bn each year, representing a serious financial burden to businesses.
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22 Mar
Beyond the honeypot: How military-inspired deception tactics are snaring cybercriminals
During World War II, a ghost army fooled Adolf Hitler.
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21 Mar
Online financial fraud climbed 27% in 2018 as cybercriminals made off with £393m
While physical credit card fraud continues to decline, last year saw a sharp increase in the amount of money stolen through online financial fraud incidents.
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21 Mar
Researchers find evidence of Fin7 operation despite cybercriminal arrests
Despite the arrests of three of its members last year, a cybercrime group by the name of Fin7 continues to target businesses with its highly-effective malware campaign.
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21 Mar
Data privacy doesn’t mean data security — Here’s how to protect your business
Following what have been some of data privacy’s toughest months, in which the German government faced its biggest data breach in living history; half a billion Marriott customers had their data compromised; and the Collection #1 breach exposed 20 million email addresses, there’s no better time to ask yourself, how secure is our data?
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20 Mar
How to spot spear phishing and protect your business from costly attacks
Gone are the days of mass spam emails designed to trick unaware internet users into infecting their devices with harmful software.
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20 Mar
NotPetya, WannaCry: The privatisation of nation-state capabilities threatens us all
Few people know more about the threat of cyber terrorism than Malcolm Taylor.
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19 Mar
Over half of European companies have experienced a cyberattack in the last two years
With the complexity of organisations’ IT infrastructure, and increasing sophistication of cyber threats, it comes as no surprise that adequately protecting businesses from cyberattacks is a difficult task for IT decision-makers.
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19 Mar
Leading aluminium producer Norsk Hydro hit by cyberattack
Norsk Hydro, one of the world’s leading aluminium producers, has been targeted by an “extensive” cyberattack, which has forced the company to suspend some production operations in Europe and the United States.
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19 Mar
Mirai botnet variant takes aim at enterprise IoT
A new variant of the infamous Mirai botnet has been discovered that for the first time specifically targets enterprise internet of things (IoT) devices.
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19 Mar
Cybersecurity breach pay: CEOs get pay rises following an attack while shareholders lose out
A study into cybersecurity breach pay has found that in the aftermath of a cyberattack or other similar security breach, bosses are more likely to be given a pay rise.
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18 Mar
Driverless car cyberattacks key threat to consumer adoption
Self-driving car development is progressing rapidly, but cybersecurity remains a significant concern, with GlobalData highlighting the need to protect against driverless car cyberattacks as “critical” to public acceptance of the technology.
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15 Mar
Gearbest data breach “easily” preventable as 1.5 million shoppers affected
Chinese online shopping giant Gearbest has been hit by a vast data breach that cybersecurity experts say would have been simple to prevent.
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14 Mar
Hackers steal passport details from Pakistani Government site
Cyberattackers have compromised a Pakistani Government website, allowing them to log the keystrokes of visitors entering sensitive information into a passport application site.
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12 Mar
AI versus AI: Security is the only area of AI where there is a true adversary
Hackers are using AI to attack and exploit computers and devices with increased effect, but adversarial AI pits artificial intelligence against itself in our defence.
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12 Mar
Brexit GDPR worries: New data management concerns on the horizon
As the UK awaits the result of the key Brexit vote this evening, the question of post-Brexit GDPR is rising in business’s minds.
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12 Mar
Brexit impact on cybersecurity to be “considerable and immediate” – deal, or no deal
The UK is set for a historic vote today that will determine whether or not we leave the EU with a deal.
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11 Mar
FOI reveals snail-like breach response time before GDPR
Prior to the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), UK businesses routinely had a sloppy breach response time, taking an average of three weeks to report a data breach to the UK’s data watchdog.
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7 Mar
Almost all organisations struggling to meet cybersecurity needs due to skills gap
Cyber attacks globally have risen by 63% in the last three years, and with increasingly sophisticated methods at hackers’ disposal, organisations face a rising tide of targeting phishing, attacks, software hacks and password theft.
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6 Mar
Data breach incidents quadrupled in 2018 as hackers turned on small businesses
Despite the seemingly endless amount of large-scale data breaches involving companies like Ticketmaster, British Airways and Marriott International throughout 2018, there was a significant shift in the way hackers operated and the companies that they targeted. Big companies, with the large amounts of data that they hold, are typically the targets of the breaches that
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6 Mar
Does SSL really keep you safe? Security certificate sales thriving on dark web
SSL certificates are supposed to act as certification that a website is safe, secure and controlled by legitimate operators.
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5 Mar
Lack of board-level cybersecurity awareness “alarming”
A UK government report highlighting a significant lack of board-level cybersecurity awareness among FTSE 350 members has been dubbed “alarming” by a senior cybersecurity professional.
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5 Mar
Cyberattack traffic climbed by a third in 2018
Cyberattack traffic increased significantly in 2018, according to research by F-Secure, but companies are struggling to detect incidents.
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4 Mar
Open source breaches increase 71% in five years
There has been a surge in open source breaches over the past five years, with just over a quarter of companies reporting a confirmed or suspected breach in the past year alone.
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4 Mar
Data breach incidents remain high as two thirds of companies unprepared
Despite growing regulation and awareness around data breaches, the majority of companies are still not prepared, and many have been hit by multiple data breach incidents.