Hitting ransomware for six: marking the anniversary of a valuable cybercrime tool

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For the past six years, a free project has helped ransomware victims to avoid paying criminals or suffering prolonged recovery times. Today marks the sixth anniversary of Europol’s No More Ransom initiative. During the last decade, the threat of ransomware has ratcheted steadily upwards. Criminals are targeting organisations of all sizes across various industries, crippling […]

Security Roundup July 2022

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Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Data privacy takes stage as an ESG goal The need to embed privacy into the environment, social and governance (ESG) agenda, was highlighted at RSA 2022 by a panel of chief privacy officers from Apple, Google and LinkedIn. Their panel discussion concluded that […]

Six One News

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Our CEO Brian Honan spoke to RTE News about the importance in having the FIRST Conference here in Dublin. Over 1,000 cyber security professionals involved in incident response are spending the week here sharing experiences and building stronger relationships to help strengthen the fight against cyber crime Watch Now ›

Security Roundup June 2022

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Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Verizon DBIR 2022 findings highlight the human factor in breaches The 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report has found – once again – that people were the main driver behind most breaches. In this year’s edition, 82 per cent of […]

Security Roundup May 2022

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Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Nothing random about ransomware victims as attacks increase Ransomware: it hasn’t gone away, you know. Europol recently warned that ransomware operators are choosing their targets based on their ability to pay higher financial costs, and their need to get back running quickly […]

NetClean Insights – a deeper context

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An action-driven conversation between the world of cyber security and law enforcement, with a deep dive into the results of the 2021 NetClean Insights report. Read More ›