Security newsround: January 2019
We round up interesting research and reporting about security and privacy from around the web. This month: the security year in review, resilience on rails, incidents in depth, phishing hooks millennials, Internet of Threats, and CISOs climbing the corporate ladder. A look back at cybercrime in 2018 It wouldn’t be a new year’s email without […]
Security newsround: November 2018
We round up interesting research and reporting about security developments from around the web. This month: blaming the user (or not), passwords, protecting data and privacy, and security leadership (or the lack of it). The blame game Who’s to blame when poor passwords lead to breaches? That was a matter for debate among the respected […]
Security newsround: October 2018
We round up interesting research and reporting about security developments from around the web. This month: data breaches are up (again), help with hacks, incident response, attacks on trust providers and a numbers game. Breach over troubled water More than 4.5 billion data records were compromised in the first half of 2018. That’s a 133 […]
Security newsround: September 2018
We round up interesting research and reporting about security developments from around the web. This month: the devastation from NotPetya, a sound idea for authentication, help with NIST and cutting-edge security analysis. The shipping news If the truly wise learn from the experiences of others, then there are lessons galore from Maersk’s ransomware infection. You […]
Security newsround: August 2018
We round up research and reporting from across the web about security developments. This month in our security newsround: authentication acceptance, failing the text test, defining resilience for infosec, avoiding distraction, privacy made simpler and much more. More forceful arguments for multi-factor authentication The UK National Cyber Security Centre has published new guidance on multi-factor […]
Security newsround: July 2018
We round up reporting and research from across the web about the latest security news and developments. This month: stress test for infosec leaders, cybercrime by the numbers, financial fine for enabling cyber fraud, third party risk leads to Ticketmaster breach, Privacy Shield in jeopardy, and a win for Wi-Fi as security improves. Under pressure: […]
Security newsround: June 2018
We round up reporting and research from across the web about the latest security news and developments. This month: help at hand for GDPR laggards, try and efail, biometrics blues, and calls for a router reboot as VPNFilter strikes. Good data protection resources (see what we did there?) Despite a very well flagged two-year countdown […]
Security newsround: May 2018
We round up reporting and research from across the web about the latest security news and developments. This month: police success against cyber villains, the value of personal data, IoT security, a new ransomware strain, a new security framework and Gmail goes for 2FA. Law’s long arm collars cyber crooks Police forces scored three big […]
Security newsround: April 2018
We round up reporting and research from across the web about the latest security news. This month: privacy palaver at Facebook, a cyberattack with explosive intent, securing the IoT, sportswear maker uncovers data breach, and authorities arrest an alleged cybercrime mastermind. Facebook shook by reverberations and revelations The worlds of privacy and security collided last […]
Security newsround: March 2018
We round up reporting and research from across the web about the latest security news. This month: cryptomining attacks increase, data breaches rise in Ireland, the business cost of ransomware revealed, UK local authorities come under attack from cybercriminals, NotPetya blame laid at Russia’s door, and automated security makes inroads. Tales from the crypto A […]