Posts Tagged ‘cyber crime’
ThetaRay continues global expansion with Mexico office launch
New Location to Provide Dedicated Support for Latin American Banks Using ThetaRay’s IntuitiveAI to Detect Financial Cybercrime ThetaRay, the leading provider of AI-based big data analytics, today announced the opening of its Latin America headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico. The new location will provide local support for ThetaRay’s Latin American customers, assisting them in the detection…
Read MoreInsight into the myriad of risks challenging personnel security in 2019
Healix International, the global travel risk management and international medical and security assistance provider, has published a report outlining the potential security risks in 2019 facing businesses that have employees working and travelling abroad. James Pothecary, Regional Security Coordinator, believes the report underlines the need for organisations sending workers abroad to employ a wide-ranging scope…
Read MoreChannel steps up to security challenge
The growing threat of cyber crime is driving an explosive growth in demand for security related products and services. According to recent research by IDC, worldwide spending on security-related hardware, software, and services is forecast to deliver a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.9% over the next few years to reach $133.7 billion in…
Read MoreNo More Ransom, a global anti-ransomware initiative, announces ESET as new partner
ESET has been announced as the latest partner of No More Ransom, an international initiative between Europol, the Dutch National Police and major cybersecurity organizations in the fight against ransomware. The collaborative project helps victims of ransomware attacks recover their personal data and has so far managed to decrypt the infected computers of 72,000 victims…
Read More80% of European Magento websites at risk from hackers due to simple security oversight
Security web scans and analysis on over 80,000 European Magento websites reveal 80% are at risk from cyber criminals, according to leading global cybersecurity experts. The latest survey carried out by Forgenix in October identifies the most significant vulnerability for European SME’s is hackers looking to exploit the absence of critical security patches. Global cybersecurity…
Read More‘Paranoid’ versus ‘Prepared’: identity key in navigating cyber security
Following the events that saw Yahoo! become victim to the biggest cyber crime breach in history, questions immediately began to arise on why this was allowed to happen, how this hack would invariably effect day to day business and more importantly how the company would now navigate the pipeline of mergers and acquisitions it had in place.
Read MoreSecurity 2016: the rise of cyber crime and ransomware
Security 2016: the rise of cyber crime and ransomware Michael Sutton, CISO at Zscaler predicts: Partners are recognised as the weakest link History suggests that enterprises aren’t doing enough to ensure that trusted partners maintain security to the same standards as their own. In the past we have seen this with the Target breach which…
Read MoreReclassification of ‘cyber crime’ improves cyber defenses
Reclassification of ‘cyber crime’ improves cyber defenses Office for National Statistics’ move to incorporate cyber crime into official crime statistics long overdue Cyber crime has formally emerged as the single largest type of offence in the UK following the reclassification of crimes by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The reclassification – which has formally…
Read MoreValuable intellectual property targeted by cyber attacks
Valuable intellectual property targeted by cyber attacks Today cyber attacks are never far from the headlines in our interconnected world as organisations report a surge in incidents with criminals and even, potentially, state actors, seeking to steal commercial secrets on an unprecedented scale. With advanced aircraft designs to business plans firmly in the hackers’ sights,…
Read MoreCognosec releases cyber security statistics
Cognosec releases cyber security statistics Cognosec hosted a panel event with Rt Hn David Blunkett and a number of high profile speakers including Mustafa Al-Bassam (Ex Anonymous Group hacktivist), Graham Cluley (award-winning computer security expert), Oliver Eckel (Cognosec CEO) and Neira Jones (award-winning payment security consultant and speaker). The role of government in cyber security,…
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