Posts Tagged ‘cyberattack’

Sophos introduces lateral movement protection to XG Firewall to stop advancing cyberattacks

By Editor | December 18, 2018

Sophos, a provider in network and endpoint security, announced that its next-generation Sophos XG Firewall now includes lateral movement protection to prevent targeted, manual cyberattacks or exploits from infiltrating further into a compromised network. The SophosLabs 2019 Threat Report discusses a rise in targeted ransomware. With the SamSam ransomware campaign estimated to have earned more…

MISCO study finds a quarter of UK adults have fallen for phishing scams

By Security News Desk | August 15, 2017

Tech solutions company MISCO has found in a study that a staggering one in four (25 per cent) UK adults have been scammed online in the past, with less than two in five (39 per cent) able to correctly identify whether an email from their bank is genuine or not, and one in ten UK adults at risk of having sensitive information stolen online, new research has found.

‘NotPetya’ and ‘WannaCry’ cyberattacks on international government infrastructure and organisations a wake-up call

By Security News Desk | July 21, 2017

Following the ‘NotPetya’ and ‘WannaCry’ cyberattacks on the UK’s National Health Service, as well as the recent hacking of thousands of UK parliamentary email accounts, Security News Desk Sub Editor, Francesca Seden shines a spotlight on the growing cyber threats to global critical infrastructure from terrorists and hackers and explores how further attacks might be mitigated in the future.