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Cost of cybercrime for businesses to surpass $8 trillion over next five years

Thu, 1st Jun 2017
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New insights from Juniper Research have predicted a rather dire future for modern businesses in the constant war against cybercrime.
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Hackers are able to target your e-cigarette... Is nothing sacred?

Mon, 29th May 2017
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Vaping can be risky in unexpected ways as a security researcher demonstrates how a modified vaporizer can pass code to a computer.
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Fortune 500 companies in Japan, China & South Korea most vulnerable to attacks

Wed, 17th May 2017
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Fortune 500 firms in Japan, China, and South Korea are highly susceptible to cyber attacks, according to KomodoSec's Peta.AI Cybersecurity Exposure Site.
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Pirates of the Caribbean film held ransom by, well.. pirates

Tue, 16th May 2017
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The hackers have demanded an enormous undisclosed amount of money be paid in Bitcoin. Disney apparently refuses to pay, and is working with the FBI.
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Cyber attacks on govt double; IoT becomes threat and source of attack

Wed, 10th May 2017
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Cyberattacks on govt doubled last year, tying the sector with finance as the most targeted market, while IoT is becoming both a source - and a target.
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LogRhythm launches partner program alongside security's biggest brands

Tue, 9th May 2017
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LogRhythm has launched a Technology Alliance Partner Program and signed up the likes of Carbon Black, Cisco and Palo Alto Networks.
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Spoiler alert: Hackers leak unreleased Netflix series

Mon, 1st May 2017
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An unidentified hacker has released the highly anticipated Season 5 episodes of popular Netflix show Orange is the New Black.
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Cybercriminals use verified API token to generate Facebook spam comments

Fri, 28th Apr 2017
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In exchange for more 'likes' and comments on their own timelines, users are enticed to provide the app's access token to a third-party website.
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LogRhythm report casts damning eye on enterprise security tactics

Wed, 26th Apr 2017
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LogRhythm's latest cyber resiliency report casts a damning look into the state of Asia Pacific organisations in Asia Pacific.
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Brennan IT's five tips to better your cybersecurity strategy

Mon, 10th Apr 2017
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So it's all very well to understand cyber risks, but how do you put security measures in place? Brennan IT suggests five tips to better security.
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Global security heavyweights win big at SANS Best of Awards

Thu, 30th Mar 2017
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CrowdStrike, Carbon Black, Palo Alto Networks, FireEye, Cylance and LogRhythm were among the winners at the SANS Best of Awards this week.
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NEC joins forces with INTERPOL to conduct digital security challenge

Mon, 27th Mar 2017
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NEC is keeping up its cybersecurity game, this time alongside INTERPOL as part of the Digital Security Challenge training held in Singapore.
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The economics of cybersecurity for the undecided

Mon, 27th Mar 2017
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It is precisely because of this concept of the cost of doing nothing that we're able to determine the value of a cybersecurity solution.
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Espionage expert offers five viewpoints on state-sponsored hacking

Wed, 22nd Mar 2017
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Carbon Black sits down with former CIA operative Eric O'Neill to talk state sponsored attacks and why the ANZ regions is probably not a future target.
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Could cyber attacks break the entire internet this year?

Mon, 20th Mar 2017
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The internet is a landscape that could potentially suffer catastrophic failure. Some have suggested that the entire internet might go down this year.
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HP New Zealand reveals why your printers might be the biggest risk in your company

Thu, 16th Mar 2017
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Only 16% think printers are at high risk of a breach, and 43% ignore printers in endpoint security entirely. HP New Zealand explains why.
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WatchGuard's global reseller survey finds ransomware top customer fear for 2017

Mon, 13th Mar 2017
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A global survey by WatchGuard has shown that more than 80% of resellers believe their customers are most worried about ransomware and its effects.
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Singapore readies its national army in war for cybersecurity

Mon, 6th Mar 2017
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Singapore to establish Defence Cyber Organisation to combat growing cyber threats, says Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen.
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How to detect and stop a non-malware (or fileless) attack

Wed, 1st Mar 2017
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Non-malware attacks, which use existing software for malicious activity, are on the rise and traditional AV software is unable to detect them.
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Cylance is now one of the top 50 companies leading the AI revolution

Mon, 27th Feb 2017
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AI security pioneers Cylance have been named one of Fortune Magazine's '50 companies leading the AI revolution'.