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15% of Britons use their pet's name as a password, making them easy targets for cybercriminals, warns UK's National Cyber Security Centre.

Surprisingly, a vast volume of malicious traffic can reach a residential device, writes Radware head of research Daniel Smith.

Australia Embraces Innovation with 5G Technology: Opportunities and Benefits for Various Industries. Government grants available.

TripleBlind expands into Asia-Pacific, offering data collaboration solutions for enterprises in South Asia and Australia.

The most popular passwords of 2020 were easy-to-guess number combinations, such as 123456, the word password, qwerty, iloveyou, and other uncomplicated options.

NordVPN has announced it is upgrading its network to 10Gbps servers, with the intention of bringing NordVPN users better performance and maximum speed.

COVID-19 crisis leads to a surge in cyber crimes, with online scams increasing by over 400% in March 2020, according to new research.

What is the current state of play in terms of data risk from both a broad business perspective and specialist SOCs/security teams?.

Corero Network Security is reporting strong growth in 2020, which has been propelled in part by a ‘record’ order intake in Q3.

Average users now have around 100 passwords, a 25% increase from earlier this year, likely due to increased app downloads during lockdown, says NordPass.

NordVPN enhances security with the deployment of colocated servers, offering users increased privacy and ownership control.

Of these respondents, 40% admitted that the devices either had no password protection or no up-to-date security installed.

 A new study has revealed 40% of all corporate email breaches occurred on websites used for personal purposes.

Interestingly, usernames one would think might be quite common, such as admin or user, did not make the list of the 200 most popular usernames.

A wave of innovation is impacting every aspect of the legal profession, as the sector becomes more client-centred and future-focused.

A white hat hacker hacker uncovered a total of 9517 unsecured databases worldwide, collectively containing more than 10 billion entries.

Research has identified a total of 9,517 unsecured databases containing 10,463,315,645 entries with such data as emails, passwords, and phone numbers.

New cyber-espionage operation targeted at Middle East users disguises itself as a chat app, according to ESET researchers.

Italian-inspired villages, underground lairs, medieval realms and overgrown forests - there's plenty to explore.

The four digital technologies are estimated to have contributed $6.66 billion to the Sydney economy in 2019, with IoT contributing 50%.