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The UK government is putting cybersecurity at the core of an overarching national security and international policy strategy that aims to enhance the country’s competitiveness in an increasingly digital world. The...

Pop quiz: What has been the most popular — and therefore least secure — password every year since 2013? If you answered “password,” you’d be close. “Qwerty” is another contender for the dubious...

IT architectures are increasingly complex, cumbersome and difficult to protect. As cybersecurity threats grow in number and sophistication, it’s a constant challenge for CISOs to manage cyber risk and secure...

It’s been a boom time for social engineering. Pandemic panic, desperation as income concerns grew, and worry over health and wellness made it easier for criminals to tap into fear.Social engineering, of course, means...

Machine learning adoption exploded over the past decade, driven in part by the rise of cloud computing, which has made high performance computing and storage more accessible to all businesses. As vendors integrate...

Zero day definitionA zero day is a security flaw for which the vendor of the flawed system has yet to make a patch available to affected users. The name ultimately derives from the world of digital content piracy: if...

A group of criminals behind a stealthy backdoor known as more_eggs is targeting professionals with fake job offers tailored to them based on information from their LinkedIn profiles. The gang is selling access to...

The trial of Xiaorong You is set to begin today, April 6, in Greenville, TN. She is accused of trade secret theft and economic espionage after allegedly stealing bisphenol-A-free (BPA-free) technologies owned by several...

Details of the 2020 SolarWinds attack continue to unfold, and it may be years before the final damages can be tallied.While it is “hard to say” if the SolarWinds software supply-chain compromise will become known as...

A security operations center (SOC) analyst works within a team to monitor and fight threats to an organization's IT infrastructure, as well as to identify security weaknesses and opportunities for potential...

Editor's note: This article, originally published on March 27, 2014, has been updated to more accurately reflect recent trends. Wildfires in California. A snowstorm in Texas.  Windstorms across the Midwest. Floods in...

Cloudflare has added two new major features to its Cloudflare One network-as-a-service platform. Magic WAN allows organizations to connect their branch offices, data centers, cloud assets, and remote workers to its...

What is Ryuk ransomware?Ryuk is a sophisticated ransomware threat that has been targeting businesses, hospitals, government institutions and other organizations since 2018. The group behind the malware is known for...

With the rise in enterprise data breaches and ransomware cyberattacks making headlines, conducting thorough security assessments has become an inevitable part of running a business operation that handles customer data....

With the rise in enterprise data breaches and ransomware cyberattacks making headlines, conducting thorough security assessments has become an inevitable part of running a business operation that handles customer data....

It took a global pandemic, but enterprises and government agencies in Australia and New Zealand are now rethinking their approach to cybersecurity—taking it seriously for the first time in a while. That's the...

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has issued updated guidance for securing iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches running iOS 14 and for securing Samsung’s business-class Galaxy S10, S20, and Note 20 Android...