Cybersecurity breaches to result in over 146 bn records being stolen by 2023

A new report by Juniper Research found that over 33 billion records will be stolen by cyber criminals in 2023 alone, an increase of 175% over the 12 billion records expected to be compromised in 2018, resulting in cumulative loss of over 146 billion records for the whole period.

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Endpoints are most vulnerable aspect of industrial IoT: Sans survey reveals confusion over security

Organisations hold disparate and unrealistic views on protecting the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), in which endpoints are considered to be the most vulnerable aspects, despite confusion over what actually constitutes an endpoint.

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PTC launches cybersecurity initiative to collaborate with customers, partners and researchers

Continuing its commitment to promoting shared responsibility for safe and secure IoT deployments, PTC has unveiled a Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD) Program.

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New security updates in Meshlium IoT Gateway

Several weeks ago Libelium was informed by IBM about some web vulnerabilities which had been found in the Meshlium Manager System.

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The hype is justified: Investing in the potential of the Internet of Things

Whilst the Internet of Things (IoT) as we understand it has been around for about a decade, for quite a lot of that period it was hard to understand how much of the conversation surrounding

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Investing in the potential of the Internet of Things

Whilst the Internet of Things (IoT) as we understand it has been around for about a decade, for quite a lot of that period it was hard to understand how much of the conversation surrounding it was simply hype.

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Trend Micro survey confirms a disregard for the risk of an IoT breach and finds loss of trust

Trend Micro Incorporated, a global provider in cybersecurity solutions, released survey findings that show businesses are most concerned about losing customer trust in the event of an Internet of Things (IoT) related cyber attack, however they remain unprepared.

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Protecting Generation Z from cyber unrest

2017 saw a 140% increase in IoT botnet infections from 2016, and those numbers are expected to increase. To anyone who regularly uses Internet-connected services, says Yossi Atias, GM IoT Security at BullGuard,

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Intelligent sound analysis for hydropower plants with Voith OnCare.Acoustic

With OnCare.Acoustic (formerly known as HyGuard), Voith supports hydropower plant operators in discovering potentially dangerous incidents by detecting sound anomalies, classifying them into warnings and alarms as well as allocating them to specific equipment, which enables the derivation of information for smarter recommendations and decisions with regard to maintenance and operations.

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TÜV Rheinland launches global industrial Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence in Kuala Lumpur

TÜV Rheinland has launched its global Industrial Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence (CoE) based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Centre of Excellence will address the cybersecurity needs of its industrial clients such as manufacturing companies, plant operators, energy and utility companies, transportation and transit system operators to secure their operational technology landscape.

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One third of execs would pay hacker’s ransom demands instead of investing in security, report reveals

One third of global business decision makers report that their organisation would try to cut costs by considering paying a ransom demand from a hacker rather than invest in information security. In the UK, this figure drops to a fifth (21%) of respondents.

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Centrify announces new analytics service app for the Palo Alto Networks Application Framework

Centrify, a provider of Zero Trust Security through the power of Next-Gen Access, unveiled its analytics service app for the Palo Alto Networks® Application Framework. Combining Centrify’s Analytics Service with the capabilities of the Palo Alto Networks Security Operating Platform strengthens Zero Trust Security 

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More than one-third of companies employ managed security services to hunt cyber threats

Alert Logic, the provider of Security-as-a-Service solutions, announced data from Crowd Research Partners’ 2018 Threat Hunting Report that shows 84% of companies agree that threat hunting should be a top security initiative, yet 76% believe their Security Operations Centres (SOCs)

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Automotive cybersecurity for connected cars

While addressing cybersecurity threats has become common practice for consumer devices such as personal computers and smart phones, cybersecurity for connected vehicles with rapidly evolving technologies and more complex attack surfaces is still going through the process of being studied and fully understood.

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70% of energy security professionals concerned about ‘catastrophic failure’ from Cyberthreats, finds Tripwire

Tripwire, Inc., a global provider of security and compliance solutions for enterprises and industrial organisations, today announced the results of a survey conducted by Dimensional Research examining industrial control systems (ICS) security in the energy industry.

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Steel giant and gas industry partner with anomaly detection firm to protect control systems from malfunctions and cyberattacks

Rhebo supports automation companies and critical infrastructures in ensuring process continuity and cyber security in their industrial control systems (ICS) as well as network control technology. In its second financing round, the Leipzig-based technology company, founded in 2014,

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