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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Cancer diagnostics company uses CylancePROTECT® to safeguard patient information

Cylance Inc., the company that revolutionised endpoint security with true AI powered threat prevention, today announced that VolitionRx Limited, a cancer diagnostic company, has implemented CylancePROTECT to prevent malicious activity targeting endpoint devices before it can endanger sensitive patient information.

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Mitigating IoT transduction attacks

There are serious risks to modern-day sensors through “transduction attacks” according to research conducted jointly by Kevin Fu from the University of Michigan, and Wenyuan Xu from Zhejiang University. The vulnerability could result in real-world problems for those that use devices equipped with sensors.

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Masergy creates new detection and response tool with integrated Network Visibility

Masergy, a provider of global software defined networking, managed security and cloud communications solutions, announced the release of its new Network Visibility Tool. Bundled with the Masergy Managed Detection and Response service, the new tool leverages Netflow data, Active Directory,

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Evaluating your IT risk – how and why

Ensuring complete protection against cyber criminals can be a virtually impossible task, but organisations can give themselves the best chance of avoiding an attack by performing regular IT risk assessments. The current threat landscape is a turbulent one and assessing risk management processes to ensure they address an organisations specific challenges should be a priority.

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Israel’s CYBONET launches comprehensive cyber security solution for SMEs

CYBONET, an international information security solutions provider headquartered in Israel, has announced the release of its newest cyber security solution, Cybowall, a threat detection and response platform engineered for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

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Skyhigh Networks reveals sophisticated cyber attack campaign on enterprise Office 365 users

Skyhigh Networks, the provider of Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) platform, announced it has detected and remediated one of the first examples of an operationalised cloud-to-cloud threat in the enterprise. Attackers used popular cloud service platforms to conduct a persistent attack to log into corporate Office 365 accounts.

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Securing the IoT against cyber attack

The Internet of Things is perhaps the most significant IT revolution of our time in terms of it’s potential to change the way we do everything – from working to shopping.

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Telcos: when it comes to IoT security, prevention is always better than cure

Smart devices have arguably made consumers’ lives easier, and as they become more affordable, more of us are investing in the IoT. However, all too often, these smart devices are being manufactured with affordability in mind and security as an afterthought.

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IoT: Lack of standards becoming a threat

According to Gartner, a total of 8.4 billion people and devices will be connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) this year. Despite the increasing popularity of IoT solutions in companies, 63% of applications are actually linked to the consumer sector.

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Insurance and the IoT – The opportunity and threat

The Internet of Things has already infiltrated the consumer market with every day smart products, such as your thermostat, remote control and alarm system.

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Scale brings complexity as IoT connected devices set to triple by 2021, exceeding 46bn units

New data from Juniper Research has found that the number of connected IoT (Internet of Things) devices, sensors and actuators will reach over 46 billion in 2021.

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Top 3 trends in today’s threat landscape

Every day there seems to be a new malware threat that we hear about, from remotely controlling cars and medical equipment, to attacks on well-known security vendors such as Kaspersky Lab and Bitdefender.

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