Cyber Security Articles & News

Cyber criminals profiting from business complacency

SMEs are being urged to boost security, with the government figures showing they are the most frequently targeted type of business – but the least likely to take the threat seriously.

Cyber Resilience 2.0, now shipping

The heads of IT security gathered at a recent Think Tank and agreed on a next generation definition of cyber resilience.

WATCH: IP EXPO Manchester 2017 - Highlights

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Experience a snapshot of IP EXPO Manchester Day 1! Featuring Kevin Mitnick, James Akrigg and Amy Nicholson from Microsoft and many more! Make sure you join us on Day tour for Day tour, featuring AWS and IBM Watson

Businesses should embrace ethical hacking to shine a light on their cyber defences

Ethical hacking: although media headlines give much attention to state sponsored cyber-attacks, attacks on commercial enterprises also have significant consequences, highlighted recently with the cyber-breach on Yahoo causing the valuation of the company to plummet during acquisition negotiations with Verizon, says Fujitsu’s Andy Herrington.

BOOK REVIEW: The Art of Invisibility by Kevin Mitnick

I was fortunate enough to meet the author, Kevin Mitnick, while attending RSA in February. I was given a signed copy of The Art of Invisibility, one of The State Security’s must-reads for infosec pros, so I made it a point to read the book.

KnowBe4 Reports Record Q1 2017 Performance; Provides Essential Way to Help Clients Manage Corporate Risk

Demand for its New-School Security Awareness Training and Phishing Platform Drives 16th-Straight Quarterly Increase and 261% YoY Growth

Abuse, theft, exposure: What’s in store for your web history

We've lost more than personal privacy now that ISPs can now collect and sell our browsing data

The five steps for managing cyber security threats

Cyber security is a people problem more than a technology problem. A single compromised employee, whether malicious or negligent, can render the best systems worthless.

A New Form of Hacking

I recently learned about a new kind of computer hacking from Kevin Mitnick, a speaker at the recent 2017 AmeriQuest Symposium in Orlando who addressed a topic known as “social engineering.” Not so long ago, Mitnick was one of the world’s Most Wanted hackers.