Europe (European) stories - Page 54
Skyscanner opens up bug bounty for interested hackers
Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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cybersecurity
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skyscanner
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cybercrime
Skyscanner launches a public bug bounty program, offering up to USD $2,000 per vulnerability, via Bugcrowd to enhance its website, API, and mobile app security.
Lenovo flaunts BSC: 'World's most beautiful data centre'
Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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semiconductors
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
Lenovo recently held a press event in Barcelona, flying in media representatives from all over Europe to benefit from a content-packed event.
4 Reasons why CISOs should adopt threat intelligence
Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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cybersecurity
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ciso
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threat intelligence
ThreatQuotient's Anthony Perridge believes the answer to security teams falling behind criminals is to deploy threat intelligence platforms.
New report uncovers US$1.7b cryptocurrency cybercrime market
Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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crypto
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blockchain
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email security
There was a staggering rise in criminal activity within the cryptocurrency market last year, despite the decline in the market.
Exclusive Q&A: Why businesses are storing useless hardware
Wed, 30th Jan 2019
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hybrid cloud
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hyperscale
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dc
In this exclusive interview, Blancco's Fredrik Forslund details just how expensive the issue of data centre waste has become.
AI in cybersecurity stamping out menacing fileless attacks
Wed, 30th Jan 2019
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endpoint protection
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edr
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ai
Artificial intelligence is revolutionising cybersecurity by effectively combating fileless attacks, which evade traditional antivirus software.
573 days: Financial sector slow to fix vulnerabilities
Mon, 28th Jan 2019
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fintech
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application security
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modernisation
Financial services companies took 29 days to address a quarter of their vulnerabilities in coding, and 573 days to remediate all open vulnerabilities.
Organisations wasting $100k a year hoarding useless IT hardware
Mon, 28th Jan 2019
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hybrid cloud
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hyperscale
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dc
A new report reveals that two in five organisations spend over USD $100,000 annually storing useless IT hardware, posing security and compliance risks.
Data Protection Day finally gaining deserved recognition
Sat, 26th Jan 2019
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data protection
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data privacy
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opinion
In previous years this day has been overlooked but KCOM's David Francis says recent events have fueled its importance.
“These are not cybersecurity predictions for 2019”
Fri, 25th Jan 2019
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iot
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cybersecurity
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trends & predictions
Jonathan Couch isn't a fan of annual predictions and so instead has shared his thoughts on the headlines we can expect this year.
Comms providers hit by most DDoS attacks in Q3 2018
Wed, 23rd Jan 2019
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ddos
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nexusguard
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communications services provider
New data indicates attackers preyed on the large attack surface of ASN-level communications service providers with a 'bit-and-piece' approach.
Top cybersecurity threats of 2019 – Carbon Black
Wed, 23rd Jan 2019
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supply chain
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healthtech
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trends & predictions
Carbon Black chief cybersecurity officer Tom Kellermann combines his thoughts with those of Carbon Black's threat analysts and security strategists.
Google's €50m fine a wake up call for big data analytics
Wed, 23rd Jan 2019
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
Data analytics are essential to company growth, competitive differentiation, and innovation. But there's now a huge challenge.
Ping Identity CTO's cybersecurity predictions for 2019
Tue, 22nd Jan 2019
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malware
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mfa
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fintech
Ping Identity CTO Bernard Harguindeguy predicts a rise in zero trust security, fewer MFA attacks, and heightened focus on API protection in 2019.
Facebook cracks down Ukraine-based fake accounts
Tue, 22nd Jan 2019
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cybersecurity
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facebook
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social media
Facebook has stamped out two massive fake account networks that appeared to originate from Russia and the Ukraine.
Expert comment: Google fined US$57mil for GDPR breaches
Tue, 22nd Jan 2019
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breach prevention
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data privacy
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cybersecurity
Google fined EUR €50 million by France's CNIL for GDPR breaches, marking the first major enforcement under the EU's stringent data privacy law.
Data centre cybersecurity actions that most people overlook
Fri, 18th Jan 2019
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
Schneider's Steven Carlini discusses ways to improve data centre cybersecurity that most people don't think of until it's too late.
Malware downloader on the rise in Check Point's latest Threat Index
Wed, 16th Jan 2019
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malware
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cybersecurity
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report
Organisations continue to be targeted by cryptominers, despite an overall drop in value across all cryptocurrencies in 2018.
New research shows data centre acquisition upsurge
Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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hyperscale
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dc
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colocation
Data centre acquisitions surged in 2018 with 68 deals worth USD $16 billion, despite falling below 2017's peak, Synergy Research reports.
IoT's rapid rise fuelling an explosion of data
Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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hyperscale
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edge computing
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iot
IDC expects global annual spending on IoT to exceed US$1 trillion by 2022, driving huge demand for data centres.