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Skyscanner opens up bug bounty for interested hackers

Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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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.
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Lenovo flaunts BSC: 'World's most beautiful data centre'

Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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Lenovo recently held a press event in Barcelona, flying in media representatives from all over Europe to benefit from a content-packed event.
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4 Reasons why CISOs should adopt threat intelligence

Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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ThreatQuotient's Anthony Perridge believes the answer to security teams falling behind criminals is to deploy threat intelligence platforms.
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New report uncovers US$1.7b cryptocurrency cybercrime market

Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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There was a staggering rise in criminal activity within the cryptocurrency market last year, despite the decline in the market.
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Exclusive Q&A: Why businesses are storing useless hardware

Wed, 30th Jan 2019
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In this exclusive interview, Blancco's Fredrik Forslund details just how expensive the issue of data centre waste has become.
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AI in cybersecurity stamping out menacing fileless attacks

Wed, 30th Jan 2019
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Artificial intelligence is revolutionising cybersecurity by effectively combating fileless attacks, which evade traditional antivirus software.
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573 days: Financial sector slow to fix vulnerabilities

Mon, 28th Jan 2019
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Financial services companies took 29 days to address a quarter of their vulnerabilities in coding, and 573 days to remediate all open vulnerabilities.
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Organisations wasting $100k a year hoarding useless IT hardware

Mon, 28th Jan 2019
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A new report reveals that two in five organisations spend over USD $100,000 annually storing useless IT hardware, posing security and compliance risks.
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Data Protection Day finally gaining deserved recognition

Sat, 26th Jan 2019
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In previous years this day has been overlooked but KCOM's David Francis says recent events have fueled its importance.
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“These are not cybersecurity predictions for 2019”

Fri, 25th Jan 2019
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Jonathan Couch isn't a fan of annual predictions and so instead has shared his thoughts on the headlines we can expect this year.
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Comms providers hit by most DDoS attacks in Q3 2018

Wed, 23rd Jan 2019
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New data indicates attackers preyed on the large attack surface of ASN-level communications service providers with a 'bit-and-piece' approach.
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Top cybersecurity threats of 2019 – Carbon Black

Wed, 23rd Jan 2019
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Carbon Black chief cybersecurity officer Tom Kellermann combines his thoughts with those of Carbon Black's threat analysts and security strategists.
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Google's €50m fine a wake up call for big data analytics

Wed, 23rd Jan 2019
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Data analytics are essential to company growth, competitive differentiation, and innovation. But there's now a huge challenge.
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Ping Identity CTO's cybersecurity predictions for 2019

Tue, 22nd Jan 2019
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Ping Identity CTO Bernard Harguindeguy predicts a rise in zero trust security, fewer MFA attacks, and heightened focus on API protection in 2019.
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Facebook cracks down Ukraine-based fake accounts

Tue, 22nd Jan 2019
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social media
Facebook has stamped out two massive fake account networks that appeared to originate from Russia and the Ukraine.
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Expert comment: Google fined US$57mil for GDPR breaches

Tue, 22nd Jan 2019
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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.
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Data centre cybersecurity actions that most people overlook

Fri, 18th Jan 2019
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Schneider's Steven Carlini discusses ways to improve data centre cybersecurity that most people don't think of until it's too late.
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Malware downloader on the rise in Check Point's latest Threat Index

Wed, 16th Jan 2019
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Organisations continue to be targeted by cryptominers, despite an overall drop in value across all cryptocurrencies in 2018.
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New research shows data centre acquisition upsurge

Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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Data centre acquisitions surged in 2018 with 68 deals worth USD $16 billion, despite falling below 2017's peak, Synergy Research reports.
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IoT's rapid rise fuelling an explosion of data

Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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IDC expects global annual spending on IoT to exceed US$1 trillion by 2022, driving huge demand for data centres.