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Germany infiltrated by Russian group that crippled Ukraine's power

The power grid in modern countries may not be as secure as you think, as reports have emerged revealing hackers have breached Germany's supply.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 9th May 2018

Security Information and Event Management

Not quick enough: Most firms can't detect or contain a breach within one hour

New research from LogRhythm reveals that fewer than half of global organisations can detect a major cybersecurity breach within one hour.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 28th Mar 2018

Breach Prevention

Zuckerberg admits “we made mistakes” in Facebook data breach

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has released a statement following the revelation that data from 50 million people was misused.

By Ashton Young • 5 min read • Fri, 23rd Mar 2018

Data Analytics

Facebook breach of 50 MILLION profiles: What we know so far

A whistleblower has uncovered the practices of his illicit company, which include stealing the details of 50m Facebook users to help Trump's campaign.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Mon, 19th Mar 2018

Encryption

Expert opinion: Three simple ways to prevent data loss

IBM estimates the cost of a data breach is $3.62m, highlighting the importance of encryption - COMPAREX UK's expert on the matter provides his advice.

By Alex Dalglish • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Feb 2018

Breach Prevention

Mega breach: 800,000 Swisscom customers' data stolen via hacked partner

Experts say while Swisscom may be playing the huge breach down, the implications of the breach will be far and wide.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 9th Feb 2018

Supply Chain

Singapore passes Cybersecurity Bill for nation's critical infrastructure providers

Singapore's parliament has passed the new Cybersecurity Bill, bolstering cybersecurity for critical infrastructure sectors, from water to aviation.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 7th Feb 2018

Unified Communications

Create a safer internet by building a culture of security

On Safer Internet Day, stakeholders emphasised the crucial role of organisations in fostering a culture of security to ensure a safer internet for all.

By Stephen Miles • 5 min read • Wed, 7th Feb 2018

Breach Prevention

Personal details of 12,000 social media 'stars' leaked in avoidable breach

Octoly was informed of the exposed cloud repository on January 4th, yet the personally identifiable information was not secured until February 1st.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 6th Feb 2018

Encryption

LinkedIn's outage blunder left users exposed and was 'easily preventable'

LinkedIn went down yesterday in countries across the world due to an SSL certificate expiry, leaving some users' data at risk with no encryption.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 1st Dec 2017

Malware

2017's threat landscape report shows ransomware epidemic

Cyberthreats have changed significantly in 2017 - Bitdefender's annual report shows one in six spam emails now contain some form of ransomware.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Thu, 30th Nov 2017

Firewalls

Round 2: New line-up of cybersecurity maestros comment on Uber breach

We covered an expert commentary story of the Uber breach - this is round 2 with Check Point, Barracuda, Digital Shadows, Mimecast, and Webroot.

By Ashton Young • 5 min read • Fri, 24th Nov 2017

Breach Prevention

Expert says Cash Converters cybersecurity breach 'yet ANOTHER wakeup call'

Cash Converters breached, hackers have access to UK customer account details, usernames, passwords, addresses and partial credit card numbers.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 21st Nov 2017

Breach Prevention

Check Point & LG plug security vulnerabilities in smart appliances

Check Point researchers recently worked with LG to plug vulnerabilities in a number of home appliances, including robot vacuum cleaners & dishwashers.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 7th Nov 2017

Breach Prevention

Kaspersky CEO rubbishes 'false' allegations of hacking from US media

It was only weeks ago when the US Government had been hacked again and blamed Kaspersky Labs - the cybersecurity company's CEO says they're false.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 27th Oct 2017

Data Protection

Industry experts weigh in on getting ready for GDPR

A recent worrying survey found that only 3 in every 10 UK businesses have started preparing for the GDPR - seven experts have provided their insights.

By Ashton Young • 6 min read • Tue, 17th Oct 2017

Breach Prevention

Krack vulnerability puts Wi-Fi networks and devices at risk

A new Wi-Fi vulnerability named Krack could expose global networks and devices to eavesdropping, sparking concerns from cybersecurity experts and ISPs.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Tue, 17th Oct 2017