In 2017, some of the worst data incidents of recent years have occurred. Whether Equifax, Uber or Maersk, organizations have had to admit, sometimes too late, that their customers’ personal data have been stolen. To some extent, companies' tactics to cover up the incidents have ...
Posts of category: Cybercrime
37% of all companies were victims of ransomware attacks in 2021. Malware attacks, phishing attempts, DNS vulnerabilities and other methods of digital data theft can cause reputation damage as well as significant financial costs to businesses, especially given the higher risk of increased remote working. IT managers need to be on their guard and take these and other security threats seriously to ensure secure communication throughout their organization and deliver business continuity. Read about the latest news and developments in cybercrime.
How to Lose User Confidence and Jeopardize Security
Using up-to-date security software is pretty much at the top of recommended defense measures. Anti-virus and anti-phishing software filter out daily attacks from network communications. However, it is important that users can trust this software to intercept malicious software, ...
The risk of attack is getting closer – mobile devices in focus
Smartphones are part of everyday life, either for private or professional use. However, while many users have taken basic measures to protect their desktop PC or laptop, this is not the case for mobile devices.
The summer holiday season brings extra risk for restaurants and hotel chains
US retailers have been having a tough time of late. Shifting consumer tastes and the rise of online shopping have forced a number of stores to cease trading. Already, 50,000 retail jobs have been lost in 2017 alone.
The next major incident is simply a matter of time
When WannaCry dominated the headlines, manufacturers fell over one another to make a statement. On the whole, the comments can be divided into two groups. Some reminded customers that not patching software is negligent and others claimed that it simply would not have happened ...
Older ATMs Under Fire as IoT Starts to Bite
With their global networks of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), the banks have some of the longest-serving machines to be accessible via the Internet. The first cash machine went in service in 1967. Some of the oldest ATMs still in service date back well before the millennium to ...
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