(ISC)² makes ransomware education course free through 31 July

Cyber security professional membership and skills association (ISC)² is to make one of its most popular Professional Development Institute (PDI) courses, Ransomware: Identify, protect, defend, recover, available for free... Read more »

Controversial cyber tycoon John McAfee dead at 75

John McAfee, the high-profile and often controversial software entrepreneur behind the eponymous cyber security company, has died in an apparent suicide in a Barcelona prison at the age of... Read more »

Make ransomware payments illegal, say 79% of cyber pros

More than three-quarters of security professionals and consumers alike believe that making ransomware payments to cyber criminals should be made illegal to stem to tide of attacks, according to... Read more »

City of York picks Barracuda Networks for data protection

City of York Council has enlisted Barracuda Networks’ Cloud-to-Cloud Backup security service to protect its valuable Microsoft Office 365 data after having migrated from a fully on-premise email, office... Read more »

How containerisation helps VW develop car software

A modern car is a mobile server room, comprising many computers that manage and monitor critical parameters to improve safety, fuel efficiency and reduce component failures. There are also... Read more »

European Union to set up new cyber response unit

The European Commission (EC) has set out plans to establish a new Joint Cyber Unit to respond to a high and growing number of cyber incidents affecting public services,... Read more »

Time to patch increases significantly during pandemic

That the Covid-19 pandemic has left organisations struggling to secure and manage remote devices is beyond doubt, but a new report from Automox, a Colorado-based supplier of endpoint management... Read more »

UK councils reported over 700 data breaches to ICO in 2020

UK councils reported more than 700 data breaches to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) during 2020, according to data disclosed under the Freedom of Information (FoI) act to managed... Read more »

SonicWall sees 226.3 million ransomware attack attempts in May

SonicWall’s global detection network picked up a total of 226.3 million attempted ransomware attacks during May 2021, a 116% increase on the same period in 2020, highlighting the rapid... Read more »

SonicWall sees 226.3 million ransomware attack attempts this year

SonicWall’s global detection network picked up a total of 226.3 million attempted ransomware attacks between January and May 2021, a 116% increase on the same period in 2020, highlighting... Read more »
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