LATEST HEADLINES
AT&T inks deal to acquire AlienVault
AT&T has signed an agreement to acquire the privately held AlienVault with the intention of using the cyber-security firm's skills to help the telecommunications giant boost its ability to deliver security offerings.
Cryptomining campaign targeting web servers vulnerable to Drupalgeddon 2.0 nets £8,000
An ongoing malware campaign that attempts to exploit web servers susceptible to the Drupalgeddon 2.0 bug in order to infect them with an XMRig-based cryptominer has generated around US$ 11,000 (£8,386) in profits.
Ghostbusters 2: how to deal with Spectre, the sequel
Spectre is the CPU vulnerability that just keeps on giving. Revisions to CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2018-3693 this week reveal that Spectre 1.1 and 1.2 have emerged from the shadows.
Geopolitical targets and new campaigns in Asia mark busy Q2 for threat actors
APT (advanced persistent threat ) operations have seen an upsurge during the second three months of 2018, particularly those based in Asia, and this includes both well-known and less familiar threat actors.
OPINION
Cutting costs not people In IT
Once clarity has been achieved on the issue of priorities, take an objective look at the IT organisation as currently constituted and compare it to the structure implied by those priorities.
The biggest cyber-security risk no one's talking about
Why are insiders the growing threat to GDPR compliance, and what threat mitigation best-practices should you be implementing to avoid damage to your organisation, including fines and loss of reputation.
The Rubella criminal toolkit makes case for more preventive security
Rubella simplifies building and embedding Macros in Office documents, a favoured attack method as most organisations let in legitimate document features by default. File-regeneration technology use is advised.
Why cyber-security is failing its customers
A more holistic approach must be taken to deploy digital technologies effectively. Integrated cyber-risk management is all about integrating people, process and technology while managing risks in real time.
FEATURE
Interview, Ilia Kolochenko: Artificial intelligence - its limits - or not
Artificial Intelligence is the biggest issue for cyber-security, High-Tech Bridge founder and CEO Ilia Kolochenko told SC Media during a summit conference in Geneva earlier this year.
Reset 2018: All-female expert lineup for cybersec conference breaks mould
Reset 2018, held in central London yesterday, is a cyber-security conference with a difference, comprising insights from 15 female experts in cyber-security explaining the evolving cyber-threat landscape.
Women in security: Changing perceptions
It is 100 years since women got the vote in the UK and more women are now speaking at Cyber-Sec conferences, alongside a renewed focus on recruitment and education. But momentum needs to increase. Kate O'Flaherty reports.
Elizabeth Denham - A Profile of the Information Commissioner
GDPR enforcement comes into effect today and the person responsible for overseeing and enforcing its implementation in the UK is Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham - so its time to learn more about her.
VIDEOS
Barry Scott, CTO, EMEA, Centrify discusses the security vulnerabilities that young people bring to business.
Daniel Solis, CEO and founder at Blueliv, and Patryk Pilat, discuss recent research on credential theft.
[Video] Apricorn: EU GDPR - So What Do We Do Now?
Tony Morbin, Editor-in-Chief of SC Media UK interviews Jon Fielding, managing director, Apricorn, EMEA about new research from Apricorn highlighting exactly how massively ill-prepared companies are for last month’s deadline for enforcement of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules.
NTT Security Global Threat Intelligence Report 2018 Highlights
NTT Security released their annual Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR) for 2018, it stated that ransomware is up 350 percent from 2017 and spyware ranks first in volume of malware at 26 percent reflecting attackers' desire for long-term presence for information.
NTT Security Global Threat Intelligence Report 2018 Full
NTT Security released their annual Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR) for 2018, it stated that ransomware is up 350 percent from 2017 and spyware ranks first in volume of malware at 26 percent reflecting attackers' desire for long-term presence for information.
SC Media UK roundtable with Logpoint
Discussing 'the true value of actionable intelligence', SC Media UK's latest roundtable with Logpoint saw a gathering of senior cyber-security practitioners to discuss actionable threat intelligence. Eleven distinguished guests engaged in discussion on the topic at the event, sponsored by LogPoint at the Duck & Waffle restaurant in London's Heron Tower; the session was moderated by SC's editor-in-chief Tony Morbin.
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Every vendor is pushing a threat intelligence feed, program, and/or product. How does a lean organisation separate the hype from the actual value?
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