Security

Security Alliance launch cyber threat intelligence platform ThreatMatch

8 years ago By Real Wire

ThreatMatch is a cyber threat intelligence platform that provides users with relevant, actionable and timely threat intelligence that can be tailored to their unique environments. Using a diverse and extensive range of sources, ThreatMatch provides continuous alerts on how an organization’s attack surface correlates with the threat posed by the malicious actors targeting it.

John Beale, founder of Security Alliance comments: “We were delighted to be invited to launch ThreatMatch at the official opening of the UK Cyber Demonstration Centre.

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Why Your Website Needs SSL Certificate Security

8 years ago By Walter Moore

Many people believe that website security is only important where personal information, and credit card transactions are involved. This could not be further from the truth. Your website needs security regardless of whether it is an e-commerce site, or blog. SSL is the industry standard in website protection and millions of website owners use it to protect their customer’s details and online transactions.

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37 Percent of Global Organizations Unsure if They Need to Comply with GDPR

8 years ago By Real Wire

New survey sheds light on worldwide confusion and lack of preparation in the face of looming GDPR deadline but UK fares better

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76% of Subscribers are Interested in Single Sign-On Services from their Mobile Operator

8 years ago By Real Wire

When it comes to single sign-on and storing their personal data, subscribers trust mobile operators ahead of Facebook and Google

REDWOOD CITY, CA – September 12, 2017 – Independent research conducted in the US and UK on behalf of Openwave Mobility, a software innovator enabling operators to manage and monetize mobile traffic, has found that the majority of mobile subscribers (76%) welcome help from mobile operators who can offer them sign-ins for apps and services.

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Quoting IT: Government Should Report Not Exploit Software Vulnerabilities

9 years ago By CMS Report

"The governments of the world should treat this attack as a wake-up call. They need to take a different approach and adhere in cyberspace to the same rules applied to weapons in the physical world. We need governments to consider the damage to civilians that comes from hoarding these vulnerabilities and the use of these exploits."

- Brad Smith, Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer, The need for urgent collective action to keep people safe online: Lessons from last week’s cyberattack, The Official Microsoft Blog, May 14, 2017.

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In Seven Months, Seven Mobile Operators Turn to Openwave Mobility to Manage Encrypted Mobile Data

9 years ago By Real Wire

100 million additional subscribers come as Google’s QUIC encryption protocol increases by 200%

Malvertising Rises 132% in 2016 Over 2015, Says RiskIQ Research

9 years ago By Real Wire

RiskIQ Digital Threat Detection Data Indicates a Sharp Increase in Advertising Trend

RiskIQ Deepens Digital Threat Mitigation Capabilities with Acquisition of Maccabim

9 years ago By Real Wire

Increase in Brand Abuse, Malvertising, Spearsphishing, Spoofing Requires More Automated Digital Threat Triage, Legal Coordination and Response

London, UK – January 24, 2017 — RiskIQ, the leader in digital threat management, today announced that the company has completed the acquisition of brand threat project management company Maccabim.com Ltd and has appointed Jonathan Matkowsky, its founder, to vice president of intellectual property and brand security. With the acquisition of Maccabim, RiskIQ expands its threat mitigation technology, including dispute resolution proceedings and takedown functions, to expedite brand governance processes.

WinMagic Survey Highlights Employee Risk to Corporate Data on Personal Devices and Online Accounts

9 years ago By Real Wire

Only 18% of British office workers, who use a personal account/device to access work files or emails, say that data is always encrypted by their employer

Better education is still needed to improve personal IT habits

Ransomware Delivered by 97% of Phishing Emails

9 years ago By Real Wire

PhishMe Q3 Malware Review finds encryption ransomware has hit record levels, while ‘quiet malware’ remains a significant threat

LEESBURG, VA – November 17, 2016: PhishMe Inc., the leading provider of human phishing defense solutions, released findings today that show the amount of phishing emails containing a form of ransomware grew to 97.25 percent during the third quarter of 2016 from 92% in Q1. Remaining at the forefront is the Locky encryption ransomware, which has introduced a number of techniques to resist detection during the infection process.