Browsing the "cyber-security" Tag

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JBS pays $11m ransom following cyber attack

10 Jun White House says a Russian state-backed hacking group was behind the ransomware attack

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Colonial Pipeline

‘Majority’ of ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline recovered

8 Jun 63.7 bitcoins worth $2.3m have been seized after a warrant was authorised by judge

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Ransomware

US to give ransomware ‘terrorism’ status

4 Jun Department of Justice will require all ransomware cases to be centrally coordinated via Washington

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Hacker

Discovering your inner hacker

24 Apr New cyber security skills initiative throws open the field to all comers

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Stephen O'Boyle, BSI

Adapting cyber, risk and advisory strategies to enhance organisational resilience

22 Apr How virtual consulting is supporting organisations to assess, manage and treat current risks and operational challenges

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New world order

21 Apr One certain thing, in these uncertain times, is that things will be different on resumption of business. But what will it look like?

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Shield

Employer overconfidence, skills shortages in cyber security

20 Feb Microsoft research indicates dichotomies in perceptions of readiness and security

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Phishing: what it is and how to stop it

18 Feb Here's what you need to know about this increasingly sophisticated form of cyber attack

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Time for NSA to step up in Windows hacking fight

5 Feb Agency needs to show it has abandoned practices that unleashed WannaCry on the world

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Vote

US elections remain vulnerable to attack despite security improvements

21 Jan Continued foreign interference and insecure paperless voting processes will sow doubt about the next election, experts warn

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Cybersecurity

Vigilance and expectation

6 Jan The current cyber threat level could be said to be elevated

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Cyber Security

Cyber security: driving value from investments

21 Oct Vendors are making great strides for interoperability and cooperation, but it can still be an uphill task to derive value, reports Jason Walsh

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Fake mobile app fraud tripled in first half of 2019, finds RSA Security

17 Oct While the total number of global fraud attacks increased by 63%

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Irish cyber security training provider in Magic Quadrant

31 Jul MetaCompliance a ‘niche player’ in security awareness computer-based training

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Hacker

Zero Day: a powerful but fragile weapon

31 Jul All software has bugs, some of which are security flaws that can weaponised

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Cyber security

Don’t look now…

22 Jul Sometimes even the spooks get spiked

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Genome

Vulnerability allowed attackers to edit patient gene sequence records

9 Jul US researchers identified the weakness in genome matching programme

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Ransomware

Should companies get cyber insurance?

28 Jun Is cyber insurance the best way to mitigate against the threat of data breaches?

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Shield

Cyber Ireland launch Cyber Security Cluster

23 May Cost of cyber crime to exceed €4.5tn globally by 2021

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Cybersecurity Risk Assessment for small businesses

16 May Risk assessment aimed at smaller organisations

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