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2019 Recap: A Year to Remember

McAfee

As detailed in our August Threat Report , our Advanced Threat Research discovered that new ransomware samples had increased 118% from Q1 to Q2. As more and more devices are connected to the internet, businesses, manufacturers and end users must be increasingly vigilant. Threat Predictions for the Year Ahead.

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Payments and Security: Putting security where your money is

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Originally published in Payments Journal on July 31, 2019. This troubling reality, one of many findings in the 2019 Thales Global Data Threat Report , provides a stark look at the state of payments security – and leaves a lot of data vulnerable. The fact is, the internet wasn’t originally built with security in mind.

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

Megatraffer explained that malware purveyors need a certificate because many antivirus products will be far more interested in unsigned software, and because signed files downloaded from the Internet don’t tend to get blocked by security features built into modern web browsers. “Why do I need a certificate? account on Carder[.]su

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Federal cybersecurity: breaking down the barriers to adoption

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Our annual Thales Data Threat Report-Federal Edition , released today, found that 98% of federal agencies are storing sensitive data within a digitally transformative environment. Our 2019 federal report found that 78% of respondents were using sensitive data in a cloud environment. Regulations Stoke the Flames.

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Data security is everyone’s responsibility

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In our recently launched 2019 Thales Data Threat Report- Global Edition , 60% of organizations say they have been breached at some point in their history, with 30% experiencing a breach within the past year alone. The post Data security is everyone’s responsibility appeared first on Data Security Blog | Thales eSecurity.

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Cyber Security Roundup for April 2021

Security Boulevard

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. PA Unit 42 found that the average ransom paid by organisations nearly tripled over the past year, from $115,123 in 2019 to $312,493. How not to disclosure a Hack.

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European Businesses Signal ‘Growing Security Gap’ Amid Mass Digital Transformation

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In fact, in the 2019 Thales Data Threat Report – Europe Edition launched yesterday, we see that over a third (36%) of enterprises in the region are either aggressively disrupting the markets they participate in – or embedding digital capabilities that enable greater organisational agility. For Europe, the story is no different.