Free calendar app offers quantum-safe encryption
Quantum computing presents a substantial problem for securing systems because of its potential to crack existing encryption protocols.
However, the industry is beginning to gear up to face the threat. Tuta, the email provider with the world's first quantum-safe encryption for email, is now launching its new stand-alone encrypted calendar app.
Non-human identities present a major security risk
Compromised non-human identities have led to successful cyberattacks at that 66 percent of enterprises.
A new report from AppViewX, based on a survey of almost 370 IT, cybersecurity, and DevOps professionals by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), also shows 57 percent of the episodes where organizations suffered a successful attack tied to NHI compromises got the board of directors attention.
49 percent of global businesses targeted by deepfakes
A new report from Regula reveals that 49 percent of businesses globally have experienced deepfake scams involving either audio or video -- almost doubling the number of incidents since 2022.
The survey, of 575 business decision makers, shows a significant rise in the prevalence of video deepfakes, with a 20 percent increase in companies reporting incidents compared to 2022.
NIS2 could prevent cybersecurity incidents but many businesses aren't ready
The EU's latest Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2) comes into effect on October 18, but new research finds that although nearly 80 percent of businesses are confident in their ability to eventually comply with NIS2 guidelines, up to two-thirds say they will miss this imminent deadline.
The survey from Veeam Software, of over 500 IT decision-makers from Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK, shows 90 percent of respondents reporting at least one security incident that the NIS2 directive could have prevented in the past 12 months.
Why finance teams need 'ambient intelligence' [Q&A]
The world is changing faster than ever, putting pressure on CFOs to create more value and be more strategic and collaborative.
Finance leaders are not only expected to understand the entire business, but they are also bogged down by the administrative work of backward-looking reporting and controls.
Nation-states and cybercriminals work together to cause more damage
A new report from OpenText finds that collaboration and coordination taking place between nation-states and cybercrime rings to target global supply chains and further geopolitical motives has become a signature trend in the threat landscape.
Russia has been seen to collaborate with malware-as-a-service gangs including Killnet, Lokibot, Ponyloader and Amadey, while China has entered into similar relationships with the Storm0558, Red Relay, and Volt Typhoon cybercrime rings, typically to support its geopolitical agenda in the South China Sea.
Software architecture in the age of AI [Q&A]
Does AI impact software architecture? Or does software architecture impact AI? The answer of course is both, but how much of an overlap is there between the two?
To find out we spoke to Mike Loukides, vice president of emerging tech content at O'Reilly, about how software architects can work with AI and avoid its more negative effects.
38 percent of workers share sensitive data without permission
Sharing is caring so the saying goes, but that shouldn't apply quite so much when applied to sensitive data. A new report from CybSafe shows 38 percent of employees admit to sharing sensitive information without the knowledge of their employer.
The study of over 7,000 individuals across the United States, UK, Canada, Germany, Australia, India and New Zealand, reveals workers are more connected than ever, with 53 percent of participants stating they're always online.
New AI-driven platform simplifies enterprise access management
Traditional processes for ensuring employees have the right levels of access to systems have come under strain and become harder to manage because of the spread of cloud-based software.
A new AI-powered identity governance and administration (IGA) platform from Zilla Security aims to tackle the long-standing challenge of managing hundreds of roles or group membership rules to ensure organizations give users job-appropriate access.
Unforgiving consumers says poor software is as bad as contaminated food
A new survey from software delivery platform Harness finds that 66 percent of UK consumers think software companies releasing 'bad' code that causes mass outages is on par with, or worse than, supermarkets selling contaminated products that break laws on food safety.
The study of 2,000 UK consumers, conducted by Opinium Research, finds that 44 percent have been affected by an IT outage. 26 percent were impacted by the recent incident caused by a software update from CrowdStrike in July 2024.
Enterprises suffer surge in mobile phishing attacks
Cybercriminals are increasingly adopting a 'mobile-first' attack strategy to infiltrate enterprise systems by targeting weak, unsecured, and unmanaged mobile endpoints, recognizing mobile as a major entry point to corporate networks and sensitive data.
A new report from Zimperium zLabs shows a significant rise in mobile phishing -- or 'mishing' -- a technique that employs various tactics specifically designed to exploit vulnerabilities in mobile devices.
Can humans provide a cybersecurity edge? [Q&A]
It's usually the case that cybersecurity is seen as being all about technology and that humans -- making mistakes and falling for social engineering -- are something of a liability.
But are people really just a problem or can they also be part of the solution? Toney Jennings, CEO of DataStone, believes we need to shift our thinking away from the current paradigm to empowering people as a hidden asset in the protection of their organization. We talked to him to find out more.
Attackers use GenAI to write malicious code
The latest threat insights report from HP Wolf Security has identified a new campaign using malware believed to have been written with the help of GenAI.
Analysis of the campaign, targeting French-speakers using VBScript and JavaScript, finds the structure of the scripts, comments explaining each line of code, and the choice of native language function names and variables are strong indications that the threat actor used GenAI to create the malware.
Phishing and deepfakes are leading AI-powered threats
A new survey of cybersecurity professionals finds that 75 percent of respondents think phishing attacks pose the greatest AI-powered threat to their organization, while 56 percent say deepfake enhanced fraud (voice or video) poses the greatest threat.
The study from Team 8, carried out at its annual CISO Summit, also finds that lack of expertise (58 percent) and balancing security with usability (56 percent) are the two main challenges organizations face when defending AI systems.
Passwords still rule when securing user accounts
A new global study reveals that 58 percent of people use a username and password to login to personal accounts and 54 percent do so to login to work accounts.
The report from Yubico, based on a study of 20,000 people around the world carried out by Talker Research, reveals a worrying lack of awareness of best practices for authentication. 39 percent think username and password are the most secure and 37 percent think mobile SMS based authentication is the most secure, though both are highly susceptible to phishing attacks.
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Ian spent almost 20 years working with computers before he discovered that writing about them was easier than fixing them. Since then he's written for a number of computer magazines and is a former editor of PC Utilities. Follow him on Mastodon
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