75 percent of people risk being hacked through poor password practice
New research into the password habits of over 8,000 individuals across the UK, France and Germany shows 75 percent of people don't adhere to widely accepted password best practices, putting themselves at risk.
The study from Keeper Security shows 64 percent are either using weak passwords or repeat variations of passwords to protect their online accounts. More than a third of people also admit to feeling overwhelmed when it comes to taking action to improve their cybersecurity.
Enterprises urged to prepare for major PKI changes
Certificate authority GlobalSign is warning that later this year, and into 2024, there will be significant changes within the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) marketplace that they need to be aware of.
These changes involve several critical areas: Google's move to reduce the lifespan of SSL/TLS certificates to 90 days, new CA/Browser Forum Baseline Requirements for email security, and mandatory Root changes issued by Mozilla.
How object storage can contribute to cybersecurity analytics [Q&A]
Data volumes are growing exponentially year after year, this means huge amounts of log data that security teams are struggling to collect, analyze and act on in a timely manner.
As a result, security teams are inundated with data that is fragmented across locations and platforms. We spoke to CTO of MinIO Ugur Tigli to discuss how modern object storage can be used to build automated cybersecurity analytics pipelines to break down these barriers and enable security teams to quickly take action on the information stored in log files.
How do you know what's real and what's AI? [Q&A]
The world is increasingly buzzing with stories about AI generated content. Today when you contact a business you might equally well be talking to a bot as a human, but is it possible to spot AI generated content and should we be worried about it?
We spoke to Gaurav Kachhawa, chief product officer of conversational messaging platform Gupshup, to find out how to distinguish AI-generated content, as well as the ethics that surround its use.
Developer enablement tools are changing the workplace -- but not necessarily for the better
A new study from O'Reilly Media looks at how developer enablement tools including GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT are impacting productivity within the workplace.
And the news isn't all positive; almost half of all respondents (46 percent) say they are struggling with AI-assisted low and no-code tools that have steep learning curves and barriers to entry.
Breaches decline as security culture improves
The latest Security Maturity Report, published today by ClubCISO, shows 76 percent of CISOs reported no material breaches over the past year, up from 68 percent in 2022.
Despite the difficult economic climate, heightened global tensions and the onset of new technology making cybercrime easier, 60 percent of those surveyed say that no material cyber security incident had occurred in their organization over the past 12 months.
Cost of living crisis raises cyber risk from unhappy staff
A new survey of UK small and medium enterprises shows that 47 percent believe they are at greater risk of a cyberattack since the cost-of-living crisis.
The study from CyberSmart reveals that 38 percent believe this is due to increased malicious insider threats such as disgruntled employees making decisions that are not in the best interest of the company. While 35 percent believe it is due to negligent insider threats such as overworked or distracted employees making mistakes.
Rows gives you your own personal spreadsheet analyst
Earlier in the year, German spreadsheet company Rows launched its latest product with ChatGPT capabilities built in.
Its now introducing a new feature in the form of AI Analyst which summarizes the main takeaways from any dataset, runs in-depth analysis, and answers any questions you might have about your data.
Manufacturing businesses face escalating cyber threats
Two thirds of IT executives in the manufacturing sector believe that their enterprise will be targeted by a cyberattack within the next 12 months.
The study of 300 executives, carried out by CXO Priorities for Quest Software, shows that the most significant threats are seen as ransomware (22 percent), industrial espionage (21 percent), and state-sponsored threats (21 percent).
The top drivers of wasted IT spend in a hybrid-first environment [Q&A]
From rising collaboration expenses to a need for more devices per employee, hybrid work models have driven a need for new investments in workplace technology.
However, a significant portion of IT spend is wasted in a hybrid-first environment, often due to a reliance on manual processes that don't provide much-needed visibility into organizational endpoints.
Canonical brings OpenStack to small-scale clouds
Canonical has announced the extension of its commercial OpenStack offering to small-scale cloud environments with a new project, Sunbeam.
The project is 100 percent open source and is available free-of-charge, but enterprise customers can also opt-in for comprehensive security coverage and full commercial support under the Ubuntu Pro + Support subscriptions once they’ve completed the deployment.
Around a third of enterprise software spend is wasted
Despite significant efforts to become more efficient with IT budgets, respondents to a new survey report underutilization or wasted IT spending of 36 percent for desktop software, 33 percent for data center software, 32 percent for SaaS and 32 percent for IaaS/PaaS.
The study into IT asset management (ITAM) from Flexera shows that software asset management (SAM) programs are saving enterprises tens of millions of dollars. 55 percent of respondents say they saved more than $1 million, and 16 percent claim SAM programs saved more than $10 million in the past year.
Financial services businesses face critical data security gap
New survey findings from Lookout show that 70 percent of IT leaders in the financial services sector report a significant increase in data breaches compared to previous years.
Nearly half of organizations (47 percent) are struggling with the heightened difficulty of detecting and mitigating threats, while about a fifth (18 percent) face a significant lack of control over their applications and data.
Firewalla Gold SE is set to offer protection for faster internet speeds
Towards the end of last year we reviewed the Firewalla Gold Plus, a more powerful version of the plug-in network protection device aimed at professional and business users.
Of course the world of the internet doesn't stand still for long and with gigabit speeds becoming more widely available as full fiber services are rolled out, Firewalla is set to up its game again with the launch of the Gold SE.
The devices that pose a threat to critical infrastructure
Operational technology and industrial control system devices represent an attractive target for cybercriminals attempting to access networks, and for nation state actors looking to disrupt infrastructure.
Asset visibility and security company Armis is releasing new research identifying the riskiest devices that pose threats to critical infrastructure industries: manufacturing, utilities and transportation.
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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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