Hybrid working will not be an automatic success
Hybrid working has the potential to transform the lives of office workers. Whether this transformation will be for the better, or worse, depends on business owners and how they tackle the various challenges ahead. These are the conclusions of a new report report published by GitLab and Qatalog, based on a poll of 3,900 workers, which claims that remote and …
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The cybersecurity recruitment landscape is changing rapidly
The cybersecurity recruitment landscape is changing rapidly, and the approaches and techniques that worked yesterday, most likely won’t apply tomorrow. This is according to a new report from the non-profit association of certified cybersecurity professionals, (ISC)2. Polling more than 2,000 cybersecurity pros and jobseekers in the US and Canada for the report, the company found that organizations that exclusively seek …
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It’s the end of search as we know it, (and I feel fine)
This May a fundamental change in search is coming, and it’s like no other we’ve seen before. For the first time, Google is dedicating a major algorithm update to user experience. It marks a significant change in Google’s approach, no longer content with just providing results, but including how a page performs when people engage with it as well. Until …
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EU countries have already seen over €30 million in GDPR fines in 2021
European regulators are committed to holding organizations to account for their data protection practices and have issued plenty of fines in just the first three months of the year This is according to a new report from financial publication Finbold, which states that EU businesses were fined €33.61 million ($40.56m) in Q1 2021 for “various violations” of the General Data …
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Business email compromise more costly than most other fraud attacks combined
Business Email Compromise (BEC), a type of cyber-fraud in which attackers use compromised email accounts to launch attacks on businesses, is growing both more popular among cybercriminals and more devastating. This is according to a new report from TradingPlatforms.com, which claims that BEC was more costly than most other frauds combined in the US last year. In 2020, the FBI’s …
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Extensive planning key to maximizing value of the cloud
Cost-effectiveness is among the chief reasons businesses decide to migrate to the cloud. However, many organizations struggle to achieve significant savings, as they fail to properly plan ahead and are often met with unexpected costs. This is according to a new report from multi-cloud service provider Aptum, which explains the difficulties in achieving visibility over different workloads and control over …
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Ransomware attacks are now more costly than ever
Were it not for a single ransomware group and its enormous demands, average and median ransom figures would have been lower in Q1 2021, compared to previous quarters. However, the average ransom payment has risen 43 percent, and median ransom payment rising 59 percent, quarter-on-quarter. This is according to a report from ransomware recovery company Coveware, which states that the …
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Home workers still keep putting their employers at risk
If remote workers still haven’t placed your organization’s sensitive data at risk, they’ll most likely do so in the near future. According to a new report from encrypted USB manufacturer Apricorn, employees at more than a third (35 percent) of UK businesses knowingly put corporate data at risk last year. The majority of respondents (58 percent) believe their remote workers …
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The UK saw a significant rise in cybercrime last year
The pandemic has been seized upon by cybercriminals everywhere, allowing them to leverage the exploding levels of fear and uncertainty to spread malware, steal money and sell valuable data on the black market. A new report from cybersecurity firm ESET analyzed the state of cybercrime in the UK for 2020, and uncovered an increase of 19.1 percent compared to the …
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Ransomware attacks are becoming increasingly targeted
Ransomware operators are losing interest in wide net attack strategies. Instead, they’re more inclined towards targeted attacks, in which they know exactly who they’re targeting, why and for how much money. This is according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, which states that the number of ransomware attacks has been steadily declining over the years. Between 2019 and …
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