UK businesses are being hit with thousands of new cyberattacks each day
Every 45 seconds, a business in the UK suffers a cyberattack. This is according to a new report from business ISP Beaming, which claims the attack rate has never been higher. The report states that the number of cyberattacks against organizations in the UK rose 11 percent in Q1 2021, compared to the same period last year. In the first …
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UK faced millions of cyberattacks last year
The UK faced millions of Covid-19-related cybersecurity threats last year, but generally managed to mitigate attacks effectively, a new report from Trend Micro claims. According to the security firm, a total of 16.4 million Covid-19-related threats were recorded last year, with four percent (563,571) identified in the UK. The US suffered the highest volume of attacks by a significant margin: …
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Many more companies have suffered cyberattacks since moving to remote work
Since the start of the pandemic, cybersecurity experts have warned about threats linked with the transition to remote working. Now, access management firm OneLogin has released a new report that appears to validate those concerns. Polling 2,000 remote workers (1,000 in the US and UK each), the company found that 34 percent have suffered a data breach since shifting to …
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Cyberattacks on healthcare sector spike following Covid vaccine rollout
December was a devastating month for healthcare organizations in terms of cybersecurity. As vaccines started rolling out across the world, the number of web application attacks against healthcare organizations spiked by 51 percent. This is according to fresh figures from cybersecurity researchers at Imperva, which claims healthcare organizations experienced 187 million attacks in total (roughly 500 per organization). Year-on-year, the …
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UK targeted by Covid-themed cyberattacks
Of all the cyber-incidents the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has tackled in the past year, more than a quarter used the Covid-19 pandemic to hook victims. This is according to the organization’s annual report, which covers the period between September 2019 and August 2020. All in all, the NCSC tackled 723 incidents, 10 percent more than the same …
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IaaS visibility and access management could be key to stopping cyberattacks
Almost half of the world’s organizations have suffered a cyberattack due to poor infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) visibility and access management. This is according to a new report from SailPoint, which claims that businesses are failing to prioritize proper identity governance controls for IaaS platforms as they would for other parts of the business. Making matters worse, three quarters of businesses use …
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Pandemic drove criminal and political cyberattacks across the globe
Cybercriminals, state-sponsored hacking groups and political organizations used the Covid-19 pandemic to target rival organizations across various sectors, according to a new report from Check Point. The report states that governments, healthcare service providers, critical infrastructure organizations and consumers have all been targeted by a barrage of cyberattacks, which have increased in volume substantially. In late April, Check Point registered …
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UK the second most targeted country when it comes to cyberattacks
The UK is the second most frequent target of “serious” cyberattacks, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Specops Software. A “serious” cyberattack is defined as one targeting a country’s government agencies, defense and high-tech companies. It also includes economic crimes with losses of a million dollars or more. According to the Specops Software report, the UK was on …
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