Remote work is a huge priority for workers everywhere now
Now that the Covid-19 has shown remote working is a viable option, many employees don’t want to give up on their newfound working model, according to a new report from PwC called “Next in work”. Polling some 1,000 employees and just shy of 800 business leaders, PwC found that employees now demand more flexibility, higher salaries, and a better balance …
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Phishing attacks hit a huge number of businesses last year
In the past year, almost three-quarters (73 percent) of businesses suffered a data breach as a result of a successful phishing campaign. The trend can be partly attributed to remote working, as businesses struggle to maintain visibility and protect their remote workers, a new report from Egress suggests. Based on a poll of 500 IT leaders and 3,000 employees in …
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REvil says it was behind huge ransomware attack
Cybercriminal syndicate REvil has claimed responsibility for the large-scale Kaseya ransomware attack, and is demanding the managed service provider (MSP) pay a record ransom fee. As reported by The Record, the REvil gang made the announcement in a short notice published on the dark web. In the notice, the group says it infected thousands of machines and priced the decryption …
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Global security spending set for another huge rise
After a solid 2020, in which spending on security and risk management technology grew by 6.4 percent, 2021 looks set to continue on the same track. The latest report from market analysts Gartner states that worldwide spending in the field is expected to grow by 12.4 percent this year and hit $150.4 billion. This spending is fueled by two key …
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Mobile phishing has seen a huge rise in some industries
Despite Mobile Device Management (MDM) being deployed to “significantly” more devices last year, mobile phishing exposure among financial services has almost doubled. A new report from integrated endpoint-to-cloud security company Lookout, based on behavioral analysis of telemetry data from nearly 200 million mobile devices, 140 million apps and more than four million new URLs a day., found that there had …
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No-code represents a huge opportunity, but few understand what it is
In a few years’ time, most of the apps developed by enterprises will have been built with the help of no-code and low-code solutions, but knowledge gaps are holding these technologies back. This is according to a new report from Formstack, a no-code workplace productivity platform, which states that the adoption of low-code and no-code tools is on the rise, …
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Global IT spending set for huge surge this year
In anticipation of greater economic stability this year, global IT spending is expected to rise by 8.4 percent. This is according to a new report from analyst house Gartner, which claims worldwide IT spending will hit $4.1 trillion in 2021. The source of funds for new digital business initiatives, Gartner believes, will generally come from business departments other than IT, …
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Gartner forecasts huge collaboration market growth, despite return to offices
Although some workers are expected to return to their offices this year, many will remain remote or operate in a hybrid working model, driving significant growth in the social software and collaboration market. This is according to a new report from analyst house Gartner, which expects the market to be worth $4.5 billion this year, representing a 17.1 percent increase …
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Mac malware saw a huge rise in 2020
It’s been a busy 2020 for hackers, as a new report shows a record-breaking number of malware samples for Apple’s desktop OS, as well as Microsoft’s Windows. In a recent report, Atlas VPN claims that were more Mac OS malware samples in 2020 than the previous eight years combined. Since 2012, when it first started tracking malware for Apple’s OS, …
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SaaS subscriptions have seen a huge rise
In recent years, people have become less and less interested in owning software, preferring to subscribe to a service and only pay when they use it. According to a new report from subscription management platform provider Zuora, this has been a trend for the past decade, driving major growth among Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) businesses. Polling more than 13,000 adults in 12 …
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