As the pandemic swept across the UK, the country went on a technology shopping spree, fresh figures from analyst firm IDC suggest. According to a report from The Register, IDC claims that four million new PCs were sold in the UK in the fourth quarter alone, representing a 58.5 percent jump year-on-year. A total of 439,000 desktops were also shipped, …
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The number of data leakage incidents grew by an “unprecedented” rate in 2020, a new report from Imperva argues. Through online means alone, not counting leaks caused by lost hardware or word of mouth, Imperva researchers tracked a 93 percent rise. By the end of the year, Imperva had identified a total of 1.7 million leaks, with the the number …
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The Emotet botnet is no more. A joint effort between law enforcement agencies from the UK, US, Canada and the EU resulted in the takedown of “thousands of computers” that were running the malicious network, the BBC reported. Announcing the successful takedown, Europol described Emotet as “one of most significant botnets of the past decade” and one of the main …
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The number of malicious Covid-19-related domains has spiked dramatically since the vaccines were announced and began rolling out. This is according to a new report from cybersecurity experts at Webroot, which states that more than 4,500 new suspicious domains were discovered in the month after vaccines were announced, containing keywords such as “Covid-19”, “corona”, “vaccine” and “cure Covid”. Almost a …
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In the fourth quarter of 2020, 79.4 million PCs were purchased worldwide, a 10.7 percent rise compared to the same period in 2019. This is according to fresh figures from market analysts Gartner, which added that 275 million units were shipped for the entire year. That’s a 4.8 percent increase over the year prior and represents the highest level of …
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When lockdowns were first introduced and people started to work remotely, many were surprised at the level of productivity achieved. As time passes, however, it appears remote working is taking an increasingly negative toll: employees are less productive, more stressed and employers are doing little to help. This is according to a new report from Wright Hassall, which found that …
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Operators of Ryuk, one of the world’s most popular ransomware variants, have extorted more than $150 million from victims. This is according to a report published by cybersecurity firms Advanced Intelligence and HYAS, which claims that a total of 61 Bitcoin addresses associated with Ryuk operators have been identified. “Ryuk receives a significant amount of their ransom payments from a …
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The strategies employed by cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated, which means ransomware attacks will likely be more frequent – and more devastating – in the coming year. This is according to a new report from disaster recovery firm Databarracks, which claims that outright prevention of ransomware is “impossible”. The only way to truly stay safe from ransomware attacks, the company …
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