Password reuse is still an issue for businesses everywhere

Password reuse is still widespread among employees across the globe and training initiatives are only making a “negligible difference”, a new report from identity and access management company My1Login suggests.  Polling 1,000 employees and 1,000 business leaders for its latest report, My1Login found that almost two-thirds of employees use the same passwords for both private and business accounts. Furthermore, the …

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Fraud campaigns are creating a trust issue for businesses

For a consumer to lose trust in a business, all it takes is for a scammer to attempt to impersonate the brand. The scam doesn’t have to be affiliated with the business in any way, and the attacker doesn’t even have to be successful in their attack, but the company will still suffer. This is according to a new report …

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Cloud misconfiguration has become a critical security issue

Cloud misconfigurations are a huge security problem, resulting in the exposure of sensitive data. Despite the risks, many businesses are failing to properly configure their instances, in part due to confusing information from vendors. This is according to a new report from cloud security provider Lightspin, which performed analysis on 40,000 AWS buckets and their cloud storage permissions. The company …

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Pulse Secure says it has fixed VPN issue that saw major targets hacked

A major flaw in Pulse Connect Secure VPN, which allowed cybercriminals to compromise the internal networks of certain US government agencies and other targets, has now been remedied. The zero-day, first spotted by cybersecurity experts at FireEye and logged as CVE-2021-22893, is currently being exploited in the wild, so all customers are urged to apply the new patch immediately.  FireEye …

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Businesses ‘out of touch’ with staff on hybrid working issue

Hybrid working is expected to provide an important bridge between remote working and the office in the coming months. But it seems workers and their bosses aren’t seeing eye-to-eye when it comes to creating the best employee experience.  According to a new survey from tech company Unisys Corporation, most organizations (66 percent) are working on a new operating model as …

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Online fraud should be seen as a ‘national security issue’

Fraud in the UK has become an epidemic and is damaging businesses, the country’s image and the public purse, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has claimed. The think tank says the country loses approximately $260 billion each year to fraud, the crime UK citizens are most likely to fall victim to. Fraud against the public sector results in up …

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