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 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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Malware is on the rise, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, which states that 5.2 percent more malicious files were detected this year than last. In total, 360,000 new malicious files were intercepted over the last twelve months. Largely, these files were linked with either Trojans or backdoors, both of which rose substantially, by 40.5 and 23 …
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Most businesses believe their cybersecurity budgets will rise after the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report from NCC Group and Opinium. Based on a poll of 500 cybersecurity decision-makers, the report states that cyberattacks against businesses rose in all areas over the last 12 months. Phishing, malware, impersonation and fraud have become more common since lockdown forced businesses to send …
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