Researchers find new bug ‘class’ in Apple devices

Researchers at Trellix have uncovered what they claim to be an entirely new class of privilege escalation vulnerability in Apple devices stemming from the infamous ForcedEntry exploit used by disgraced Israeli spyware... Read more »

Half of cyber leaders to switch jobs by 2025, citing stress

Nearly half of cyber security leaders plan to change jobs in the next two years, and half of those plan to leave the security sector for good, citing “multiple work-related stressors”, according... Read more »

Dutch cyber security professionals experience stress akin to soldiers in war zone, claims expert

Dutch digital resilience is at risk if too little attention continues to be paid to the mental well-being of IT specialists, Sander Hofman, manager of sales engineering at Mimecast, has warned.  Creeping... Read more »

Royal Mail resumes full export service after cyber attack

Ransomware-stricken Royal Mail has reinstated the last remaining international services through Post Office branches following the January 2022 LockBit attack, which left its export services paralysed for weeks. In a notice published... Read more »

Cyber security training: Insights for future professionals

In this era of digitalisation, the world is witnessing exponential growth in incidents that compromise the security of information owned by businesses or governments. Recently the Royal Mail’s overseas deliveries suffered severe... Read more »

US government Strike Force aims to prevent adversaries from accessing disruptive tech

The US government has launched the Disruptive Technology Strike Force, a collaboration of US law enforcement led by the Justice and Commerce Department, to stop hostile states gaining access to critical US... Read more »

Veeam bundles backup products into Veeam Data Platform

Backup specialist Veeam has launched the all-in-one Veeam Data Platform that comprises Veeam Backup & Replication, monitoring tool VeeamONE, Veeam Recovery Orchestrator automation functionality, and SaaS backup modules for Salesforce and Office365. In... Read more »

Twitter 2FA changes bring more risks than benefits

Security experts are unanimous that using SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) is insecure and puts users at risk of compromise – SMS-based communications are too easily intercepted or redirected by malicious actors in... Read more »

Why CIOs need to revisit desktop virtualisation

Desktop virtualisation is not a new concept, but IGEL, which recently moved out of the hardware business, is now partnering with major PC providers to offer thin-client access to Windows. HP, Lenovo... Read more »

Accreditation key to enterprise security

In July 2021, joint research from Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) and the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) found the area with the biggest shortfall in IT skills to be cloud computing security.... Read more »