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InfoSecurity Europe 2015 – Elevator Pitch: Barracuda

Klaus Gheri gives us a summary at InfoSecurity Europe 2015

What New Year’s Resolutions Should Chief Security Officers Be Making?

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry, but what plans should CSOs be making this year? Here are some great suggestions along with top tips on how to see them through

Authentification

Chthonic: The Dangerous ZeuS Trojan Attacking You Via Your Bank

Kaspersky Lab discovers a new strain of Trojan targeting victims through 150 banks' web links and email attachments

CyberCrime

Android OS And iOS Targeted by Man-in-the-Middle Attacks

Spate of attacks install remote access Trojans to phish for login credentials, with jailbroken devices at particular risk

Innovation

Who’s Been In Your Fridge? 3 Ways To Secure Your Internet Of Things Devices

Piers Wilson, head of product management at Tier-3 Huntsman examines the main security issues being introduced by IoT, and outlines three basic steps that can help to overcome them

CyberCrime

Spy Agency GCHQ Launches New Code-Making App

Can the notorious snooping bureau inspire the future defenders of cyber space?

Broadband

5 Ways To Limit Damage Caused By XSS Flaws

XSS may be the easiest way for someone to attack your website, but there are self-defence steps you can take

Projects

HP Expands Reseller Agreement With SAP

HP Fortify is being leveraged to further help customers manage and reduce security risk

CyberCrime

Everybody Wants To Steal My Girl, Or Steal My Data?

Chris Eng, VP of research at Veracode, highlights 6 ways One Direction can keep their private pictures private

Authentification

Will Your Colleagues Screw Up Your Company’s Network This Christmas?

BalaBit survey reveals security shortcuts taken by 'privileged users' during the festive season

Authentification

“World’s First” Automated Password Changer Launched

Dashlane's password manager enhanced with the world’s only automated password changing software

CyberCrime

Police Must ‘Learn How To Support Cybercrime Victims’

'Sluggish' police are trying to catch today's criminals with yesterday's tactics, according to critics

CyberCrime

How Much Will Cybercrime Cost Us In 2015?

Orlando Scott-Cowley, director of technology marketing at Mimecast, looks back on the Target and Home Depot cyber attacks, and asks what the future cost of cybercrime will be

Cloud

DocuSign Announces Three New European Data Centres

DocuSign expands Global Trust Network with data centres in Germany, the Netherlands and a third EU location under evaluation

Big Data

Data Loss And Downtime Costs The UK £10.5 Billion Per Year

78 percent of UK organisations are not confident that they can fully recover after a disruption

CyberCrime

BAE Systems Recruits Team of Young Cybercrime Fighters

Threat of cyber attacks drives BAE Systems' recruitment drive, with London alone facing 54,000 reports of cyber fraud every year

CyberCrime

Cybercriminals Easily Dupe Online Shoppers On Black Friday And Cyber Monday

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are apparently now a 'thing' in the UK, and criminals are all over it like an embarrassing rash

CyberCrime

The Scary Truth About Credit Cards The Banks Don’t Want You To Know

And 5 top tips on how to use bank cards safely when shopping online this Christmas

CyberCrime

8 Ways To Buy Gifts Safely Online This Christmas

TechWeek has teamed up with Trey Ford, global security strategist at IT security firm Rapid7, to bring you 8 top tips for shopping safely over the Internet this Xmas

CyberCrime

Almost 1 Million Brits Attacked By Amazon Phishing Scam Emails

Security specialists warn email users to be be "extra cautious" this holiday shopping season

Security

Bitcoin Exhange Website Slaps 100 BTC Bounty On Hacker

Bitalo.com refuses to be bullied by blackmailers

Security

Why The UK Desperately Needs 200,000 IT Security Specialists

Businesses must take urgent measures to protect themselves from growing cyber crime threat, cyber security recruiter warns

Marketing

The Top 5 Facebook Scams People Keep Falling For

Scammers use 850,000 tricks to con millions of Facebook users

Marketing

Pirate Bay Co-Founder Warg Faces Stiff Prison Sentence

Gottfrid Svartholm Warg found guilty by Danish court in that country's biggest hacking case to date

Data Storage

Do you know how much your personal data is worth?

Ignorance is not bliss when it comes to storing and sharing your own personal data, says Jake Ronay, director of planning at provider of psychographic audience data, VisualDNA

Cloud

Are Your File Sharing Practices Risking Data Loss And Compliance Violation?

Businesses lack clear policies, visibility and authority to control employee file sharing risk, research has found

Cloud

9 Ways To Not Be Seen Naked On The Internet

Recent headlines of Hollywood celebrities’ nude photos leaking onto the Internet remind us of the privacy risks we face when we store personal data – particularly very personal data – on smart devices.