In what has become a significant and concerning information security incident, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a key branch of the United States Treasury Department tasked with overseeing currency transactions within the nation’s banking system, has…
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The Key Differences Between a Data Breach and a Data Leak
In today’s increasingly digital world, concerns about the safety and security of personal and corporate data are paramount. With high-profile incidents in the media, terms like “data breach” and “data leak” are often used interchangeably. However, there are significant differences…
Navigating AI risks and rewards in cybersecurity
Robert Cottrill, Technology Director at digital transformation company ANS, explores the balance between the benefits of AI and the risks it poses to data security and privacy, particularly for large enterprises. With the UK Government ramping up investment through its…
Cyber Threat emerges from PDF files
Most internet users are familiar with PDF files and the role they play in delivering essential documents in a transferable and readable format across various devices, such as smartphones and computers. Whether it’s a telecom bill, an image, or even…
Identity Management Day Expert Commentary
Alex Quilici CEO of YouMail This Identity Management Day, be skeptical, not scared. By now, your identity is already out there. Your phone number, job title, connections, even your social security number — all publicly available. The genie is out…
The Critical Role of Telemetry Pipelines in 2025 and Beyond
The beginning of 2025 has introduced some key complexities that CISOs will need to navigate going forward. With digitalization taking hold of almost every industry in some form or another, telemetry pipelines are emerging as essential tools. By facilitating the…
Vishing: The voice scam you need to know about
Cybercriminals are always finding new ways to trick people, and one of the latest scams on the rise is called vishing, short for voice phishing. Unlike email scams (known as phishing), vishing happens over the phone. Recent studies have highlighted…
What Business Leaders Need to Know to Prevent Tax Identity Fraud in 2025
It comes once a year. No, it’s not Christmas, a birthday, or an anniversary. This is tax season. The time of year when Americans compile their most confidential personal and financial information to file taxes with the federal and state…
Can a DDoS Cyber Attack Lead to Political Warfare?
In the world of digitization, cyberattacks have become an increasingly common form of warfare, with Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks standing out as one of the most prominent and disruptive methods. While often perceived as a technical nuisance that…
Cyber Attacks make UK SMEs loose £3.4 billion a year
Cyberattacks are a persistent and growing threat that cause significant financial strain to victims, whether public or private organizations. However, recent research by Vodafone has revealed a particularly alarming trend: every year, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are losing nearly…
Google offers AI tool to revolutionize Cybersecurity
For years, businesses have relied on software solutions to help defend against the growing threat of cyber-attacks. However, a new development in the cybersecurity space may soon revolutionize how these threats are mitigated. Google, the technology giant and subsidiary of…
Hackers launch cyber attacks on British Army, Royal Navy and Office for Nuclear Security
The recent cyberattack attributed to the “Holy League Coalition” hacking group has raised significant concerns about cybersecurity, as key British institutions fall victim to a highly sophisticated assault. This group, reportedly a collaboration between Russian cyber operatives and Pro-Palestinian hackers,…
Cybersecurity Concerns Arising in Generating Ghibli-Style Content
In recent years, the rise of AI-generated art and animation has sparked a revolution in how creative content is produced. Among the most notable examples is the trend of creating artworks inspired by Studio Ghibli’s iconic animation style. With its…
Securely Deploying and Running Multiple Tenants on Kubernetes
Kubernetes has become the backbone of modern cloud native applications, and as adoption grows, organizations increasingly seek to consolidate workloads and resources by running multiple tenants within the same Kubernetes infrastructure. These tenants could be internal teams, or departments within…
Don’t Wait for The Next IT Audit To Address High-Risk Threats
Too Many Organizations Look to Scheduled Audits to Dictate Patching Efforts Though it may seem obvious that patches to critical vulnerabilities in IT systems need to be implemented right away, the fact remains that huge numbers of today’s enterprises tend…
Hunters International Ransomware moves to data exfiltration and data extortion
Ransomware gangs are notorious for first stealing data from servers before encrypting it, holding it hostage until a ransom is paid. The act of siphoning off data intensifies the pressure on victims, as they are faced with the dual threat…
Unlocking the Power of Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments
Cloud services have revolutionized the way businesses operate, delivering instant access to data, applications and resources at the touch of a mouse. Accessibility through a mix of public cloud services, SaaS applications, private clouds, and on-premises infrastructure has become the…
AIOps Delivers Best Practice Security and Performance to the Network and Business
Maintaining robust network security in today’s threat climate is a challenge. Adhering to best practices is just as difficult. However, both are necessary to ensure that organizations can continue running efficiently and securely with minimal interruption or downtime to the…
AI innovation is fast approaching – what does this mean for security?
AI innovation is moving at a scale we haven’t seen before. Hyperscalers like Salesforce, Microsoft, and Google are racing to make agentic AI available to the wider public. And the appetite is there! A recent survey showed that 82% of…
The Hidden Crisis in Non-Human Identity: Why Your Security Strategy Needs an Overhaul
While organizations have spent years fortifying human identity security, a critical vulnerability has been growing in our digital infrastructure. For every human identity in today’s enterprise, there are now approximately 50 machine identities operating in the shadows. These non-human identities…