From company email accounts to secure areas of enterprise systems like servers and sharing platforms, protective passwords are a ubiquitous tool to enhance security. To ensure the integrity and the security of the data and internal controls that are typically stored behind these personal credentials, it is essential that passwords are always strong and remain […]
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DoorDash, the American online ordering and food delivery service company, recently revealed that it had suffered a data breach. The leak involved the exposure of both employee and customer data and has been linked to another major cyberattack. […]
Email security is a vital component of a business’s security policy because email is the most prevalent method of communication for businesses across the globe. But, business email accounts need adequate protection when data privacy is a concern. Your emails hold a wide range of sensitive information, and it’s like gold to cyber-criminals. We exchange […]
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More companies than ever are switching to signing documents digitally. Flexible and secure, digital document signing offers firms a fully auditable option that is compliant with data protection regulations and signatures that are legally accepted by UK courts. Read on for 12 reasons why modern firms should use digital document signing to replace wet ink […]
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A new report has revealed that WordPress websites are being hacked to show fake Cloudflare Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection pages to users. The fake alert pages are designed to distribute malware that insidiously installs the password-stealing Trojan known as RaccoonStealer and the NetSupport RAT. […]
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New York-based cloud infrastructure provider DigitalOcean recently issued a warning that a security breach at US marketing platform Mailchimp had exposed the email addresses of some of its customers. A small number of these individuals also had their passwords reset without giving authorisation. […]
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Botnets are, effectively, groups of computers that are infected with malicious software. A threat operator can remotely control all the devices in the botnet, harnessing their combined computing power. Malicious activities carried out by botnets include sending a high volume of spam messages, conducting Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, generating bogus website traffic and […]
Researchers have uncovered 9,000 exposed (virtual network computing) VNC endpoints that can be used or accessed without any authentication, enabling threat operator’s easy entrance to internal networks. […]
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Enterprises, educational institutions and local government offices are all responsible for the security of the data they store and share. In the UK, specific legislation like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is enforced by regulators at the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), and companies who are found to have failed in their obligation to safeguard […]
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Ransomware gangs are recognised by the UK government as the greatest cybersecurity threat to enterprises across the country. At best, ransomware attacks can inconvenience firms and disrupt their daily processes and customer services, but in the worst-case scenarios they can result in devastating data breaches with far-reaching consequences to companies and those associated with them. […]
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Data is a vital part of every firm’s workflow. As a rule, companies must keep detailed records on staff, clients, suppliers, and partners that are packed with personally identifiable information (PII). For example, names, dates of birth, email and postal addresses, telephone numbers and financial details like account and credit card numbers may all be […]
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The email marketing enterprise Klaviyo was recently the victim of a data breach. […]
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