
How to stop enemies within
Research indicates that most security breaches are caused by employees rather than external attackers. Firms need to reassess their access controls to counter the inside threat.
UK firms have traditionally designed their digital security strategies to prevent attacks from beyond the firewall. But in a shift of emphasis, many firms are now paying more attention to stopping security...
Hacking
$5 million bounty placed on Russian hackers responsible for Dridex banking malware
The FBI and US Department of State have placed a record-breaking bounty on Maksim Yakubets and Igor Turashev
Magento Marketplace suffers data breach exposing confidential details of users
Magento's platform has been targeted in the past by Magecart scammers, but it claims its core products and services were not exposed in this latest incident
US department store Macy's the latest company to be compromised in Magecart attack
Macy's claims that it discovered the Magecart compromise of its payment pages within seven days
Hosting provider SmarterASP.NET hit by ransomware attack
Majority of customers don't have access to their data yet
Wind and solar energy provider hit by denial-of-service attack earlier this year
The attack caused a disconnection between the power provider's main command centre and power generation installations