Be fearful of a new Malware Called 'Hook'
A dangerous new piece of malware called 'Hook' has been uncovered that, once installed, can allow a hacker to control your Android phone remotely, stealing data, sending money and harvesting your WhatsApp messages.
So if you receive a message from your bank. Be aware. We have heard of messages from NatWest, Barclays Santander, Lloyds and Metro. Some of the UK's best-known lenders.
Is Your Company Covered and how Cyber Insurance Works
Is Your Company Covered and how cyber insurance works,
Can you benefit from investing in a policy for a Cybersecurity Attack? That’s the £2 Million Question
Cybercrime continues to be a persistent issue for all sized businesses, but particularly smaller organisations. In fact, according to the National Cyber Security Alliance, nearly 60% of small businesses that experience a cyberattack shut their doors within six months.
How Does Cyber Insurance Work?
Cyber insurance is a policy that helps an organisation pay for any financial losses incurred following a data breach or cyberattack. It also helps cover any costs related to the remediation process, such as paying for the investigation, crisis communication, legal services, and customer refunds.
With the constant – and ever-increasing – threat of potential cyberattacks and need to protect their assets, many companies are applying for cyber insurance, which generally covers a variety of different types of cyber-attacks, including data breaches; business email compromises; cyber extortion demands; malware infections and ransomware.
But, despite the benefits of cyber insurance, it remains surprisingly undervalued. The UK government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2022 found that only 43% of businesses have a cyber insurance policy in place.
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LastPass calls for stronger cybersecurity practices
LastPass calls for stronger cybersecurity practices
LastPass, a password management company, is calling for urgent action to improve supply chain vulnerability. Ransomware and supply chain attacks continue to threaten businesses worldwide and the results from a single attack could be devastating, causing halts in production, monetary loss, or even reputational damage.
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Guy March of Tenable lays out the channel angle on Security.
Development has Evolved and Security Must Too.
If we go back to the turn of the century, IT would have needed to provision physical machines, loaded with a host of applications that were physically connected to the internet, to enable a remote employee. To introduce a new service would have taken, on average, between six and eight months in production. The next ‘phase’ saw us move to the age of Virtual Machines and, while this simplified the deployment, the architecture remained the same. This was still seen as a ‘win’ in terms of agility and speed of deployment. Today, and by harnessing the power of the Cloud, enabling a remote workforce is very different and can be done in a matter of days, if not hours.
Guy March, Channel Director – EMEA, Tenable
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Lord of the Rings, World Password Day, and the keys to well-rounded data security
Lord of the Rings, World Password Day, and the keys to well-rounded data security
On World Password Day, it’s important to reinforce strong password hygiene — a critical component to data security, but one that merely scratches the surface. Justin Augat has an Elvish view on the first Thursday in May
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Arrow Electronics Enters into UK Distribution Agreement with Fortinet
Arrow Electronics Enters into UK Distribution Agreement with Fortinet
Arrow Electronics has entered into a UK distribution agreement with Fortinet, to provide Fortinet’s cybersecurity solutions to UK channel customers.
Fortinet, states its mission, is to deliver innovative, high-performing network security to secure and simplify IT infrastructure for organisations of all sizes.
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Channel Marketing Program of the Year first place F-Secure’s Global Partner Program
Helsinki, Finland – Forrester-owned SiriusDecisions has recognised cyber security provider F-Secure’s Global Partner Program as the Channel Marketing Program of the Year.
This distinction validates F-Secure’s achievements in providing industry-leading support for business-to-business (B2B) resellers’ efforts in developing the know-how and expertise needed to deliver more mature security capabilities, such as those offered by detection and response solutions, to organisations.
Read more: Channel Marketing Program of the Year first place F-Secure’s Global Partner Program
How to Protect your Business from Malware
Secure your Network
It has been said many times before, but firewalls and anti-malware software are the first line of defence against cyberattacks. Your business will be connected to the internet through many different sources so your firewall will need to monitor all of these connections. Also, a single installation of an antivirus software is not enough, you should invest in multiple layers of security including; antivirus, anti-malware and anti-ransomware.
Avast to buy AVG shares
Avast Software and AVG Technologies, two Anti virus companies have announced that they have entered into a purchase agreement in which Avast will buy shares in AVG for $25.00 per share in cash, for a total $1.3B
Avast is making this purchase to gain scale, technological depth and geographical breadth, so that the new organisation can be in a position to take advantage of emerging growth opportunities in Internet Security as well as organisational efficiencies.
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