Following recent high profile ransomware attacks in Ireland, and the recent announcement by the Head of GCHQ that ransomware is now the biggest threat to securi...
Preventive countermeasures to phishing emails may actually increase the likelihood of employees falling for such scams, a new academic study reveals.
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Microsoft’s latest Security Intelligence Report (volume 24) for 2018, shows that there has been a major decline in Ransomware and Malware attacks, with Ireland having some of the lowest rates globally.
This is a significant change from 2017, follo...
Cyber attacks today are getting more sophisticated and more dangerous for both businesses and consumers alike. Large enterprises all the way down to small busin...
2017 was the year of the ransomware, 2018 was the year of cryptominers - it’s unknown what the biggest cybersecurity threats to businesses will be in 2019, but ...
Words like "worm", trojan steed and "zombie" may appear the stuff of sci-fi, however, they're a piece of the truth of life on the web. Since we impart, work and engage ourselves on the internet, these common terms begin to take on new significance. T...
With the website of Dublin’s tram service, Luas, down after an apparent cyber attack, one of the country’s leading cyber security firms is urging businesses and...
by Alex Hinchliffe, Threat Intelligence Analyst, EMEA, Palo Alto Networks
Cryptomining
Commodity ransomware will still plague users and their systems in 2...
by Dr Sandra Bell, Sungard Availability Services head of resilience consulting (Europe)
It’s hard to read the news at the moment without ransomware being mentioned. For example, I typed “ransomware” into Google News recently and got more than 1 mi...