More than a third of consumers don't trust brands with their data
New research from digital experience company Acquia shows that 39 percent of UK consumers don't trust all brands to handle their data correctly.
The study also suggests wide scale breaches of GDPR rules, with a huge 87 percent of UK consumers receiving marketing communications from brands which they don't recall opting in for.
Tackling the problem of Active Directory misconfigurations [Q&A]
Microsoft's Active Directory is used by many businesses as a way of managing identity services and controlling access.
But if it's not configured correctly it can lead to security risks. But how dangerous is this and what can enterprises do to keep themselves safe? We spoke to Andy Robbins, technical product architect at SpecterOps to find out.
New solution protects open banking against fraud
Open banking, connecting banks, third parties and service providers, allowing them to exchange information quickly and securely, has been rolling out since 2018 and delivers a great deal of convenience for consumers.
However, while it doesn't introduce new fraud risks in itself, open banking does create opportunities for fraudsters to attempt account takeovers, for example, or to target banks' own PSD2 (Payment Services Directive 2) implementations for Payment Initiation Service Providers (PISP).
Younger generations have worse cybersecurity habits
According to a new report 59 percent of all workers are using corporate email for personal use, but Gen Zs are the biggest offenders at 93 percent.
The study from SailPoint also finds that Gen Z (77 percent) and Millennials (55 percent) are using corporate emails for their social media logins, compared to just 15 percent of Gen X and seven percent of Boomers.
The evolution of rootkits and why they're here to stay
Rootkits, those sneaky bits of software that lurk deep inside a system in order to give access to hackers, have been around since the late 1980s.
A new study from Positive Technologies takes a close look at how they have evolved in recent years and just how much of a threat they present.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Beta -- more features for users, fewer headaches for admins
The launch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9 Beta today marks a bit of a change from previous releases. While it has many improvements and enhancements that customers have asked for, there are fewer changes that require admins and IT Ops to learn new ways of doing things.
This means anyone already familiar with RHEL 8 should feel at home. Among new features are enhanced web console performance metrics, kernel live patching via the web console, and streamlined image building.
Holiday shopping season set to be disrupted by cybercrime
A new report from Imperva suggests that the 2021 holiday shopping season faces disruption by cybercriminals looking to create chaos and take advantage of the global supply chain crisis.
Bot attacks against retail sites have risen by 13 percent in 2021, with 57 percent of attacks recorded on eCommerce websites this year carried out by bots. In comparison, bad bots made up just 33 percent of the total attacks on websites in all other industries in 2021.
New project aims to make open data more accessible
Project OpenBytes, announced today by The Linux Foundation, is dedicated to making open data more available and accessible through the creation of new standards and formats.
It will enable a community of developers and data scientists, led by Graviti, to create data standards and formats that enable contributions by anyone.
APIs give enterprises a security headache
Over the last year at least 44 percent of respondents to a new survey faced substantial issues concerning privacy, data leakage, and object property exposure with internal or external-facing APIs.
The study for Cloudentity, based on research carried out by PulseQA, shows that as a result of these issues, 97 percent of enterprises have experienced delays in releases of new applications and service enhancements due to identity and authorization issues with APIs and services.
Poor identity management makes it easier for cybercriminals to launch attacks
New research from identity security specialist One Identity shows that 95 percent of companies report challenges managing identities.
In addition 84 percent say that the number of identities they're managing has more than doubled, which means they have too many identities and credentials to keep track of, leaving holes within their network, evidenced by only 12 percent of security professionals being fully confident they can prevent a credential-based attack.
Energy industry hit by surge in mobile phishing threats
Energy organizations provide infrastructure that's essential for the safety and well being of society, but recent events like the Colonial Pipeline breach demonstrate that the industry is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks.
A new report on energy industry threats finds that 20 percent of energy employees have been exposed to a mobile phishing attack in the first half of 2021, a 161 percent increase from the second half of 2020.
The challenges for developers in the medical device sector [Q&A]
Across all industries developers are under pressure to deal with rapidly shifting requirements and faster turn around times.
But in highly regulated sectors like healthcare there are extra demands to ensure safety and compliance. We spoke to Roger Mazzella, senior product manager, medical at productivity platform The Qt Company to find out how developers can address these challenges while still meeting delivery times.
More than half of employees have higher workloads when working remotely
A new survey of over 4,000 global IT workers, carried out by Kaspersky shows that 54 percent of employees have reported an increased workload since switching to remote working.
While 37 percent of respondents didn't notice a change in volume, a lucky nine percent note a decrease in work due to new working conditions.
Who wants to be a cyborg? Quite a lot of people it seems
Would you be willing to have technology implanted in your body? A survey by marketing and communication tool Tidio reveals the extend to which people are open to 'biohacking'.
More than 75 percent of respondents say they are willing to implant a microchip for health monitoring, and 57 percent are eager to go further and transfer their consciousness to a machine or a different body and live forever as cyborgs.
Why it's vital to address cybersecurity in the wider context of the business [Q&A]
It's easy to pigeonhole cybersecurity as something for the IT or security team to look after. But a major cyberattack can have a devastating impact on the business as a whole.
It's important, therefore, that security be looked at in the context of the entire enterprise. This also means considering approaches like 'assumed breach' where you accept that sooner or later attackers will succeed in getting into your network.
Ian's Bio
Ian spent almost 20 years working with computers before he discovered that writing about them was easier than fixing them. Since then he's written for a number of computer magazines and is a former editor of PC Utilities. Follow him on Mastodon
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