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Locking down the remote printer

No longer a blind spot, printer security is now a grown up conversation says Brother
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Privacy and computer security are too important to be left to political meddling

Register Debate And it shouldn't be a privilege handed out by governments
Security17 Feb 2022 | 47

Cyber-crooks think small biz is easy prey. Here's a simple checklist to avoid becoming an easy victim

Comment Make sure you're spending your hard-earned cash on the 'right' IT security
Security05 Nov 2018 | 32

SIEM, UBA, UEBA... If you're suffering netsec acronym overload, then here's our handy guide

Comment Is there a difference and does it matter?
Security08 Oct 2018 |

Baddies just need one email account with clout to unleash phishing hell

Outsiders realised uni was hacked before uni did
Security24 Sep 2018 | 19

Some credential-stuffing botnets don't care about being noticed any more

They just take a battering ram to the gates
Security24 Sep 2018 | 31

The curious sudden rise of free US election 'net security guardians

Analysis There is no such thing as a gratis lunch, after all
Security22 Sep 2018 | 20

Congrats on keeping out the hackers. Now, you've taken care of rogue insiders, right? Hello?

Comment And you're doing it in real time, yes? Is that a no?
Security20 Sep 2018 | 16

C'mon, biz: Give white hats a chance to tell you how screwed you are

... before black hats prove it
Security18 Sep 2018 | 8

Equifax IT staff had to rerun hackers' database queries to work out what was nicked – audit

And let security kit fail for 10 months due to bad cert
Security17 Sep 2018 | 43

Generally Disclosing Pretty Rapidly: GDPR strapped a jet engine on hacked British Airways

Analysis Suddenly, corps in a rush to fess up to e-break-ins
Security12 Sep 2018 | 51

Email security crisis... What email security crisis?

Let them eat phish
Security11 Sep 2018 | 65

Feel the shame: Email-scammed staffers aren't telling bosses about it

Fraud on rise and IT workers (of all people) most susceptible
Security07 Sep 2018 | 38

Could you hack your bosses without hesitation, repetition or deviation? AI says: No

Comment Sprinkling a little machine learning into bad behavior detection
Security07 Sep 2018 | 12

Nope, the NSA isn't sitting in front of a supercomputer hooked up to a terrorist’s hard drive

Analysis They wish. Backdooring, encryption, and governments
Security06 Sep 2018 | 64

Welcome! Mimecast finds interesting door policies on email filters

Microsoft and Proofpoint servers ushered in 15,656 malware attachments
Security30 Aug 2018 | 15

If you have to simulate a phishing attack on your org, at least try to get something useful from it

Step 1: let the higher-ups know
Security29 Aug 2018 | 34

No, eight characters, some capital letters and numbers is not a good password policy

Western Oz infosec audit report was shocking, but only 'cos it made public
Security28 Aug 2018 | 182

Black hats are baddie hackers, white hats are goodies, grey hats will sell IP to kids in hoodies

Survey says one in five security pros have been asked to screw over their employer
Security28 Aug 2018 | 17

We can rebuild him, we have the technology: AI will help security teams smack pesky anomalies

Analysis Big data, smart machines and analytics, with a human behind the wheel
Security24 Aug 2018 | 9

CVE? Nope. NVD? Nope. Serious must-patch type flaws skipping mainstream vuln lists – report

Infosec firm fingers 'decentralised' reporting
Security14 Aug 2018 | 1

Alaskan borough dusts off the typewriters after ransomware crims pwn entire network

Pen and paper brought back into service
Security03 Aug 2018 | 39

Cache of the Titans: Let's take a closer look at Google's own two-factor security keys

Analysis If it's good enough for me...
Security02 Aug 2018 | 30

2FA? We've heard of it: White hats weirded out by lack of account security in enterprise

Plus: Appetite for internal pen-testing appears to be growing
Security25 Jul 2018 | 63

Mega medical tester pester: It smacked a big one, that malware scam, if indeed it was SamSam

Analysis Testing giant LabCorp still recovering
Security24 Jul 2018 | 14

Friday FYI: 9 out of 10 of website login attempts? Yeah, that'll be hackers

Credential stuffing is rampant – so try not to reuse the same password on every site, eh?
Security20 Jul 2018 | 67

Knowing Your Customer: You need to, but regulation makes KYC extra-crispy...

Machines join the march against identity fraud
Legal01 Jun 2018 | 5

Have you heard about ransomware? Now's the time to ask: Are you covered?

Cyber-insurance gig to be worth $14bn by 2022
Security30 May 2018 | 23

Imagine you're having a CT scan and malware alters the radiation levels – it's doable

WannaCry was a wake-up call for healthcare, but the sector is still terribly vulnerable to attack
Security11 Apr 2018 | 63

We need to go deeper: Meltdown and Spectre flaws will force security further down the stack

Turns out performance at all costs has been rather costly
Security26 Mar 2018 | 26

The blockchain era is here but big biz, like most folk, hasn't a clue what to do with it

Now Oracle and others are wading in, like a BaaS
Science01 Feb 2018 | 60

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