CyberSecurity Institute

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: New ‘Breaking Bad’ ransom Trojan is no laughing matter, says Symantec The hook this time is that the Trojan uses a splash screen ransom demand for between $450…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: Data breaches could cost the global economy trillions by 2019 Juniper Research has concluded that data breaches could cost the global economy as much as $2 trillion in…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: 3 security questions to ask when vetting a vendor that needs company data In my role as senior vice president of engineering, I frequently work closely with the…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: Cybercriminals going back to ‘old school’ techniques: Dell “Based on the data gathered by SonicWALL in 2014, what we’ve seen is a surge in point-of-sale (POS) malware variants…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] So onto the news: Zero-Days Remained Unpatched an Average of 59 Days The newly released Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR) – which examines emerging trends in attacks, malicious code activity, phishing, and spam – reveals that 2014 was…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] So onto the news: Why Has Mobile Banking Growth Stalled? Blame Hackers A recent report from the Federal Reserve (Consumers and Mobile Financial Services 2015) found that 52 percent of smartphone owners with a bank account did at…