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Cylance pledges cyber threat education as part of mission as it signs up to the CyberWire Podcast Partner Program.

Malvertising attacks increased by almost 2000% last year with a surge in redirections to phishing sites and other forms of malware, says RiskIQ.

49% of businesses surveyed had a failure in 2016 that required the use of a DR solution to resume operations - here's what you can expect this year.

Trustwave researchers have discovered vulnerability in 31 models of NETGEAR routers, potentially affecting millions of devices.

WatchGuard launches its new Threat Detection and Response service, providing advanced threat detection and central response capabilities.

AI security spending to reach £72bn by 2021 amid a surge in machine learning to combat cyber threats, says ABI report.

Sektor has been appointed a distributor for Axis Communications as IP cameras move into the business, rather than being just a security offering.

Unisys introduces cutting-edge cyber resilience services using threat simulations to help enterprises and governments prepare for and respond to cyberattacks.

Infected IoT devices may extort commercial websites by threatening a DDoS attack, or locking IoT devices in order to charge a ransom aka Jackware.

A common blind spot in training corporate staff to identify and avoid cyber attacks is the targeted phishing attack.

Report: Consumers hold firms responsible for data safety, with most expecting breaches yet firms lag in strong security measures.

A new fake AMEX phishing attack uses tactics that lull users into a false sense of security: A mirrored website and SSL certificates, says MailGuard.

Within the last four years, online security and data breaches have grown increasingly threatening, compromising big name companies.

To stop the IoT becoming home to the RoT, a number of things need to happen; in two different spheres of human activity.

Endpoint protection company CrowdStrike says that ransomware attacks are going to evolve rapidly, making it difficult for organisations to defend.

Carbanak cybercrime gang now using Google infrastructure to act as Command and Control for weaponized documents.

Spark has warned Xtra Email customers that they may be facing outages and problems receiving Xtra mail if they’re using out-of-date mail clients.

Apple rolls out sweeping security updates, plugging flaws in everything from iOS to iCloud. Users urged to patch swiftly.

Humble Hamilton is set to play host to international experts in April as a major cybersecurity forum comes to town.

IT professionals, especially those involved in telecommunications, should always beware of anything that’s connected to the internet.