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Should cybersecurity be taught in schools?

As we live in an increasingly digital world - for both our personal and professional lives - children are required to immerse themselves in technology from a much younger age. However, they aren’t really equipped to deal with the dangers that present themselves...

Cybercrime in the financial sector

Banks and financial institutions are one of the biggest targets for cybercriminals, and in recent years have seen record numbers of attacks. For example, 2021 saw an all-time high of 2,527 attacks which reduced to 1,829 in 2022 (although this is still more than in the...

2024 Trends

TL;DR: Aumint.io, my startup, offers hope. The results of a recurring cyber training program show that practical training reduces human cyber risk and improves behaviours. 2024 Q1 - Landscape/ Macro trend Employee behaviour matters.Having employees with strong...

What is a zero trust approach to cybersecurity?

A zero trust security model is based on the idea that a company should ‘never trust, always verify.’ Unlike in traditional IT network security models that trust anyone and anything within a network once it has been initially verified, with a zero trust approach no-one...

Ransomware gang LockBit taken down

Last month, the network of the notorious ransomware gang, LockBit, was seized by law enforcement. This gang was not only responsible for around 25% of attacks in the past year, according to the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), it was also the pioneer for the...

Recent Bite-Size Posts

Should cybersecurity be taught in schools?

As we live in an increasingly digital world - for both our personal and professional lives - children are required to immerse themselves in technology from a much younger age. However, they aren’t really equipped to deal with the dangers that present themselves...

Cybercrime in the financial sector

Banks and financial institutions are one of the biggest targets for cybercriminals, and in recent years have seen record numbers of attacks. For example, 2021 saw an all-time high of 2,527 attacks which reduced to 1,829 in 2022 (although this is still more than in the...

2024 Trends

TL;DR: Aumint.io, my startup, offers hope. The results of a recurring cyber training program show that practical training reduces human cyber risk and improves behaviours. 2024 Q1 - Landscape/ Macro trend Employee behaviour matters.Having employees with strong...

What is a zero trust approach to cybersecurity?

A zero trust security model is based on the idea that a company should ‘never trust, always verify.’ Unlike in traditional IT network security models that trust anyone and anything within a network once it has been initially verified, with a zero trust approach no-one...

Ransomware gang LockBit taken down

Last month, the network of the notorious ransomware gang, LockBit, was seized by law enforcement. This gang was not only responsible for around 25% of attacks in the past year, according to the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), it was also the pioneer for the...

What is double extortion ransomware?

Double extortion attacks are a type of ransomware attack with higher stakes. In a regular ransomware attack, a hacker will infiltrate a company’s network, encrypt the data and demand a ransom to release it. This causes disruption as, whilst their systems and data are...

Why phishing is becoming a growing threat

Phishing attacks are nothing new, in fact they’re one of the most typical social engineering techniques cyber criminals use to get confidential information from people. And these types of attacks have been on the rise. In Q3 2023, more than 493.2m phishing emails were...

Deepfakes: A threat to democracy?

2024 is a record year for elections, with more than 40 countries, representing more than 40% of the world’s population (and a much higher proportion of global GDP), going to vote. At any time, elections can be at risk of interference - either from internal malicious...

Have you checked your cybersecurity processes lately?

You may take it for granted that your organisation has cybersecurity systems and processes in place, but have you checked them recently to make sure everything is up to date? Because even the most diligent businesses and organisations - including government agencies -...

4 cybersecurity predictions for 2024

2023 was the year of generative AI and its impacts were felt across the cybersecurity landscape. Not only because of the threat it poses when in the hands of malicious actors, but also because of the way it can be used to tackle them. And realistically, generative AI...

Cybercrime in the healthcare sector

No industry is safe from a potential cyberattack, but some are more attractive to criminals than others. The healthcare sector is one of the most targeted industries by cybercriminals, and has the highest data breach cost of any industry, averaging USD 10.93m. Why is...

5 of the biggest data breaches of 2023

Last year was a big year of data breaches. By October 2023, there had already been 2,116 compromises in the US alone, compared to 1,802 in the entire 2022. And whilst the number of people affected in these attacks was just over half that of the previous year, it still...

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