Two men are facing a prison sentence after admitting their part in the recent TalkTalk data breach. The attack saw the details of thousands of customers compromised, at a cost of around £42 million. According to the BBC, Matthew Hanley, 22, pleaded guilty to compromising the security of the company’s website between October 18 and … More Young duo sentenced over role in TalkTalk data breach
When you’ve been fighting black-hat hackers for decades, you learn a thing or two about them. Obviously, they are bad, and they like to play with code. But most importantly, they’re continually learning and you need to keep up if you want to protect your customers’ businesses from their sticky fingers. Now, if we were … More Machine learning and math can’t trump smart attackers
An increasing number of young cybercriminals are motivated by a sense of notoriety and popularity with their peers rather than financial gain. That is the main finding from a new report published by the UK government’s National Crime Agency (NCA), which found that many young offenders are turning to cybercrime as a way of chasing … More Young cybercriminals ‘more motivated by peer respect than financial gain’
Nearly half of all UK businesses have experienced a cybersecurity incident over the last 12 months, according to a new government paper. The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2017 found that larger businesses were particularly at risk, with nearly 70% suffering a data breach or cyberattack, at a cost of around £20,000. Nearly a quarter of … More Nearly half of UK businesses experienced a cybersecurity incident in the last 12 months
Machine learning (ML) is routinely cited by post-truth vendors as their biggest selling point, their main advantage. But ML – if it’s done properly – comes with problems and limitations. ESET has spent years perfecting automated detections, our name for ML in the cybersecurity context. Here are some of the biggest challenges we have observed … More When PR and reality collide: The truth about machine learning in cybersecurity
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