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Today, the Specops Software research team revealed the results of their latest findings on the use of keyboard walk patterns in compromised passwords. The top keyboard walk pattern found in compromised password was 'qwert', followed by 'qwerty' which found in compromised passwords more than 1 million times. Keyboard walk patterns are passwords compromised of keys that are located next to each other on the user's keyboard. The Specops team analysed an 800 million password subset...

Today, Dragos Inc., who provide cybersecurity protection for industrial controls systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) environments, announced its deepening commitment to Europe to provide industrial and critical infrastructure organisations in the region with the Dragos Platform, threat intelligence, and services including incident response.  Since first establishing a presence in the UK in October 2021, Dragos has grown to 25 full-time employees across Europe. Leading this expansion are Area Vice President for Europe and Africa Tony...

Today, Salt Security have announced that Jemena, an energy supplier across the east coast of Australia and the Northern Territory, has chosen Salt to protect its critical gas and electricity infrastructure. Integrating seamlessly within Jemena’s AWS environment, Salt provides Jemena with a purpose-built and AI-driven API security solution for API discovery, posture management, and threat protection in runtime. Jemena also purchased the Salt Security API Protection Platform through the AWS Marketplace, streamlining the procurement process...

To celebrate their European expansion, Dragos Inc. held its first Dragos Europe Forum at the iconic Battersea Power Station June 26-28. The event brought together members of the operational technology (OT) community to inform, exchange ideas, and network. The event was a celebration of the growing community of practitioners focused on OT cybersecurity in Europe and a testament to Dragos’s commitment in the region. The three-day event also included training and workshops for attendees.  The...

Today, Cato Networks announced that it was named a "Leader" and "Outperformer" by GigaOm for the second year running. The ranking was listed in the research firm's Radar Report for Secure Service Access (SSA), GigaOm's term for SASE. The report's comprehensive review evaluates the degree to which suppliers converge networking and security into a single, global cloud platform for enterprises.  Cato Networks is ranked closest to the spot in the GigaOm Radar for SSA, the place judged...

A new global survey by Salt Security has found that a digital-first economy has introduced unforeseen risks for nearly 90% of CISOs. The findings were revealed earlier this week in a new “State of the CISO 2023” report. Conducted by Global Surveyz for Salt, the global CISO survey gathered feedback from 300 CISOs/CSOs around the world on issues resulting from digital transformation and enterprise digitalisation. The results highlight significant CISO challenges including the biggest security...

New research has found over 1 in 3 UK&I workers are likely to click a phishing link, according to KnowBe4's 2023 Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report. The report measures an organisation's Phish-prone™ Percentage (PPP), which shows the likelihood employees will be duped by phishing or a social engineering scam. The overall baseline for 2023, which tested an employee's susceptibility to an initial baseline simulated phishing security test rose 5.2% from 30% in 2022, with the...

The IT Security Guru, working in conjunction with market research firm Censuswide and cybersecurity PR agency Eskenzi PR, has uncovered some shocking statistics relating to scams and the cost of living crisis. The results of the survey found that 11% of Brits were tempted to engage in ‘illegal or illicit online behaviour’ in order to help manage the fallout from the cost of living crisis. This statistic becomes even more concerning when focused on younger...

Cybersecurity risk management specialists Outpost24 have today announced the acquisition of Sweepatic. Based in Leuven, Belgium, Sweepatic is an innovative external attack surface management (EASM) platform. Gartner identified EASM as a top Security and Risk Management (SRM) trend for 2022. By leveraging their EASM solution across Outpost24s full-stack security assessment and threat intelligence offering, customers will be provided with the most comprehensive view of their internal and external attack surface to identify unknown assets and...

A new research report, entitled Plotting the Roadmap for Digital Identity, by API focused identity and access management company Curity found that UK organisations and consumers are ready to embrace a new era of digital identity. The research revealed that 60% of organisations in the UK and US expect digital identity to have a transformative impact on their industry. The research also revealed that two-thirds of UK organisations are either currently use digital identity or...