Software Security Threats Reports

Royal Holloway: Man proposes, fraud disposes
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RESEARCH CONTENT: In May 2017, a strain of ransomware called WannaCry infected 32 NHS trusts in England. The NHS's report on the incident noted that all English local authorities reported being unaffected, despite also being connected to the NHS's own national network.
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 14 Jul 2020

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Deep learning for countering energy theft – a hybrid long-short term memory approach
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RESEARCH CONTENT: Energy theft is a critical issue for power system operators and billions of pounds are lost to it every year. This article in our Royal Holloway security series describes a convolutional long short-term memory-based energy theft detection model to identify electricity thieves.
Posted: 26 Apr 2022 | Published: 26 Apr 2022

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RSA Conference 2020 guide: Highlighting security's human element
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EGUIDE: The theme of the 2020 RSA Conference was the human element, and the event promised once more to live up to its reputation as the place "where the world talks security. This RSA Conference 2020 guide is your single stop to find all the latest breaking news and expert insights from one of the cybersecurity world's biggest annual gatherings.
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 04 May 2020

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BlackCat emerges as one of the top ransomware threats
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EBOOK: After several notable ransomware attacks against major enterprises, the BlackCat gang is drawing the attention of security researchers who have connected it to other groups.
Posted: 04 May 2022 | Published: 04 May 2022

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CISO Success Stories: How security leaders are tackling evolving cyber threats
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EGUIDE: The cyber threat landscape facing chief information security officers (CISOs) has morphed into a rapidly evolving beast, fuelled by the breakneck pace of digital transformation. In this e-guide, delve into the unique pressures faced by CISOs in technology and other industries, and how they are rising to the challenge.
Posted: 18 Jan 2024 | Published: 19 Jan 2024

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A guide to build vs. buy service models for threat detection and response
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WHITE PAPER: Many important considerations and factors go into choosing DIY vs. managed service models for threat detection and response. Each has pros and cons, plus tradeoffs from both a risk and cost perspective. In this guide, decide which path is best for your organization today.
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 07 May 2020

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Business email compromise prevention tips
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INFOGRAPHIC: It's easy to see why Business Email Compromise attacks work. Preventing them, however, is not so simple -- especially when attackers rely on cognitive biases. Distinguishing between genuine and fraudulent email communications is challenging enough -- and it's also only part of reducing BEC risk. Here are 8 BEC prevention tips for security leaders.
Posted: 15 Mar 2023 | Published: 16 Mar 2023

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Royal Holloway: Purple team playbook – threat modeling for security testing
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RESEARCH CONTENT: The reality of information security is that it is impossible to completely ensure that an attacker cannot get into the corporate network. Instead, companies should look at how they prepare and react to security attacks by gaining an understanding of how cyber criminals work by combining the talents of red teams and blue teams
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 15 Jul 2020

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Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2019
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EGUIDE: Once again, in 2019 the cyber threat landscape proved the old biblical adage correct – there is nothing new under the sun. Data breaches were 10 a penny – indeed, in some cases they can actually be bought for pennies. Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 cyber crime stories of 2019.
Posted: 10 Sep 2021 | Published: 27 Dec 2019

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Application security: best practices and risks
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EGUIDE: Security professionals need to anticipate vulnerabilities from all the right perspectives, and that means testing apps for flaws on a regular basis, whether that means monthly, quarterly or following updates. Check out this e-guide, which include application security best practices, threat identification and security testing tips.
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 21 Oct 2019

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