Security

Bristol, November 29: Research commissioned by Evolved Intelligence shows that an overwhelming 80 percent of mobile subscribers would lose trust in their mobile operator’s brand if it suffered an attack by hackers and fraudsters hijacking the network signalling system known as SS7. Indeed, some 25 percent of the customers said it was likely they would change their mobile operator as a result.

What’s more, when the research focussed solely on the customers who had suffered any form of attack, it found that 33% percent had changed or intended to switch provider. 

Boston – Oct. 30, 2017 – A new survey of contact center agents conducted by Semafone reveals the dire state of contact center data security. Drawing responses from more than 500 agents across industries around the globe, the survey shows that a concerning number of contact centers rely on outdated, risky practices for customer interaction, data collection and fraud prevention. This exposes organizations to inside and outside security threats, and puts sensitive customer information at risk for brand-damaging data breaches.

AUSTIN, TX – October 30, 2017 – AllClear ID, the industry leader in customer data breach notification and response, today announced it was recognized as a “Leader” in The Forrester Wave™: Customer Data Breach Notification And Response Services, Q4 2017 report by Forrester Research, Inc. AllClear ID is one of two Leaders recognized in the report.

Forrester Research, Inc. determines the ranking based on 18 criteria evaluating each provider’s current offering, strategy, and market presence. The report states that AllClear ID’s “core business is customer breach notification and response services…[and] puts a heavy emphasis on prevention and planning.”

LONDON, 19 October, 2017 – More than half (52 percent) of UK consumers think fraud is an inevitable part of shopping online, according to new research conducted by Paysafe, a leading global payments provider. In a wake-up call for online business, the Lost in Transaction report contradicts the widely-held belief that consumers value convenience and experience over security when shopping online. Instead, 60 percent of consumers are willing to accept any security measures needed to eradicate fraud, while two thirds (65 percent) are open to the introduction of more secure payment processes such as two-factor authentication. 

As 143 million Equifax consumers continue to pick up the pieces from stolen Social Security numbers, birth dates, driver's licenses, addresses and credit card numbers, Flexera has another warning – expect a long tail of incidents and breaches in the months and years to come.

ThreatMatch is a cyber threat intelligence platform that provides users with relevant, actionable and timely threat intelligence that can be tailored to their unique environments. Using a diverse and extensive range of sources, ThreatMatch provides continuous alerts on how an organization’s attack surface correlates with the threat posed by the malicious actors targeting it.

John Beale, founder of Security Alliance comments: “We were delighted to be invited to launch ThreatMatch at the official opening of the UK Cyber Demonstration Centre.