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NEARLY HALF A BILLION EMAILS TO BUSINESSES CONTAIN MALICIOUS CONTENT, HORNETSECURITY REPORT FINDS

One-third of all emails received are unwanted, with 2.3% of unwanted emails containing malicious content
Phishing remains the top email threat, accounting for a third of attacks - despite other popular emerging attack types

London, UK: Hornetsecurity’s annual Cybersecurity Report has revealed that a third (36.9%) of all emails received by businesses (20.5 billion) in 2024 were unwanted. Of these, 2.3% contain malicious content, totalling 427.8 million emails.

Once again, phishing remains the most prevalent form of attack, responsible for a third of all cyber-attacks in 2024. This was confirmed by the analysis of 55.6 billion emails, showing that Phishing remains a top concern consistently year over year. Malicious URLs and advanced fee scams were responsible for 22.7% and 6.4% respectively.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Sunday, 08 December 2024 19:59

HMS Prince of Wales named Royal Navy flagship ahead visit to Liverpool

Credit: Royal Navy

HMS Prince of Wales will become the UK’s new flagship during a visit to Liverpool next week – taking over from her sister HMS Queen Elizabeth.

Britain’s two Queen Elizabeth-class carriers will regularly rotate the flagship title between them, with one ready to deploy at short notice for priority tasking and the other in routine maintenance.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; International Security, Safety & Strategic Defence; Posted On Friday, 29 November 2024 12:44

2025 Predictions

2025 Predictions from Dan Lattimer, Area VP, Semperis:

AI buzzword bingo

Artificial Intelligence (AI) will keep being talked about in 2025. However, a lot of it is buzzword bingo as the technology is not necessarily being used in a meaningful way - yet. While we are seeing cybercriminals increasingly trying to harness AI, many of those attacks will still be basic and clunky. And sadly, with everyone talking about AI, there is a risk that some of its really exciting applications will get lost in the general noise.

: SECURITY EXPERTS; Industry News; Posted On Friday, 29 November 2024 12:36

Thibaut Galland takes over senior role at UK-based integrated Access Control and Security Manufacturer

Poole, UK: Integrated Access Control and Security manufacturer TDSi has announced that its Managing Director, John Davies, will retire from his role at the end of 2024. TDSi's existing senior team will continue to operate the business as usual under the leadership of Thibaut Galland, Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the United Kingdom at TDSi's parent organisation, Vitaprotech.