The Digital Operations Resilience Act (DORA) is an EU regulation that comes into force in January 2025, but it also impacts UK companies. DORA’s remit will likely cover any UK financial firm that works with EU customers or does business with EU financial firms.

As technology has become available, the hospitality industry has focused on making the most out of innovations such as contactless services and eco-friendly practices. The era of mobile and contactless services has ushered in a new normal for hospitality organizations, offering guests seamless experiences with a simple tap of their smartphones.

Cybercrime is quickly becoming one of the biggest threats worldwide, impacting businesses across all sectors. To avoid the risk of a damaging security breach, it's crucial to stay updated on the latest cybersecurity tips and practices. Protecting yourself or your business from cyberattacks can be tough. But there are several cybersecurity tips that can help defend against attacks. We've gathered a list of 25 most effective tips for you to adopt and share with others.

Finding savings and efficiencies is part of an IT leader’s role. But sacrificing security for the sake of convenience is almost always asking for trouble later down the line. There are IT security shortcuts that might be well-intentioned and seem sensible at the time, that could have serious and unintended negative consequences. We’ll run through nine common IT security shortcuts that can end up costing organizations millions.

In cybersecurity, current approaches don’t stay current for long. Organizations that fail to adapt accordingly often discover this fact at the cost of their secure network. This is particularly true in the face of complex and increasingly unpatchable attack surfaces and a corresponding reduction in the impact of automated remediation practices. Traditional security approaches are unable to fully address these challenges.

Businesses are facing threats every day, ranging from natural disasters to cyberattacks. When it comes to ensuring your business is protected, two critical concepts play a pivotal role in ensuring an organization’s resilience: disaster recovery (DR) and high availability (HA). While both are integral components of a robust business continuity strategy, they serve distinct purposes and are two sides of the resilience coin.

Kroll observed the use of SPARKRAT in conjunction with a previously undocumented loader written in Golang. The loader assists in the initial infection and deployment of the malicious payload, enabling SPARKRAT to execute on a system. This process allows the payload to reach the target system undetected and unquarantined. The loader achieves its goal by decoding and decrypting a secondary payload binary, then injecting it into a notepad.exe instance.

Scammers are using AI technology to assist in voice phishing (vishing) campaigns, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns. Generative AI tools can now be used to create convincing imitations of people’s voices based on very small audio samples. “At work, you get a voicemail from your boss,” the BBB says. “They instruct you to wire thousands of dollars to a vendor for a rush project. The request is out of the blue. But it’s the boss’s orders, so you make the transfer.