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Email attacks have surged 667% amidst COVID-19, exploiting vulnerabilities and rising emotions. Barracuda's report shows sophisticated tactics increasing.

More than two thirds of organisations fear the COVID-19 pandemic will have a negative impact on their business.

Cybercriminals are exploiting COVID-19 fears, with 80% of threats weaponising the pandemic, says a Proofpoint report, noting 500,000 malicious messages.

Sunbird Software is offering its Power IQ data centre monitoring software free for a year to healthcare units to ensure critical operations amid COVID-19.

BlackBerry Desktop, SecuSUITE for Government, AtHoc and Protect are all available for enterprises in need of secure communications.

UKCloud Health secures spot on NHS LPP framework to offer cybersecurity, consultancy, and hosting services, aiding healthcare firms in cloud adoption.

Among the most disturbing discoveries: 98% of all IoT device traffic is unencrypted, exposing personal and confidential data on relevant networks.

Nation-state attacks are on the rise, leading to an increasing focus on national cybersecurity protocols, according to a survey by Venafi.

Cybercriminals exploit COVID-19 panic, sending fake HIV test results via phishing emails to spread Koadic malware, forensic experts from Proofpoint reveal.

Forescout has entered into a strategic partnership with Medigate with the intention of reducing the risk of medication Internet of Things devices.

Canterbury District Health Board and Computer Concepts united to upgrade healthcare IT following the 2011 quakes, aiming for better patient care and efficiency.

The biggest increase in the use of data visualisation tools is expected to be in academia and research, financial services and healthcare.

A CrowdStrike report reveals financially motivated cybercrime occurred almost continuously in 2019, with a surge in ransomware and data exfiltration cases.

According to the report, Zscaler customers are generating more than 1 billion IoT transactions per month in the Zscaler cloud.

Trend Micro discovered a 10% increase in ransomware detections, despite a 57% decrease in the number of new ransomware families.

Nation-state backed threat actor groups are evolving and sophisticated attack toolsets are increasing, according to the BlackBerry 2020 Threat Report.

More than 27 million individuals were affected by breaches of protected health information, according to Bitglass.

AI-driven machine learning is revolutionising data centre uptime by predicting hardware failures before they occur, potentially saving firms millions.

The Trusted Computing Group has issued new best practices for updating firmware and software in embedded systems to combat rising cyber threats in IoT devices.

Businesses lost USD $71 billion in 2019 due to data breaches that could have been prevented with antivirus solutions, says Precisecurity.com.