CS Jan-Feb 2024

Secure systems, secure data, secure people, secure business
Computing Security January/February 2024
inside this issue
CONTENTS
Computing
Security
NEWS
OPINION
INDUSTRY
COMMENT
CASE STUDIES
PRODUCT REVIEWS
SAFEGUARDING HR
THE IRON FIST
Demands for ransomware
Human resources
not to be paid stepped up
now a key target for
AI-related cybercrime
BREAKTHROUGH?
Experts pinpoint some of
best strategies that can help
you stay safe in 2024
ALL AT SEA
COMMENT 3
Deal or no deal?
Tempest of threats lashes
organisations fighting to stay
above the waterline
NEWS 6 & 8
Hornetsecurity reveals a staggering
144% increase in phishing
Cyberattacks are breaching defences
on a massive scale
Support-line aims to ward off attackers
New platform out to deliver vital boost
to cyber resilience
If you're feeling vulnerable…
ARTICLES
THROUGH THE LURKING GLASS 10
How might the 'darker forces' of cyber
security impact the industry in 2024? In
this in-depth feature, we open up the
space to allow several observers to put
forward their thoughts on what might be
lurking up ahead over the next 12 months
THE SAFEGUARDING OF HR 14
Robert O'Brien of MetaCompliance on
the power of cyber security training
AI - WHERE NEXT? 18
With ever more alarming news emerging
TOP-LEVEL FIBRE BEHIND CYBER 16
about the perils of AI, how might the
VIPRE Security offers its key pointers for
technology advance and mutate from here -
getting executive support for cybersecurity
and what will that mean for the security
industry as AI’s powers, for good and bad,
continue to expand at a remarkable rate?
NO COMPROMISE ON TRUST 21
No device, nor user, should be trusted
until secure authentication has taken
place, insists one leading vendor
LIFE INSIDE THE CLOUDS 27
PHISHING FOR THE ANSWERS 22
Traditional cloud security is failing the
Domain phishing scams have now reached
modern enterprise, claims new research
unprecedented levels of sophistication. a
far remove from the phishing scams of old,
POINT OF IMPACT 28
says one observer: “Cybercriminals have
In 2023, some of the biggest corporate
evolved their tactics, crafting websites that
names were brought to their knees. Can
mirror legitimate domains with alarming
we truly expect anything better for 2024?
precision”.
WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED! 24
The US government and dozens of foreign
allies have pledged never to pay ransom
FIGHTING BACK ON ALL FRONTS 32
demands, in a bid to discourage financially
Stealers, loaders, zero-day exploits, brute
motivated hackers and ransomware gangs
force attacks, ransomware, - the list of
from profiteering when cyber-attackers
vulnerabilities is overwhelming. How can
strike. Now, who will be the first to blink?
organisations stay above the water line?
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WHY AI IS ON ALL OUR MINDS 31
More reflections on artificial intelligence.
See also our main feature on pages 18-20
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