New research has found that running multiple protection and cybersecurity solutions simultaneously did not prevent data loss in many organizations last year.   The finding was part of the second annual Cyber Protection Week survey conducted by global technology company Acronis. Researchers asked 4,400 IT users and professionals in 22 countries across six continents about their cybersecurity solutions.  The results showed that while 80% of companies now run up to 10 different solutions simultaneously to protect their data and computer…

Doxing an individual can be a time-consuming and ultimately fruitless process, but the potential payout for doxing corporate employees can be huge, making them a much more tempting target. Image: BeeBright, Getty Images/iStockphoto Doxing is the act of harvesting confidential information about someone in order to inflict harm or gain some benefit using that info. Traditionally thought to be a risk for individuals, Kaspersky reports that it’s increasingly being used to target corporate employees: 1,646…

The dating application Bumble has launched a new online safety initiative to help protect women in India from online abuse.  Stand for Safety was created in collaboration with Safecity, an Indian-based public safety platform owned by the Red Dot Foundation. The goal of the initiative is to help women identify, prevent, and tackle negative online behavior including bullying, aggression, and hateful comments. News of the initiative follows a recent survey conducted by Bumble that found that most (83%) women…

The main issues and trends in regard to the use of AI in cybersecurity were discussed by Robert Hannigan, senior executive of BlueVoyant and chair the LORCA advisory board, speaking during the LORCA Live online event. Hannigan began by explaining that AI is often confused with automation, and that the two need to be distinguished. He defined AI as “machines that act intelligently on data” and “it’s not just about doing things at greater scale…

New Linux admins need to know how to give and take sudo privileges from users. Jack Wallen shows you how on both Ubuntu- and Red Hat-based Linux distributions. Image: Pixabay Most users on your Linux machines might be non-admins who use services and directories for various purposes. However, you might come into a situation when you need to “promote” one of those users to admin and give them sudo privileges.  How do you do that? …