DAILY CYBER INSIGHTS: The Latest SME Cybersecurity  News & Analysis for Thursday, 18 January 2024

Good Morning from Gibraltar – Today´s CYBERInsights including: Cybersecurity is huge fear for SMEs, Russian Hackers attack Swiss Government & UK not in rush to legislate AI. #CYBERInsights #CYBERVoice #CyberJourno #CybersecurityJournalist #SMECybersecurityJournalist#SMECybersecurity #DDoS #Davos2024 #AI

SME CYBERSECURITY: Cybersecurity is one of the biggest fears for Small Business Owners/Director & Partners as a joint-report and survey by DELL Technologies and their favoured Cyber partner McAfee reveals that 44% of SMEs have been effected by Cyber incidents.
after a total of 700 SME Entrepreneurs together with a panel of leading IT Security Specialists were surveyed. Learn More /…

DDoS: SWITZERLAND – A DDoS Attack on Swiss Government websites has been claimed by a Russian proxy hacking outfit ‘NoName‘ whose attack disrupted a raft of Swiss Government Websites for a period of time. In an announcement the Government said that the attacks were in direct protest to the visit to the Davos 2024 World Economic Council beano by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. Learn More /…

AI: UK not in any rush to legislate AI – The UK Government is focussed on AI Risk-Assessment and Fostering Innovation and legislation could well be a long way off according to Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Michelle Donelan. She considers that a strict legislative policy could serve to hinder further AI innovation in what is one of the most exciting technological advances in a decade. Learn More /…