Wednesday, 18 February 2026

Despite warnings, consumers too quick to click on malicious links that appear to come from trusted brands

London, UK: Tripwire, Inc. has announced the results of a consumer survey conducted by One Poll and Dimensional Research on holiday shopping security practices. The survey evaluated online cybersecurity awareness of 2,011 consumers from the U.S. and U.K., and revealed that more than 40 percent believe emails from “trusted brands” are safe to click, and nearly a quarter of respondents (24 percent) anticipate doing at least part of their holiday shopping while at work.

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NaviSite takes home the top prize for its work with PMGC Technology Group Ltd. to deliver enterprise level services to small and mid-sized businesses

LONDON: NaviSite Europe Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of NaviSite, Inc., a Time Warner Cable company, today announced that it has been named Cloud Company of the Year by the Storage, Virtualization, Cloud (SVC) Awards, in partnership with PMGC.

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Zylpha has adopted Adobe EchoSign, an e-signature solution, that will allow Zylpha customers to increase the efficiency of signing legal documentation. Zylpha is also integrating Adobe EchoSign into LexisNexis’ Solcase and Visualfiles case management systems. The integrations are in response to a recent surge in demand for online verification, from both legal practices and local authority users.

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