FORECAST 2016: SECURITY TAKES CENTER STAGE

When a high-profile cybersecurity attack occurs, like the ones at Target or Home Depot, Sam Redden knows to be ready. It's almost a given that Redden, chief security officer at Brazos Higher Education Service, a Waco, Texas-based company that services billions of dollars in student loans, will be summoned to brief his worried board of directors....
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THE WEEK IN SECURITY: BOARDS WEAR MORE CYBER RISK AS THREATS CONTINUE TO GET WORSE

An Australian IT consultant has been jailed for 3 years after hacking a WiFi network to get insider trading information. Also creating problems was a concerted attack on the world’s telecommunications companies, which saw more than 100GB of call record data stolen but fell short of the worst-case scenario. Telecoms providers aren’t the only ones that should be improving their cybersecurity game, however: with the introduction of new CPS 234 cybersecurity regulations on 1 July, boards...
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NEW GOOGLE CHROME ZERO-DAY VULNERABILITY FOUND ACTIVELY EXPLOITED IN THE WILD

You must update your Google Chrome immediately to the latest version of the web browsing application. Security researcher Clement Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group discovered and reported a high severity vulnerability in Chrome late last month that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and take full control of the computers. The vulnerability, assigned as CVE-2019-5786, affects the web browsing software for all major operating systems including Microsoft Windows, App...
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ONLY ONE THIRD OF SMBS CAN MANAGE IT SECURITY

Only a third of small businesses believe they can manage IT security in house, due to a lack of resources and the rising tide of threats, according to a new global study. Security vendor Webroot polled IT decision makers at businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees in the US, UK and Australia. It found that just 37% said their organization is capable of managing security internally. A third of companies interviewed (32%) said IT staff had to balance information security with other tasks—m...
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COMPTIA: MOST FIRMS KNOW THE THREATS, BUT AREN'T PREPARED FOR THEM

The growing proliferation and sophistication of hackers, combined with greater reliance on interconnected applications, devices and systems, has created a security environment that’s challenging for even the best prepared organizations. Yet, defenses aren’t keeping up....
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SHAKY ACCUSATIONS HAMPER CYBER CASE AGAINST RUSSIA

“There has been some false reporting out there and obviously that kind of inflames the issue,” said House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), who believes Russia was behind the election hacks and has long warned of Moscow’s nefarious digital plots....
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