Promo IT security training specialist SANS Institute is bringing a major event to London this summer, offering a bumper programme of intensive courses designed to arm security professionals with the skills they need to defend against database breaches and malicious attacks. Attendees have the chance to prepare for valuable GIAC certification and will be able to put their newfound knowledge to good use immediately. The event takes place from 3 to 8 June at the Grand Connaught Rooms, offering a ra...
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The fact that the government is snooping within our IT environments and on our phone calls isn’t a big revelation,explains Calum MacLeod, VP of EMEA for Lieberman Software (the firm that conducted the survey),and when the NSA scandal broke it should not have come as a big surprise to those who work in the security industry. Government surveillance has been around for a very long time and unless you are doing something against the law it should not be a concern....
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July to September saw 21 million new threats emerge globally, bucking the usual trend in summer of a slowdown in activity, according to Panda Security. The Spanish-headquartered firm’s PandaLabs report for Q3 2015 claimed a whopping 230,000 new malware samples were seen every day on average during the period. Trojans were by far the most common, accounting for 69% of all malware. Traditional viruses were the next most common, accounting for 11%, followed by worms (6%), and adware/spyware (...
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Cisco’s latest operating system update ships with a vulnerability that could let hackers seize control of network devices...
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Speaking at the White Collar Crime Institute in New York on Monday, Comey claimed that he was “grappling with the question right now” of how to reconcile the fact that many IT whizz kids smoke weed, with the FBI’s stance, according to the Wall Street Journal....
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Jackson County says it’s taking steps to prepare for a ransomware attack. A ransomware attack is when a criminal infects your computer, locks you out of all your data, and you have to pay them a ransom to get it back. The attacks can target anyone, from a local homeowner to multi-million dollar corporation. Jackson County Technology Director, Mark Decker, says the attacks are growing increasingly more sophisticated and damaging. To defend against an attack, he says the county is making sur...
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