EDUCATION SECTOR IS MORE LIKELY TO VISIT MALICIOUS WEBSITES

"Users in the education sector are more likely to visit compromised websites than other industries.

According to a new “threat galaxy” from Websense Security Labs, users in the education sector are three times as likely to visit websites on topics such as cultural and religious institutions, political organizations, supplements and unregulated compounds—all of which are known dwellings for malicious ads, scammers and fraud."...
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PROPOSAL FOR CYBERSECURITY CIVILIAN CORPS GETS MIXED RECEPTION

Although the U.S has been engaged in cybersecurity for over a generation, "there continues to be organizational and human gaps that leave the nation insecure." Few people would disagree. What is less clear is any realistic and effective solution to the problem. Now the bi-partisan New America think tank, based in Washington D.C. with additional offices in New York City and Oakland, has put forward its own proposal. A new paper, 'The Need for C3 -- A Proposal for a United States Cyb...
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COMMON EVASIVE PHISHING TACTICS THAT CYBERCRIMINALS OPT TO SPREAD RANSOMWARE

There has been a steep rise in ransomware attacks against multiple government organizations, and cities across the globe. Hackers are frequently creating campaigns designed to take advantage of local employees and steal their credentials to break into computer networks. Once inside, the bad actors effectively lock down the systems and hold the data as a hostage until a ransom amount is not paid.
For a successful injection, cybercriminals have now shifted their focus to social engineering ...
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HUAWEI RISK CAN BE MANAGED, SAY UK CYBER-SECURITY CHIEFS

Any risk posed by involving the Chinese technology giant Huawei in UK telecoms projects can be managed, cyber-security chiefs have determined. The UK's National Cyber Security Centre's decision undermines US efforts to persuade its allies to ban the firm from 5G communications networks. The Chinese government is accused of using Huawei as a proxy so it can spy on rival nations. But Huawei has said it gives nothing to Beijing, aside from taxes. Why Huawei matters in five charts. Timeline:...
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30 SECURITY VENDOR BEHAVIORS THAT SET OFF A CISO’S BS DETECTOR

I had never seen such disdain and aggravation from a CISO. Richard Rushing (@SecRich), CISO of Motorola Mobility, sent me an email with a litany of vendor pitches. Each one punctuated with vitriolic commentary and frustration. It appears a lot of companies will fully protect his network and automatically detect threats. Rushing’s diatribe was so vicious that any security vendor would be horrified to know their marketing emails were eliciting this reaction. Now I’m telling you. &lsquo...
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CRYPTOMINERS REPLACE RANSOMWARE AS NO. 1 THREAT

Cryptominers surged to the top of detected malware incidents, displacing ransomware as the No. 1 threat. Comodo Cybersecurity Threat Research Labs’ first-quarter global malware report shows that the world is already a very different place from 2017. During Q1 2018, Comodo Cybersecurity detected 28.9 million cryptominer incidents out of a total of 300 million malware incidents, amounting to a 10% share. The number of unique cryptominer variants grew from 93,750 in January to 127,000 in Marc...
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