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TRENDS BEHIND ANTICIPATED $300+ BILLION CYBERSECURITY MARKET

Mar 19, 2019

Leading technology companies in the world have experienced and countered cyber-attacks since the advent of the internet, eventually leading to the inception of cybersecurity market. Today, cybercrimes are measured among the most active and loss inducing offences being witnessed globally, enveloping ...

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POST-QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY BECOMING RELEVANT IN PRE-QUANTUM WORLD

Mar 19, 2019

Quantum computers will be able to instantly break the encryption of sensitive data protected by today's strongest security, warns Arvind Krishna, director of IBM Research. "Anyone that wants to make sure that their data is protected for longer than 10 years should move to alternate forms of...

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HALF OF ORGANISATIONS LACK ENOUGH SECURITY TALENT TO BE SECURE

Mar 19, 2019

Those thinking artificial intelligence (AI) will steal their jobs need not worry – the software is only filling the blanks, at the moment. And the blanks, at least when it comes to cybersecurity, are quite large. According to the latest Trend Micro figures, organisations worldwide are faced wi...

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MICROSOFT AZURE SENTINEL USES DATA ANALYTICS TO IMPROVE SECURITY

Mar 19, 2019

Giving a wider range of fresh cyber-attack threats and information to IT security workers 24/7 is the aim of a new Microsoft Azure security tool—Microsoft Azure Sentinel—that was just released by the company in preview mode. Built to streamline the collection of IT security information a...

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MOZILLA IMPROVES WEB BROWSER SECURITY IN FIREFOX 66 UPDATE

Mar 19, 2019

Mozilla released the Firefox 66 update on March 19, providing users of the open-source web browser with new features that enhance user experience and improve security. Among Firefox 66's new features is one that blocks websites from auto-playing sound, which can be an annoyance. Also, the search...

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ONLY 28% OF GOV.UK DOMAINS SUPPORT DMARC

Mar 19, 2019

Only around a quarter of the UK government’s gov.uk domains have been set up to support an industry best practice email validation system, despite the imminent retirement of a previous public sector domain platform, according to Egress. The security vendor found that just 28% of gov.uk domains...

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SMBS COULD BE THE KEY TO CRACKING DATA BREACHES

Mar 18, 2019

If we want to reduce the number of successful cyberattacks that target businesses – we need to turn our attention towards small and medium-sized ones because, if a newly released report is to be believed, they are the weakest link in the chain. The report issued this morning by Business in the...

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WHY TRUST IS KEY FOR CYBER-SECURITY RISK MANAGEMENT

Mar 18, 2019

Trust is an often-overused term, but according to Rohit Ghai, president of RSA Security, trust is the key to understanding and managing digital risk. In a video interview with eWEEK, Ghai discusses his views on trust, where the concept of an artificial intelligence "digital twin" fits in a...

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TOP LONDON ATTRACTIONS HIT BY MILLIONS OF CYBERATTACKS

Mar 18, 2019

The UK's museums and other tourist attractions are being hit by more cyberattacks than ever before, new research has found. A Freedom of Information (FoI) request issued by the Parliament Street think tank to four major tourist attractions in the UK - Kew Gardens, National History Museum, Tate G...

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SHRED-IT HELPS HOTELIERS PREVENT DATA SECURITY ISSUES

Mar 18, 2019

Cyber breaches are a huge security concern for the hotel industry—but they’re not the only security concern. “The industry has seen its fair share of cybersecurity breaches over the last few years and while it is absolutely essential that hotels have their cybersecurity protections...

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CBA ASSURES ITSELF OF LANDMARK WHITE'S POST-BREACH INFOSEC

Mar 18, 2019

First lender to reinstate valuation firm. CBA has reinstated LandMark White as an option to conduct residential property valuations, after the institution assured itself of the valuer’s information security following a data breach in January. LandMark White said in a financial filing that it a...

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WOODSIDE BUYS INTO WA CYBER SECURITY FIRM

Mar 18, 2019

security firm that specialises in protecting critical infrastructure. The resources company announced today that, subject to conditions precedent, it would buy into Sapien Cyber Ltd. Sapien describes itself as providing a security solution for security both IT and OT. Woodside said that Sapien &ldqu...

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SECURITY BUDGETS GET AN SME BOOST IN 2019

Mar 15, 2019

Small and medium-sized enterprises will be spending more money on security this year, as well as hiring new staff, according to new research from Armor. Apparently, they’re more aware of the huge importance of having airtight cybersecurity. According to the report, four in five SMEs will be lo...

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KATHMANDU PROBES POSSIBLE CARD SKIMMING BREACH

Mar 15, 2019

In a statement posted to the New Zealand Exchange (NZE), the firm said it was notifying potentially affected customers directly, advising them to contact their banks and card providers. “Kathmandu has recently become aware that between January 8, 2019 NZDT and February 12, 2019 NZDT, an uniden...

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VMWARE LAUNCHES SERVICE-DEFINED FIREWALL FOR INTRINSIC SECURITY

Mar 15, 2019

New Zealand-based outdoor clothing retailer Kathmandu is urgently investigating a potential breach of customer card data harvested from its websites. There are a number of different ways to think about security and how it should be implemented. For Tom Gillis, senior vice president and general manag...

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THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL HAS ANNOUNCED ITS POSITION ON CYBERSECURITY CENTRES

Mar 14, 2019

The European Council has announced that the European Union is stepping up its protection against cybersecurity threats, and is discussing a new structure of European cybersecurity centres. The European Council’s Permanent Representatives Committee have granted a mandate to the Romanian preside...

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5 CYBERSECURITY THREATS YOUR DNS LOGS ALREADY REVEAL

Mar 14, 2019

Cybersecurity can be an exhausting job. Between the onslaught of ‘silver bullet’ tools that supposedly protect organizations, and the additional layer of tools needed just to make sense of the first group, even the smartest teams are finding themselves stretched thin. There are signals a...

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GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA TAKES ACTION AFTER CYBER SECURITY FAIL

Mar 14, 2019

Moves to have all Essential Eight in place by June 2020. Geoscience Australia has kicked off a program of work to implement all the government’s mandatory and non-mandatory cyber security requirements by 2020 after being labelled highly exposed to cyber-attack last year. In June 2018 the Austr...

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CRYPTOJACKING TAKES A NEW TURN IN CRYPTOSINK CAMPAIGN

Mar 14, 2019

Researchers from F5 Labs reported on March 14 that they have discovered a new cryptojacking campaign that is abusing unpatched Elasticsearch servers. Unauthorized cryptocurrency mining, commonly referred to as "cryptojacking," is an attack trend that started in 2017 and hit a peak in mid-2...

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FACEBOOK SUFFERS GLOBAL OUTAGE, CLAIMS DDOS NOT THE CAUSE

Mar 14, 2019

Facebook users around the world had a singular question for much of March 13: Is Facebook down? As it turns out, the global social media giant and its related Instagram and WhatsApp services were in fact unavailable and down for much of the day. Some service was restored by March 14, though full glo...

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PROTECTING APPLICATIONS AGAINST DFA ATTACKS

Mar 14, 2019

2001 was an exciting time for cryptography, as the new Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) specification was finalized, making a mathematically secure and performant encryption algorithm available to the public. Designed to replace older cryptographic algorithms that were starting to show weaknesses ...

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BLOCK IN RUSSIA UNJUSTIFIED, SAYS PROTONMAIL

Mar 13, 2019

Claiming that it had received multiple bomb threats via email messages, the Russian government restricted internet access, which resulting in blocking ProtonMail email servers, according to PortSwigger. In a March 12 blog post authored by Andy Yen, ProtonMail founder, Yen called the block "unju...

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DPI19: OPEN BANKING AND DATA SHARING WILL BENEFIT CONSUMERS

Mar 13, 2019

Speaking at the IAPP Data Protection Intensive 2019 conference in London on 'How Privacy & Data Protection are Impacted by Competition Considerations,' Helena Koning, senior managing counsel and data protection officer at Mastercard, said that new rules on open banking are permitting mor...

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CHINA THREAT OVERBLOWN BY EU CYBERSECURITY ACT

Mar 13, 2019

On Tuesday, March 12, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) adopted the European Union (EU) Cybersecurity certification scheme for products, processes and services.The Cybersecurity Act is a scheme to ensure that certified products, processes and services sold in EU countries meet cybersecurity ...

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TETRATE EMERGES WITH ENTERPRISE SERVICE MESH PLATFORM

Mar 13, 2019

Tetrate officially launched on March 13, announcing its enterprise service mesh platform that is built on top of the open-source Istio and Envoy projects. The concept of a service mesh has been an emerging trend over the past year as an approach that enables networking connectivity and security poli...

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INSIDERS ARE BIGGEST SECURITY PROBLEM FOR COMPANIES TODAY: CYBER SECURITY EXPERT

Mar 13, 2019

Saryu Nayyar is the CEO of Gurucul, a company that specialises in user and entity behavior analytics, identity analytics, fraud analytics and cloud security analytics. Nayyar is an internationally recognised cyber security expert, author, speaker and member of the Forbes Technology Council. She has ...

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GEORGIA COUNTY PAYS $400,000 TO RANSOMWARE ATTACKERS

Mar 12, 2019

Officials in Jackson County, Georgia, along with the FBI are investigating a ransomware attack that crippled IT systems over a two-week period. Struggling to recover from the outage, local officials reportedly paid a ransom worth $400,000 in bitcoins to restore IT systems and infrastructure. Jackson...

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EXPERTS EXPRESS CONCERNS AS CYBER SECURITY THREATS LOOM ON SMART CITIES

Mar 12, 2019

Cyber security threats loom large on Smart cities as the country embarks on a journey to create about 100 such cities driven by smart solutions, leveraging on cutting edge technology. Together, these Smart cities aim to house 40 per cent of India’s population and contribute about 75 per cent t...

BUSINESS STANDARD
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THE MUST-HAVES FOR YOUR DATA CENTER CYBERSECURITY CHECKLIST

Mar 12, 2019

The cyberthreat landscape is changing faster than ever for data center managers. Cybercriminals pulled in record hauls last year from ransomware, business email compromise, and other nefarious schemes, and they’re expected to be investing some of that money in new attack methods and platforms....

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THE MOBILE APPLICATION SECURITY QUANDARY

Mar 12, 2019

The need for enhanced mobile application security is being driven by increasingly powerful mobile devices and the ubiquitous availability of bandwidth, says John Aisien of Blue Cedar. "Enterprise computing is not only moving to the cloud at an amazing pace, but some of that compute is also movi...

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ADDIGY ADDS SINGLE SIGN-ON TO ITS APPLE DEVICE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM

Mar 11, 2019

Apple device management platform vendor Addigy has unveiled a wide range of new features for its cloud-based services, including single sign-on capabilities, LANCache peer-to-peer caching and expanded mobile device management (MDM) services. The new features, which were announced here at the Addigy ...

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HOW TO REDUCE ERP SECURITY RISKS

Mar 11, 2019

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are among the most critical enterprise applications that an organization operates and as such, they represent a lucrative target for attackers. In a session at the RSA Conference last week, Onapsis CTO JP Perez-Etchegoyen outlined what's behind ERP brea...

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ERICSSON TESTS FIRST CERTIFIED DEVICE FOR CTIA’S IOT CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM

Mar 11, 2019

An aftermarket connected car device is the first to be certified by CTIA’s IoT Cybersecurity Certification Program, which launched last August to help ensure the increasing number of cellular-connected devices have appropriate security capabilities. The device, the Harman Spark, is offered exc...

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HOW SMBS CAN BOLSTER CYBERSECURITY EFFORTS

Mar 11, 2019

Keeping current with cyberthreats is an imposing logistics problem facing small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs)—cybercriminals are constantly changing their tactics. If something stops working or fails to provide sufficient return for their effort, the bad guys move on. That may work well ...

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SKILLS GAP IS LEADING TO MAJOR SECURITY WORRIES

Mar 11, 2019

Finding skilled cybersecurity staff is an increasingly difficult task, new research has claimed. A new report by Tripwire found it’s not just about not having actual people to do the job – it’s also due to the rapidly transforming technology and threat landscapes. Consequently, the...

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BANKING TROJANS SEE MAJOR RISE IN 2018

Mar 08, 2019

Kaspersky Lab has revealed a major rise in the number of banking Trojans, also known as "bankers". The company says it tracked almost 900,000 bankers in 2018, a 15 per cent increase compared to 2017, when it registered 767,000 attacks. Allegedly, there have been ‘increased activities...

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HUMAN ERROR STILL A MAJOR SECURITY WORRY

Mar 08, 2019

For businesses of all sizes, from SMBs to large corporations – human error is still one of the main pain points when it comes to cybersecurity. A new report from BAE Systems found 71 per cent of all recorded incidents started as a phishing attack, and roughly two thirds (65 per cent) were unta...

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WHAT’S REALLY BEHIND FACEBOOK’S NEW PRIVACY AND ENCRYPTION EFFORT?

Mar 08, 2019

On its face, Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that Facebook plans to move to a more privacy-oriented service seems like welcome news, given how he and his company have run roughshod over his users’ privacy since its founding. But now he’s saying that he wants to make personal interac...

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BREACHES AND LEAKS SOARED 424% IN 2018

Mar 08, 2019

Nearly 15 billion identity records circulated in underground communities in 2018, a 71% increase over the year as hackers targeted smaller organizations more widely, according to a new report from 4iQ. The identity intelligence company scanned the surface, social, deep and dark web for identity rela...

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VIVA THE REVOLUTION: HOW CYBERSECURITY CAN HELP WITH DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Mar 07, 2019

We've had the Atomic Age, the Space Age and the Information Age, and now we're on the cusp of what could be called the culmination of all those – the Fourth Industrial Revolution, in which data, devices, and advanced technologies like biotech and nanotech are already bringing major cha...

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OVERCOMING THE 2019 CYBER-THREAT

Mar 07, 2019

Over the last couple of years, the dramatic development of digital technologies has fuelled the growth and needs of the mobile workforce. Recent research by Microsoft found that only 11.4 per cent of European employees feel highly productive at work, and, amidst the arrival of innovative technologie...

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FTSE 350 BOARDS STILL STRUGGLING WITH CYBER AWARENESS

Mar 06, 2019

UK boards are getting better at understanding cybersecurity as a strategic issue, but still lack crucial awareness of the impact of attacks on their organization, according to a new government report. The FTSE 350 Cyber Governance Health Check 2018 features data collected from interviews with the to...

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NEW GOOGLE CHROME ZERO-DAY VULNERABILITY FOUND ACTIVELY EXPLOITED IN THE WILD

Mar 06, 2019

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...

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MOBILE MALWARE ATTACKS DOUBLE IN 2018

Mar 06, 2019

Smartphones are facing more security threats than ever before, with mobile malware attacks hitting a new high in 2018, new research has found. Findings from Kaspersky Lab report that the number of mobile malware attacks doubled in 2018, topping 116.5 million last year, compared to 66.4 million in 20...

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MASSIVE SPOILER VULNERABILITY AFFECTS INTEL CPUS

Mar 06, 2019

Another major security vulnerability is affecting Intel processors, experts have warned. SPOILER was detected by researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts and the University of Lübeck in Germany, and could be even more dangerous that the infamous Spectre vulnerability. The...

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RSA SECURITY OUTLINES A PATH FOR THE TRUST FUTURE

Mar 05, 2019

Often RSA Conference keynotes detail new technologies or outline existing challenges. At the RSA Conference 2019 here, RSA Security took a different approach this year—predicting a possible future that could be less than ideal for humanity unless the right steps are taken. Rohit Ghai, presiden...

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MICROSOFT SECURITY SERVICES PUT AI, EXPERTS TO WORK AGAINST THREATS

Mar 05, 2019

Microsoft is rolling out a brace of threat fighting capabilities for Windows 10 administrators that promise to bring the big guns of the company’s security experts, as well as its AI capabilities, to bear against attackers. The new services are Microsoft Azure Sentinel and Microsoft Threat Exp...

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HOW TO STAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGY THREAT

Mar 05, 2019

The daily deluge of negative security headlines and data breaches isn't the whole story when it comes to modern cyber-security, according to Cisco. In a keynote at the RSA Conference here, Cisco executives outlined some key successes against recent threats and detailed a strategy for bridging th...

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FINANCIAL FIRMS FACING GREATER CYBER THREAT

Mar 05, 2019

Banks and other financial businesses are facing a greater cybersecurity threat than ever before, new findings have said. Research from security firm Carbon Black found that over two-thirds (67 per cent) of finance firms have reported an increase in cyberattacks over the past 12 months as hackers goe...

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LAZARUS GROUP RETURNS WITH MAJOR SPEARPHISHING CAMPAIGN

Mar 04, 2019

North Korean hacking outfit Lazarus Group is targeting users around the world with a major new spearphishing campaign. Security firm McAfee says it has found evidence linking Lazarus to the huge Operation Sharpshooter attack first detected last December which uses sophisticated spearphishing emails ...

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WHY RANSOMWARE IS STILL AN ACTIVE THREAT

Mar 04, 2019

For several years, ransomware was a rising threat, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages and disrupting operations around the world. But what is the state of ransomware in 2019? In a session at the RSA Conference here, a pair of McAfee researchers detailed how the threat landscape...

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MCAFEE CONFIRMS OPERATION SHARPSHOOTER LINK TO NORTH KOREA

Mar 04, 2019

Researchers have confirmed the Operation Sharpshooter APT campaign uncovered in December 2018 is likely the work of North Korean hackers, and has been active for a year longer than previously thought. McAfee revealed today that it was given a rare insight into the inner workings of such a group afte...

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SECURITY LEADERS SUFFERING FROM CYBER FATIGUE

Mar 04, 2019

Cybersecurity professionals are positive about the challenges of dealing with the growing number of threats around today, but many still feel pessimistic about their work, new research has found. A significant number of workers say they are suffering from "cyber fatigue" according to Cisco...

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IT SECURITY PROGRAMMES BEING DELAYED BY BOARD HOLD-UPS

Mar 01, 2019

Two-thirds of UK firms believe their security programme is now "continuously reactive". UK firms are split between a desire protect their products or their business when it comes to security priorities, according to new research. A report from Optiv found that many UK IT security decision ...

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MASSCYBERCENTER SAYS STATE FACES INCREASED THREATS

Mar 01, 2019

The state of Massachusetts is reportedly facing increased cyber threats from adversaries who are trying to steal sensitive information, according to the Gloucester Daily Times. In an interview with Stephanie Helm, director of the MassCyberCenter, State House reporter Christian M. Wade learned that t...

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U.S. CYBER-WARRIORS DISRUPT RUSSIAN ELECTION ATTACKS

Feb 28, 2019

It started in mid-October 2018, when Russian operatives of the Internet Research Agency started getting emails and direct messages on social media letting them know that the United States was watching them, that it knew their names and where they worked. Then, on Nov. 6, 2018, everything went dark f...

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STUDY: BREAKING SILOS COULD REDUCE BREACH COSTS

Feb 28, 2019

The cybersecurity industry experienced some ups and downs last year, according to the 3,200 senior security professionals from 18 countries who participated in Cisco’s fifth annual CISO Benchmark Study. The study revealed that security professionals experienced both encouraging gains, with onl...

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HIRING, THREATS AND BUDGET CAUSE BIGGEST SECURITY HEADACHES

Feb 28, 2019

The three biggest challenges faced by IT professionals relate to threats, hiring and budget.. According to a survey of 1500 IT professionals by LogRhythm, the top challenges were divided as follows: Inability to detect the full range of threats – 34%. Difficulty in finding skilled cyber profes...

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GLOBAL SPAM CALLS HIT 85 BILLION IN 2018

Feb 28, 2019

Global spam calls have soared by 325% over 2018 to reach a staggering 85 billion worldwide, according to new findings from Hiya. The Caller ID company claimed in its first Global Robocall Radar report that spam rates in Spain (24%), the UK (22%), Italy (21%) and France (20%) are the highest in the w...

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SSL-BASED PHISHING SURGES 400% FROM 2017

Feb 28, 2019

Hackers are increasingly using encrypted traffic to hide their attacks from security filters, with phishing emails soaring in popularity, according to new data from Zscaler. The cloud security provider processes more than 60 billion transactions per day and claimed that hiding threats in SSL traffic...

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SYMANTEC ADVANCES INTEGRATED CYBER DEFENSE PLATFORM

Feb 27, 2019

No one technology or vendor can protect an organization against all cyber-security risks. That's why Symantec has been pushing forward its vision of an Integrated Cyber Defense platform (ICD) in an effort to bring together multiple technologies with an integrated approach. On Feb. 27, Symantec a...

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MOST UK IT SECURITY LEADERS FEAR CNI ATTACK

Feb 27, 2019

Over half of organizations believe the UK is heading for a major attack on critical infrastructure (CNI) this year, with siloed teams causing dangerous security gaps between IT and OT functions, according to Infosecurity Europe. The region’s leading information security event polled over 12,00...

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CYBER SECURITY DURING MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (M & A)

Feb 26, 2019

On face value, one may question what company mergers, acquisitions, or takeovers have to do with cyber security. But for law firms charged with overseeing the safe completion of such transactions, cyber security should be a core consideration, for two key reasons. Firstly, there is a risk that durin...

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ORDR RAISES $16.5 MILLION FOR NETWORK-LEVEL CYBERSECURITY

Feb 26, 2019

In this day and age, enterprises can’t take a traditional IT approach to security — or so claims Ordr, a Santa Clara, California-based startup developing a network-level cybersecurity platform. It contends that the client-side security suites installed on legacy workstations, laptops, an...

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GV LEADS $15 MILLION INVESTMENT IN STEALTH CANADIAN CYBERSECURITY STARTUP CMD

Feb 26, 2019

A Canadian cybersecurity startup is emerging from stealth today with a fresh $15 million in funding from Alphabet investment arm GV, with participation from startup studio Expa, Amplify Partners, and a host of additional “strategic investors.” Founded in early 2016, Cmd is the brainchild...

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PRIVILEGED CREDENTIAL ABUSE INVOLVED IN 74% OF DATA BREACHES, SAYS STUDY

Feb 26, 2019

Cybercriminals are continuing to target low-hanging fruit; according to a new study from Centrify, the security and identify firm, while 74% of data breaches involved privileged credential abuse, identity and access management resources are severely lacking among enterprises. The survey of 1,000 IT ...

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HOW GAMIFICATION CAN BOOST CYBER SECURITY

Feb 26, 2019

Insider threats are costing companies hugely. In fact, according to the Ponemon Institute, the average cost of data breaches caused by employees is more than $8 million (£6.1 million) per year. Many breaches are caused accidentally when employees click on phishing emails or unknowingly open su...

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UCONN HEALTH AMONG THE LATEST PHISHING VICTIM

Feb 25, 2019

Phishing and other hacking incidents have led to several recently reported large health data breaches, including one that UConn Health reports affected 326,000 individuals. In describing a phishing attack, UConn Health says that on Dec. 24, 2018, it determined that an unauthorized third party illega...

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NEW DNS ATTACKS MAKE USE OF DNSSEC MORE CRITICAL THAN EVER

Feb 25, 2019

An insidious new series of cyber-attacks that redirect traffic intended for specific websites by changing their DNS records has resulted in the first emergency directive by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. This directive was followed in February by an alert by ICANN (Internet Co...

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MAJOR SECURITY FLAWS DISCOVERED IN 4G AND 5G

Feb 25, 2019

Researchers have uncovered a number of major security holes in the communications protocols governing 4G and 5G networks. The flaws could allow an attacker, even not one necessarily highly skilled or educated, to intercept phone calls and track the victim's location. The flaw was uncovered by Ni...

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ICANN: WE NEED DNSSEC EVERYWHERE TO COMBAT HACKERS

Feb 25, 2019

ICANN has called on Domain Name System (DNS) stakeholders to urgently improve security across all domains to combat a growing threat from attackers. It wants DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) to be rolled out worldwide across all unsecured domain names in response to a wave of new DNS hijacking attac...

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HACKERS ABUSE LINKEDIN DMS TO PLANT MALWARE

Feb 25, 2019

Hackers are impersonating recruitment agencies on LinkedIn in a bid to target companies with backdoor malware. Researchers at Proofpoint found that the malware campaigns primarily targeted US companies in various industries including retail, entertainment, pharmacy, and others that commonly employ o...

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A V-CISO’S TAKE ON THE 5 ISSUES FACING CYBERSECURITY

Feb 25, 2019

In just 20 years, we’ve seen the cybersecurity field grow from virtually non-existent into a $120 billion industry. But no matter how much it grows, it still feels like the bad guys are always two steps ahead. Why? Because our adversaries are, in fact, at an advantage. This advantage has less ...

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SOME GPS RISK VIOLATING GDPR BY SIGNING UP TO CHANGES IN CHILDHOOD HEALTH DATA SHARING

Feb 25, 2019

As many as 3,300 GP practices in England risk violating data protection laws if they sign up to changes in a data sharing agreement for childhood vaccination. Changes to the Child Health Information Service (CHIS), used by general practitioners in the West Midlands, parts of London and the South Wes...

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LABOUR REPORTS DATA BREACH TO THE ICO AFTER MPS JOIN THE INDEPENDENT GROUP

Feb 25, 2019

The Labour Party has reported an alleged data breach to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) over fears the personal data of party members was improperly accessed following the resignation of several MPs this week. It is understood the party has accused at least one of the eight former La...

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81 PER CENT OF CANADIANS CONCERNED ABOUT CYBER SECURITY

Feb 24, 2019

Eighty-one per cent of Canadians say they are concerned about the security of personal information held by a government department if it experiences a cyber attack. Almost eight out of 10 Canadians are also concerned about cyber attacks against organizations that may have access to their personal in...

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FLAWS DISCOVERED IN POPULAR PASSWORD MANAGERS, REPORT CLAIMS

Feb 22, 2019

An analysis of multiple top password manager products has revealed vulnerabilities in the tools they use that could potentially put the security of user's credentials at risk, according to Independent Security Evaluators (ISE). A new study, Under the Hood of Secrets Management, found that a vari...

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ENTRUST TO ACQUIRE NCIPHER SECURITY TO APPROVE GEMALTO DEAL

Feb 22, 2019

Entrust Datacard has announced a definitive agreement to acquire nCipher Security. Less than a month after nCipher de-merged from Thales, the deal will see nCipher’s identity-based and PKI security solutions become part of Entrust, enabling Thales to complete its acquisition of Gemalto. Operat...

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19-YEAR-OLD VULNERABILITY IN WINRAR FINALLY FIXED

Feb 22, 2019

Security researchers have discovered a bug in the WinRAR file compression application that can allow hackers to execute code remotely. The flaw has existed in all versions of the software for the last 19 years. According to a blog post by researchers at Check Point Software, the exploit works by jus...

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MALWARE MINING MONERO DISCOVERED USING HACKING TOOLS TO INFECT WINDOWS SYSTEMS

Feb 22, 2019

Security researchers have discovered Monero mining malware that uses hacking tools such as Radmin and Mimikatz to propagate through Windows systems. According to a blog post by security researchers at Trend Micro, the malware scans for open port 445 and exploit a Windows SMB Server Vulnerability MS1...

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CYBER SECURITY MARKET COMPETITIVE SCENARIO, DRIVERS AND CHALLENGES ANALYSIS FORECAST 2028

Feb 22, 2019

Cyber security is designed to ensure integrity and to protect networks, computer programs, and data from unauthorized access or breaches. Various sectors use cloud services to collect and store confidential data and information, which is transferred across networks. Cyber security software plays a c...

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K2 CYBER SECURITY UNVEILS CLOUD WORKLOAD PROTECTION PLATFORM TO PREVENT ZERO-DAY ATTACKS IN REAL TIME

Feb 21, 2019

K2 Cyber Security, Inc. today announced the general availability of its cloud workload security platform, featuring two fundamental innovations that together deliver comprehensive protection for hybrid cloud environments. K2’s Optimized Control Flow Integrity (CFI)™ technology ensures an...

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THE CYBERSECURITY 202: ELECTION SECURITY IS GOING TO BE THE HOT NEW DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN ISSUE IN 2020

Feb 21, 2019

Russian hacking upended Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign. And it's already impacting the way 2020 Democrats are campaigning this time around. Election security is already emerging as a key talking point on the campaign trail as Democrats offer up policies to secure votes from potential tamper...

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NHS CYBERSECURITY NEEDS TO BE A QUALIFIED SUCCESS

Feb 21, 2019

A freedom of information request which revealed a lack of cyber and information governance training may be something of a red herring. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t valuable work to be done on creating a cyber-qualified NHS IT workforce, our expert columnist Davey Winder argues.When ...

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CYBERX WINS CYBERSECURITY EXCELLENCE AWARDS IN THREE CATEGORIES

Feb 21, 2019

CyberX, the IIoT and industrial control system (ICS) security company, today announced it is a winner in three distinct product categories of the 2019 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards: IoT Security, ICS/SCADA Security, and Critical Infrastructure Security. These coveted awards recognize CyberX’...

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SYDNEY AIRPORT TO ESTABLISH CYBER SECURITY CENTRE

Feb 21, 2019

Lifts defences to reduce threats. Sydney Airport is preparing to establish an around-the-clock cyber security operations centre to protect its systems and data holdings from the threat of cyber-attack. The new centre, which is expected to be up and running by April, is aimed at enhancing “cybe...

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ERICSSON, NOKIA STRIKE BACK AT 5G READINESS CONCERNS

Feb 21, 2019

Ericsson and Nokia are intent on countering the notion that they are not as prepared as China-based rival Huawei to supply operators with 5G network equipment. The push comes just days ahead of the MWC 2019 event in Barcelona, Spain, where 5G will be the hot topic. Executive from both Nordic vendors...

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TOYOTA AUSTRALIA CONFIRMS 'ATTEMPTED CYBER ATTACK'

Feb 21, 2019

Toyota Australia has said it was hit with what it is calling an "attempted cyber attack". "At this stage, we believe no private employee or customer data has been accessed," the company said in a short statement on its site. "The threat is being managed by our IT department,...

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SYMANTEC'S EMAIL FRAUD PROTECTION OFFERING COMBATS BEC

Feb 20, 2019

Today’s topics include Symantec improving email security with fraud protection, and Azure maps getting new SDKs, services and expanded features. On Feb. 14, Symantec announced its Email Fraud Protection offering to help organizations combat Business Email Compromise, which involves attackers s...

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K2 CYBER SECURITY TAKES DETERMINISTIC APPROACH TO THREAT DETECTION

Feb 20, 2019

There are a lot of cyber-security startups that make use of artificial intelligence to help organizations detect new threats, but K2 Cyber Security isn't one of them. K2 officially emerged from stealth on Feb. 20 along with its cloud workload security platform that takes a deterministic real-tim...

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NORTH KOREAN LAZARUS GROUP STARTS TARGETING RUSSIAN ORGANIZATIONS

Feb 20, 2019

In an unusual move, the Lazarus hacking group associated with the North Korean government has recently started targeting organizations from Russia. The group’s primary targets until now have been organizations from countries with which North Korea has geopolitical tensions, such as South Korea...

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SURVEY FINDS SECURITY TEAMS BETTING ON MACHINE LEARNING

Feb 20, 2019

A global survey conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) of 456 cybersecurity and IT professionals on behalf of Oracle and KPMG has found organizations are being overwhelmed by data and are hoping to get some help via machine learning. According to the survey results, fewer than one-third of res...

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GOOGLE ERRED IN NOT DISCLOSING MICROPHONE IN NEST SECURITY SYSTEM

Feb 20, 2019

Google admitted that it didn’t tell users about a built-in microphone in its Nest Secure home security system, according to a report from Reuters. On Wednesday (Feb. 20), the company said it made an error, but that it wasn’t keeping the microphone a secret. “The on-device microphon...

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FORTINET BOOSTS SECURITY MESSAGE FOR CARRIER PUSH TO 5G

Feb 19, 2019

Fortinet touted a new proprietary virtual security processing technology a week before the MWC Barcelona trade show in a race to boost security for carriers moving from 4G LTE to 5G. The virtual technology is designed to aid faster connection speeds and secure mobile control at the core and edge clo...

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LANDMARK WHITE DATA BREACH COULD IMPACT WESTPAC PROPERTY SERVICE CUSTOMERS

Feb 19, 2019

Westpac Group has warned customers that those who have conducted a property valuation through its business may have been inadvertently impacted by a separate data breach affecting LandMark White. On Tuesday, the Australian bank and financial services company said the recent security incident at Land...

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ISRAEL LAUNCHES CYBERSECURITY HOTLINE FOR SUSPECTED HACKING

Feb 19, 2019

Israel has launched a cyber hotline, staffed mostly by veterans of military computing units, to enable businesses and private individuals to report suspected hacking and receive real-time solutions. The 119 call-in number to the Computer Emergency Response Center is being billed by Israel and cybers...

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FIVE THINGS ENTERPRISES NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THREAT LANDSCAPE

Feb 19, 2019

It would be easy to say that 2019 is going to be the year of the state-sponsored hacker, but it would also be easy to say that this year is going to be the year of the cryptojacker. Or I could say that this is the year when cross-site scripting is going to be a major threat. But the reality is that ...

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HOW MACHINE LEARNING-BASED SECURITY SEES RISK FASTER THAN LEGACY TOOLS

Feb 19, 2019

Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) are in the process of changing almost every aspect of our lives. My last post focused on how AI can be used to help businesses manage their IT environments better. This post will look at the impact ML has on security. The biggest challenge with ...

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PULSE SECURE ADDS SOFTWARE DEFINED PERIMETER TO SECURE ACCESS PLATFORM

Feb 19, 2019

Pulse Secure announced the launch of a new Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) offering on Feb. 19, that integrates with the company's existing Secure Access platform. SDP is an industry standard framework approach led by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) that provides access and authentication com...

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SWEDEN’S PATIENT HOTLINE IN MAJOR PRIVACY SNAFU

Feb 19, 2019

Millions of highly sensitive audio files linked to a Swedish healthcare hotline have been left exposed online for several years, in what could be a major breach of the GDPR. The 2.7 million files in question amount to 170,000 hours of calls, dating back to 2013 and left on an open Apache web server ...

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RUSSIAN STATE HACKERS TAKE MINUTES TO MOVE LATERALLY

Feb 19, 2019

There was a major rise in Chinese state-sponsored cyber-activity in 2018 while Russian actors were by far the most operationally effective, according to the latest report from CrowdStrike. The security vendor’s 2019 Global Threat Report tracked the relatively new metric of “breakout time...

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WHY CHINA IS PROBABLY BEHIND THE CANBERRA CYBER-ATTACK

Feb 19, 2019

Since Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a "sophisticated state actor" had tried to hack into Australia's major political parties' networks, the government has shut down any efforts to pin the blame on China. Mr Morrison dodged multiple questions from 3AW broadcaster Neil Mitc...

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CHINESE SURVEILLANCE DATABASE EXPOSES MILLIONS OF IDS

Feb 18, 2019

Security researchers have spotted a mass data leak from an unsecured database which exposed the personal details of over 2.5 million surveilled Chinese residents. SenseNets Technology uses AI-powered technology in facial recognition cameras to record the movements of millions of minority Uighurs in ...

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TOP 6 COUNTRIES WITH THE BEST CYBER SECURITY MEASURES

Feb 18, 2019

Cyber risks represent a genuine risk to governments, economies, organizations and people. In 2015, the US Government’s Office of Personnel Management was breached and traded off, with the organization declaring that 21.5 million social security numbers were stolen from one source, and 4.2 mill...

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SYMANTEC IMPROVES EMAIL SECURITY WITH FRAUD PROTECTION

Feb 15, 2019

Symantec is looking to reduce the risk of business email compromise attacks with a new offering that makes it easier to implement and manage Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) for email authenticity. Among the most common risks that enterprises face are email frau...

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HUAWEI RISK CAN BE MANAGED, SAY UK CYBER-SECURITY CHIEFS

Feb 15, 2019

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 ...

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CYBER ATTACK ON MALTA'S BANK OF VALLETTA

Feb 15, 2019

Malta's largest bank was the target of a cyber attack Feb 13, with hackers attempting to withdraw €13mil (RM59.7mil), Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said. The Bank of Valletta, in which the government is the largest shareholder, shut down its systems, closing branches and ATMs, and suspending...

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BIG THEMES SET TO EMERGE AT RSA CONFERENCE 2019

Feb 14, 2019

With hundreds of specialized sessions, there is always a lot to take in at the annual RSA Conference held in San Francisco. The 2019 event is set to get under way March 4-8 and will tackle all manner of cyber-security topics ranging from new threats, to privacy regulations, emerging technologies and...

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HACKERS TARGET MALTESE BANK IN €13M CYBER HEIST

Feb 14, 2019

A leading Maltese bank is resuming its services today after shutting down operations following a major cyber-attack on Wednesday. The Bank of Valetta (BOV) said in a notice on Thursday morning that customers could once again use ATMs, online banking, mobile Banking and their BOV cards, although at t...

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LOVE BUG FOUND IN OKCUPID ANDROID APP

Feb 14, 2019

Only days after Infosecurity reported that OkCupid users said their accounts had been hacked, Checkmarx disclosed that the OkCupid Android App actually posed risks because of security failures in MagicLinks. It’s well known that malicious actors love to exploit a good holiday, which puts users...

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PATCH TUESDAY ROUNDUP INCLUDES IE ZERO DAY

Feb 13, 2019

Microsoft has given system admins plenty of work to do this month with patches for nearly 80 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw in Internet Explorer and a publicly disclosed Exchange server bug. Top of the priority list in this month’s Patch Tuesday security round-up will probably be C...

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PALO ALTO NETWORKS ACCELERATES SECURITY IN PAN-OS 9.0 UPDATE

Feb 13, 2019

Palo Alto Networks is boosting its network security platforms with the new PAN-OS 9.0 update that was announced on Feb. 12. PAN-OS is a hardened operating system based on Linux that provides a secure, enterprise grade environment for executing Palo Alto's network security capabilities. PAN-OS 9....

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MILLIONS AFFECTED BY 500PX DATA BREACH

Feb 13, 2019

Online photography network 500px has forced a password reset for all users after revealing this week that it suffered a data breach last summer. The site claimed that the incident, which it believes occurred on around July 5 2018, was not discovered until last week, when its engineering team “...

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ATTIVO NETWORKS ENHANCES DECEPTION PLATFORM WITH FORENSIC COLLECTION

Feb 13, 2019

Attivo Networks announced on Feb. 12 that it is expanding its ThreatDefend cyber-security deception platform with its new "The Informer" forensic collection technology. Deception is a class of cyber-security technology that aims to trick attackers with fake services as an approach to help ...

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CDSA RELEASES FIRST TV, FILM CYBERSECURITY GUIDELINES

Feb 12, 2019

The Content Delivery and Security Association (CDSA), which advocates for protection of media content, has issued its first TV and film security, notably cybersecurity, guidelines for everything from how to deal with data breaches to keeping costumes and props within the production "perimeter.&...

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QUALYS EXTENDS CLOUD PLATFORM WITH PATCH MANAGEMENT

Feb 12, 2019

Qualys announced a new patch management application on Feb. 12, providing organizations with the ability to more easily manage the often-complex process of keeping infrastructure software updated. Qualys Patch Management (PM) is part of the Qualys Cloud Platform service that runs with a single agent...

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FIRMS URGED TO PATCH SERIOUS CONTAINER RUNTIME FLAW

Feb 12, 2019

Enterprises have been urged to patch a serious flaw in runc, the default runtime for Docker and Kubernetes, and ensure they have SELinux enabled. Aleksa Sarai — one of the maintainers for runc — made the initial announcement on Tuesday, attributing the discovery to researchers Adam Iwani...

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PHISHING, HUMANS ROOT OF MOST HEALTHCARE ATTACKS

Feb 12, 2019

Across healthcare organizations in the US, malicious actors are successfully leveraging phishing attacks to initially gain access to networks, according to findings from the 2019 HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey published by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). The study, whi...

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MUMSNET PRIVACY SNAFU EXPOSES USER INFO

Feb 11, 2019

Mumsnet has suffered a serious data leak affecting potentially thousands of users after a software glitch during an IT system migration to the cloud. Justine Roberts, founder and CEO of the popular parenting forum, explained in a blog post late last week that the issue affected users for the best pa...

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AWS ISSUES ALERT FOR MULTIPLE CONTAINER SYSTEMS

Feb 11, 2019

A security issue that affects several open source container management systems, including Amazon Linux and Amazon Elastic Container Service, has been disclosed by AWS. The vulnerabilities (CVE-2019-5736) were reportedly discovered by security researchers Adam Iwaniuk, Borys Poplawski and Aleksa Sara...

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RESEARCHERS WARN OF MALICIOUS CONTAINER ESCAPE VULNERABILITY

Feb 11, 2019

A new vulnerability in the core runc container code could potentially enable a malicious container to get access to the host operating system. Major vendors and cloud providers are already pushing out patches, but there are other things users can do to limit risk. A new serious vulnerability in cont...

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CHECK POINT REFINING ITS SECURITY OFFERINGS TO MEET EVOLVING DEMANDS

Feb 08, 2019

When Check Point Software began its work in the IT security industry in 1993, smartphones, mobile tablets, IoT, and cloud applications and services didn't yet exist. Back then, Check Point's No. 1 job was providing state-of-the-art security to protect hardware, data centers and desktop machi...

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SECURITY UNICORN ILLUMIO RAISES $65M, HIRES A NEW CFO

Feb 08, 2019

Security unicorn Illumio raised $65 million in a Series E round and hired Anup Singh as its chief financial officer. The latest funding brings its total to $332.5 million and follows an even bigger $125 million Series D investment in June 2017. And — perhaps more importantly — it confirm...

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BLUE HEXAGON USES THE POWER OF DEEP LEARNING TO DETECT NETWORK THREATS

Feb 08, 2019

Blue Hexagon emerges from stealth with a cyber-security platform that makes use of deep learning techniques to infer when potential malware is active on a network. As attackers become increasingly sophisticated, there is a need for advanced technologies that can detect attacks that traditional tools...

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NETOGRAPHY EMERGES WITH AUTONOMOUS FLOW-BASED DDOS DEFENSE SERVICE

Feb 07, 2019

Cyber-security startup Netography emerged from stealth on Feb. 7 with a new technology approach to help organizations defend against the risk of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. DDoS attacks typically involve large volumes of attack bandwidth that overwhelm services, rendering them unav...

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SOUTH AFRICAN UTILITY SUFFERS DOUBLE SECURITY BLOW

Feb 07, 2019

South Africa’s largest electricity supplier has come under fire for apparently ignoring a serious leak of customer data. Eskom, which claims to transmit and distribute 95% of the electricity used in the country, was called out earlier this week on Twitter by a frustrated security researcher. &...

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CHINA’S MSS TARGETED MAJOR EUROPEAN MSP: REPORT

Feb 07, 2019

Security researchers have discovered another Chinese state-sponsored APT campaign, this time targeting a major European MSP with the likely intent of stealing IP from its customers. Recorded Future and Rapid7 claimed in a new co-authored report that the notorious APT10 group, linked to China’s...

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DISCONNECT BETWEEN CONSUMERS & BUSINESSES AS COMPANIES CAPITALIZE ON CUSTOMER DATA

Feb 06, 2019

There is a growing disconnect between how companies capitalize on customer data and how consumers expect their data to be used, a new report from RSA Security has discovered. The firm polled more than 6000 individuals across France, Germany, the United Kingdom and United States to explore the nuance...

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BANK IT MANAGER GETS 10 YEARS FOR ATM EXPLOIT

Feb 06, 2019

An IT developer at a Chinese bank has been jailed for over a decade after exploiting a vulnerability in its systems to withdraw more than $1m from ATMs. Qin Qisheng, 43, was a manager in Huaxia Bank’s technology development center in Beijing who spotted that a glitch in the lender’s core...

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MPS HIT BY PHISHING CAMPAIGN: REPORT

Feb 06, 2019

MPs have been targeted by a new phishing campaign after a government whip’s accounts were hacked, according to reports. Tory MP Mike Freer told BuzzFeed News that the "parliamentary authorities are currently investigating" following the incident. According to the report, dozens of MP...

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PASSWORD REUSE REMAINS A BARRIER TO SAFER INTERNET USE

Feb 05, 2019

The internet by default is not always safe, which is why Safer Internet Day on Feb. 5 exists—it’s a day to educate and remind users about the steps that should be taken to reduce cyber-security risks. But what are the unsafe things that users are doing online? Google conducted a study al...

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MOZILLA IMPROVES PRIVACY, SECURITY IN FIREFOX 65

Feb 05, 2019

Today’s topics include Mozilla improving privacy controls in Firefox 65, and IBM warning of an Apple Siri Shortcut risk. Mozilla released its first web browser update for 2019 on Jan. 29, with the debut of Firefox 65, which improves a number of features and advances user privacy as part of Moz...

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HOME IMPROVEMENT SITE HOUZZ SUFFERS DATA BREACH

Feb 04, 2019

Home improvement site Houzz has announced a data breach affecting an unspecified number of customers, but claimed that follow-on identity theft is “highly unlikely.” The firm — which claims to have over 40 million homeowners, home design enthusiasts and home improvement professiona...

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ALEXA 500 SITES TARGETED WITH ADAPTIVE MALWARE

Feb 04, 2019

A malicious campaign has been targeting premium publishers using malvertising that looks like legitimate ads for popular retailers, according to The Media Trust. Researchers today published a blog post explaining that a large-scale malicious campaign attempted to exploit 44 adtech vendors with the u...

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ORANGE’S CYBERDEFENSE UNIT GETS A LEG UP WITH SECUREDATA PURCHASE

Feb 01, 2019

Orange today acquired the U.K.-based security company SecureData for an undisclosed amount. This purchase is part of the global provider’s bigger push to boost its Cyberdefense unit. The independently operated SecureData has offered managed security services for over 25 years. The company says...

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HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF ENTERPRISE KNOWLEDGE ASSETS USING SEARCH

Feb 01, 2019

The demise of the Google Search Appliance (announced in early 2016) marked the end of the flawed dream of off-the-shelf, one-size-mostly-fits-all enterprise search solutions. In its place is the promise of rich search-based applications that can search, explore and analyze enterprise information. Kn...

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DELL FOUR-WAY ENDPOINT SECURITY PLAY TARGETS THE MID-MARKET

Jan 31, 2019

Dell launched its SafeGuard and Response as a four-level approach to endpoint security aimed at the mid-market. It’s also the second significant endpoint security announcement made this week. SafeGuard and Response includes elements from Secureworks and CrowdStrike, who are partnering on the o...

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NEW UK FRAUD RULES SET TO EMPOWER VICTIMS

Jan 31, 2019

New rules come into force in the UK today designed to provide consumers with stronger powers of redress in the event they fall victim to authorized push payment (APP) fraud. Regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has mandated that fraud victims can now complain to the bank that receives fun...

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WHY U.S. FIRMS ARE LESS CYBER-SECURE THAN THEY THINK

Jan 31, 2019

The U.S. certainly is a divided nation around many issues right now, but concern about cybersecurity as a threat to a majority of U.S. enterprises isn’t one of them. Everybody agrees on that one. A majority of participants in a recent survey enabled by FICO understand and recognize the risk of...

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US LAUNCHES MAJOR EFFORT TO DISRUPT NORTH KOREAN BOTNET

Jan 31, 2019

The US authorities have begun notifying victims of a notorious botnet run by North Korean state-sponsored hackers, as their efforts to disrupt the hermit nation's malicious activity increase. A court order allowed the FBI and officers from the US Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI...

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LARGEST DDOS ATTACK SENT OVER 500 MILLION PACKETS PER SECOND

Jan 30, 2019

A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack discovered by Imperva had unleashed more than 500 million packets per second (Mpps), which is believed to be the largest packets-per-second (PPS) attack on record. According to research released today, last year’s DDoS attack on GitHub rang in at 1...

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FACETIME SECURITY FLAW GIVES APPLE A BLACK EYE: ANALYSTS

Jan 30, 2019

Apple's FaceTime video chat app remained out of service Wednesday morning after being temporarily disabled by the company Jan. 28 due to a security flaw that can enable a caller to hear audio from the receiver's end before the call is accepted. That's not supposed to happen, and not only...

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THIRD-PARTY BREACHES PLAGUE MULTIPLE INDUSTRIES

Jan 30, 2019

From January 25 to 28, 2019, multiple organizations, including Discover Financial Services, Verity Medical Foundation, Verity Health Systems and Allen Chern LLP, have made routine filings in accordance with California state law, reporting cybersecurity incidents that may or may not be data breaches,...

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SALT SECURITY LAUNCHES API PROTECTION PLATFORM

Jan 29, 2019

Startup Salt Security announced its API Protection Platform on Jan. 29, providing organizations with advanced capabilities to help discover, prevent and then remediate API attacks. Application programming interfaces (APIs) are commonly used in modern infrastructure, enabling a way to extend and inte...

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US TURNS UP HEAT ON HUAWEI WITH 23-COUNT INDICTMENTS

Jan 29, 2019

The US Department of Justice has unsealed charges against Huawei and its CFO covering separate alleged conspiracies to break sanctions on Iran and to steal trade secrets from T-Mobile USA. The charges were widely expected, but will do nothing to warm relations between the world’s superpowers a...

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INFO-STEALING FORMBOOK RETURNS IN NEW CAMPAIGN

Jan 29, 2019

A file-hosting service registered within the last week is being used to spread information-stealing malware in another FormBook campaign, currently attacking retail and hospitality businesses both within and outside of the US, according to Deep Instinct. Though FormBook has been around since approxi...

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TAXPAYERS DEMAND HMRC DELETES VOICE IDS

Jan 28, 2019

Over 160,000 UK taxpayers have demanded that the HMRC delete biometric voice recordings collected without their informed consent. Big Brother Watch has been running a campaign into the tax office’s use of a voice identification system, first launched in 2017. Having captured biometric data on ...

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WHITE HAT BALL 2019 RAISES £193,000 FOR NSPCC’S CHILDLINE SERVICE

Jan 28, 2019

A staggering 193,000 was raised for counselling service Childline at the White Hat Ball last Friday, January 25. The annual fundraising event, organized by a committee of dedicated volunteers from the information security sector and now in its 14th year, was held at London’s Lancaster Hotel. T...

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ICO WARNS UK TO PREPARE FOR BREXIT "NO DEAL" DATA FLOWS

Jan 28, 2019

The UK’s privacy regulator has warned businesses to prepare now for a potential Brexit 'no deal,' claiming they may have to put in place standard contractual clauses to ensure unhindered data flows. With Theresa May’s government still refusing to rule out the prospect of allowing...

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CONSUMERS TERRIFIED AFTER HACKERS WORM INTO NESTS

Jan 25, 2019

Multiple consumers have reported being terrified after hackers infiltrated the Nest cameras in their homes, with one malicious actor making claims of a North Korean missile threat, according to CBS News. California resident Laura Lyons reported that malicious actors gained control of her Nest securi...

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HPE TARGETS GIRL SCOUTS FOR NEXT-GEN WHITE HATS

Jan 24, 2019

A new cybersecurity curriculum targeting junior Girl Scouts aged 9-11 aims to shift the image of the young girls in green from cookie distributors to cyber defenders, according to news from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). HPE has teamed up with the Girl Scouts to launch a cybersecurity education p...

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UK PUBLIC: DRONES ARE NATIONAL SECURITY RISK

Jan 24, 2019

The British public is dead-set against the use of drones, with the vast majority believing that as they continue to represent a national security risk and that cyber experts must do more to mitigate the threat from above. Think tank Parliament Street polled 2000 members of the public to compile its ...

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WHAT WE LEARNED FROM MALWARE ATTACKS IN 2018

Jan 23, 2019

Malware blossomed in several different directions in the past 12 months, and the year ahead looks like it will be a full-fledged follow-on. According to security firm Malwarebytes, 2018 came in like a lion and out like—well, a different lion. It’s fair to say that, despite a sleepy secon...

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DHS EMERGENCY DIRECTIVE LOOKS TO BLOCK IRANIAN DNS THREAT

Jan 23, 2019

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has taken the unusual step of issuing an emergency directive demanding government agency take urgent action to protect DNS infrastructure, in response to a major attack campaign. The Mitigating DNS Infrastructure Tampering directive was issued by the Cybe...

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SECURITY BOFFINS BLOCK 100K MALICIOUS SITES IN 10 MONTHS

Jan 23, 2019

Hundreds of security researchers have come together in a global non-profit project, working to take down 100,000 malicious websites in just 10 months. Revealed on Monday, the stats are testament to the power of information sharing among the information security community and hosting providers, when ...

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ACTIVE CYBER DEFENCE SHOULD BE ROLLED OUT UK-WIDE: REPORT

Jan 22, 2019

The UK government’s highly successful Active Cyber Defence (ACD) program should be rolled out across other sectors to improve national cybersecurity, and could even be spurred by the government naming and shaming laggards, according to a new report. The Cyber Security Research Group at King&rs...

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VARONIS ADDS INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAYBOOKS TO DATA SECURITY PLATFORM

Jan 22, 2019

Varonis Systems announced version 7.0 of its Data Security Platform on Jan. 22, providing organizations with new capabilities to detect and respond to threats in the cloud and on-premises. The Varonis Data Security Platform 7.0 update adds new risk dashboards that can help to highlight potential iss...

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PRIORITIZING VULNERABILITIES IS KEY TO PATCHING SUCCESS, REPORT FIND

Jan 22, 2019

There is no shortage of software vulnerabilities but not all flaws have equal severity, and only a subset are essential to patch immediately. That's one of the core themes from a report released by Kenna Security and the Cyentia Institute on Jan. 22, titled, Prioritization to Prediction: Getting...

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SERVERS GRAB CLIENT FILES VIA MYSQL DESIGN FLAW

Jan 22, 2019

Attackers can potentially run a malicious MySQL server and gain access to connected data, according to a new security alert. MySQL has issued a security notice resulting from issues with the LOAD DATA LOCAL, noting that the “statement can load a file located on the server host, or, if the LOCA...

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SECURITY VC FUNDING HIT RECORD $5.3 BILLION IN 2018

Jan 21, 2019

It’s official. Cybersecurity venture capital funding hit a record $5.3 billion in 2018, according to Strategic Cyber Ventures. This is 20 percent higher than the $4.4 billion companies raised in 2017 and 81 percent higher than in 2016. But, as the VC firm warns, “this rate of investment ...

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TREND MICRO'S ZDI LOOKS TO ACQUIRE MORE VULNERABILITIES IN 2019

Jan 18, 2019

2018 was a big year for security vulnerabilities, and 2019 is on track to be even bigger, according to Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative. ZDI is in the business of acquiring vulnerabilities from security researchers and then responsibly reporting them to vendors. In 2018, ZDI published 1,444 sec...

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NEW MALWARE STRAIN CAN EVADE AND UNINSTALL CLOUD SECURITY SOFTWARE, RESEARCHERS WARN

Jan 18, 2019

The good news: your organisation has finally gotten around to installing some top of the range cloud security tools. The bad news: malware has been developed which can evade detection from them. The nefarious discovery from threat actor Rocke was made by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, with the security...

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CYBEATS RELEASES IOT SECURITY, MONITORING APP ON PALO ALTO NETWORKS FRAMEWORK

Jan 18, 2019

IoT security startup Cybeats announced that its IoT monitoring and security app, deemed IoT Radar, is now available on the Palo Alto Networks Application Framework. This news comes about a month after the startup raised $3 million in a seed round. Cybeats is a Toronto-based company that was founded ...

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MICROSOFT ADDS AZUREDEVOPS BUG BOUNTY, OFFERS $20K REWARDS

Jan 18, 2019

Microsoft added a new bug bounty program that pays hackers to find security flaws in its software. This latest move targets Azure DevOps, Microsoft’s cloud platform for collaborating on code development. The program will pay between $500 and $20,000 for found eligible vulnerabilities in Azure ...

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ATTACKERS TAKE NEW APPROACH TO INSTALLING CRYPTOMINERS

Jan 17, 2019

Security technology on cloud servers is supposed to help block and prevent the installation of malware, but what happens when attackers figure out how to uninstall security technology as part of a hacking campaign? According to a report released on Jan. 17 by Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 security...

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WHY ENTERPRISES NEED TO CRACK DOWN ON LAZY LOGINS

Jan 17, 2019

Everybody does it. You do it. It’s the easy way out, but it’s also an easy way to a security blunder. The “it” in this case is using your email address as your user name for websites and other places where a login is necessary. Chances are you use one of a couple email addres...

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RESEARCHERS FIND 87GB TROVE OF BREACHED LOG-INS

Jan 17, 2019

A leading security researcher has warned of a major trove of breached data being shared on hacking sites, containing over 772 million unique email addresses and more than 21 million unique passwords. Troy Hunt, owner of the Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) breached credentials site, explained that he was al...

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IOT SECURITY MARKET SET TO GROW OVER 25 PERCENT ANNUALLY

Jan 16, 2019

A report predicts a growth rate of over 25 percent annually in the North American IoT security market. The market was valued at $1.7 billion in 2018 and is expected to reach $5.2 billion by 2023 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.1 percent, according to the report ‘Internet of Thing...

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IT TEAMS HAVE ONE YEAR TO MOVE OFF WINDOWS 7

Jan 16, 2019

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has urged organizations still on Windows 7 to plan now for the end of extended support in a year’s time. The GCHQ arm reminded IT managers that the operating system will no longer receive free updates from January 14 2020. That will mean any...

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LESS THAN HALF OF BUSINESSES ARE ABLE TO DETECT IOT DEVICE BREACHES

Jan 15, 2019

A study conducted by Dutch software firm Gemalto reveals that only 48% of the businesses in the world are able to detect if any of their IoT devices suffers a breach. The survey, which was conducted among 950 IT and business decision makers across the globe, found that organisations are urging gover...

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KARAMBA SECURITY: VEHICLES FACE 300,000 ATTACKS PER MONTH

Jan 15, 2019

The scale of cyberattacks on connected cars has been revealed by Karamba Security, and it makes for a rather concerning read. Karamba set-up automotive electronic control units (ECUs) through which it’s been attracting internet attacks. In the last three months, the ECUs have been subjected to...

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SYNOPSYS IMPROVES COVERITY STATIC APPLICATION SECURITY TESTING

Jan 15, 2019

Synopsys announced on Jan. 15 that a new version of its Coverity Static Application Security Testing (SAST) technology is now available, providing organizations with enhanced software vulnerability analysis capabilities. Static analysis is an approach where code is examined for potential risks and v...

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SIX BEST PRACTICES FOR INCREASING AWS SECURITY IN A ZERO TRUST WORLD

Jan 15, 2019

Amazon Web Services (AWS) reported $6.6B in revenue for Q3, 2018 and $18.2B for the first three fiscal quarters of 2018. AWS revenue achieved an impressive 46% year-over-year net sales growth between Q3, 2017 and Q3, 2018 and 49% year-over-year growth for the first three quarters of the year. AWS&rs...

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TOP WEB HOSTING SERVICES HAVE MAJOR SECURITY FLAWS

Jan 14, 2019

Security researcher Paulos Yibelo tested five of the world's biggest web hosting services for flaws and unveiled that all five were vulnerable. Not just 'vulnerable', but in fact so flawed that data mining and account takeover wouldn't even require breaking a sweat. Roughly a dozen f...

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MAJOR' GLOBAL CYBERATTACKS SURGED IN 2018

Jan 14, 2019

The number of 'significant' attacks jumped by more than 50 per cent in the last three years. ‘Significant’ cyberattacks, those targeting government agencies, defence companies and financial institutions, have grown by more than 50 per cent in the last three years. This is accordi...

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LINUX'S SYSTEMD HIT WITH THREE SECURITY HOLES

Jan 14, 2019

Admins and DevOps working with Linux machines will want to keep an eye out for patches for a trio of security vulnerabilities affecting systemd, the system and service manager that's primarily tasked with deciding what programs run when Linux boots. Specifically, the vulnerabilities are in syste...

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OPEN-SOURCE METASPLOIT FRAMEWORK 5.0 IMPROVES SECURITY TESTING

Jan 14, 2019

Among the most widely used tools by security researchers is the open-source Metasploit Framework, which has now been updated with the new 5.0 release. Metasploit Framework is penetration testing technology, providing security researchers with a variety of tools and capabilities to validate the secur...

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SOPHOS INTRODUCES LATERAL MOVEMENT PROTECTION TO XG FIREWALL TO STOP ADVANCING CYBERATTACKS

Jan 13, 2019

Sophos has announced that its next-generation Sophos XG Firewall now includes lateral movement protection to prevent targeted, manual cyberattacks or exploits from infiltrating further into a compromised network. The SophosLabs 2019 Threat Report discusses a rise in targeted ransomware. With the Sam...

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WHY QUANTUM-RESISTANT ENCRYPTION NEEDS QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION FOR REAL SECURITY

Jan 12, 2019

The idea behind the use of quantum computers to break encryption lies in the fact that the encryption keys used by current encryption methods depend on a secret key that is used to encrypt and decrypt the information that’s being protected. Those keys are long, random—or, more likely, al...

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THE SECURITY CHALLENGES OF MOVING ERP TO THE CLOUD

Jan 11, 2019

Enterprise resource planning software is a business-critical application for many organizations, and when moving to the cloud from on-premises deployments, there are some key security concerns that need to be considered, according to a study from the Cloud Security Alliance. The CSA study, titled En...

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MONGODB INSTANCE LEAKS 200 MILLION CHINESE CVS

Jan 11, 2019

A huge MongoDB database containing detailed CVs for over 202 million individuals has been found exposed online. The unprotected MongoDB instance was found via a simple BinaryEdge or Shodan search and was left without any password protection, according to Bob Diachenko, director of cyber risk researc...

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REDDIT LOCKS DOWN ACCOUNTS AFTER SECURITY INCIDENT

Jan 10, 2019

A large number of Reddit users have been locked out of their accounts as a precaution while the site’s admins investigate potential unauthorized access. Staffer “Sporkicide” would not disclose exactly how many users were affected by the move, but claimed in a post yesterday that &l...

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SAILPOINT TECHNOLOGIES: PRODUCT OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS

Jan 10, 2019

SailPoint Technologies is an Austin, Texas-based provider of identity governance solutions, which is known to be one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity spending priorities. Founded in 2005, SailPoint holds a steadfast commitment to solving business problems with innovative identity governance solu...

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FIREEYE UPDATES SERVER EMAIL SECURITY PLATFORM FOR ADVANCED THREATS

Jan 09, 2019

FireEye is updating its on-premises security capabilities with the launch of the FireEye Email Security - Server Edition 8.2 release on Jan. 9. The FireEye Email Security - Server Edition 8.2 provides organizations with new capabilities to detect advanced email threats, including executive impersona...

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WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES CONTINUE TO GROW, IMPERVA REPORTS

Jan 09, 2019

2018 was not a good year for web application vulnerabilities, with 17,142 reported issues, according to a report released on Jan. 9 by Imperva. The 2018 tally for web application vulnerabilities represents a 21 percent year-over-year increase from 2017. There are multiple types of web applications v...

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SK TELECOM AIRS FIRST LIVE TV BROADCAST VIA 5G, CES 2019 TO SPOTLIGHT 5G

Jan 09, 2019

South Korean wireless telecommunications operator SK Telecom claims to have broadcast the world's first live television event over a commercial 5G network. SK Telecom used its 5G broadcasting solution dubbed 'T Live Caster' to air over entertainment channel 'XtvN' a New Year&rsqu...

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MICROSOFT KICKS OFF 2019 WITH MEDIUM PATCH LOAD

Jan 09, 2019

Microsoft started the new year yesterday by issuing fixes for a near half century of vulnerabilities, although only seven were rated critical. Many of these were remote code execution (RCE) bugs, with experts agreeing that CVE-2019-0547 should be top of the priority list. This RCE vulnerability in t...

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PHONE CARRIERS SELLING CUSTOMER LOCATION DATA

Jan 09, 2019

Bounty hunters are able to leverage a somewhat dubious skeptical service available through major telecom companies, including T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint, according to Motherboard. A researcher reportedly paid $300 to a bounty hunter who was then able to geolocate a phone down to a location in a ...

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NHS DIGITAL CISO QUITS AFTER THREE MONTHS

Jan 09, 2019

NHS Digital’s first chief information security officer (CISO) has resigned just three months into the job, dealing a blow to efforts to improve cybersecurity across the UK’s health service. In a memo to staff seen by HSJ, NHS Digital deputy CEO, Rob Shaw, said that Robert Coles’ de...

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FIRM OFFERS $2M FOR IOS ZERO-DAY EXPLOITS

Jan 09, 2019

ontroversial exploit broker Zerodium has upped its bug bounties for the majority of desktop/server and mobile exploits, offering security researchers millions of dollars for their work. At the lower end, a Windows local privilege escalation or sandbox escape will now pay out $80,000, up from $50,000...

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IBM GROWS PATENT PORTFOLIO WITH CYBER-SECURITY INNOVATIONS

Jan 08, 2019

IBM announced on Jan. 8 that it was awarded 9,100 patents in 2018, once again topping the list for the most U.S. patents granted in a given year. A core component of IBM's patent haul in 2018 was in cyber-security innovation, with more than 1,400 granted patents. Among the security patents grant...

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ELECTION SECURITY BILLS FINALLY PROGRESSING IN CONGRESS

Jan 08, 2019

After years of contention about real and imagined security attacks on U.S. elections, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to consider and then pass H.R. 1, also known as the “For the People Act of 2019,” which includes provisions that would improve election security and help st...

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FOUR CLOUD SECURITY PREDICTIONS FOR 2019: CONTAINERISATION, LOAD BALANCERS, AND MORE

Jan 08, 2019

The cloud is a vital part of any enterprise infrastructure. The convenience of having a database that can be accessed from any location has dramatically improved efficiency within workforces. While many companies had previously been afraid of making the move, as the open nature of the cloud makes it...

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ESCALATING VALUE OF IOS BUG BOUNTIES HITS $2M THRESHOLD

Jan 08, 2019

In the escalating market for security vulnerabilities a new milestone has been recorded early in the new year, with $2 million now being offered for a remote Apple IOS exploit. The $2 million award is being offered by vulnerability acquisition firm Zerodium, which first achieved global notoriety for...

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YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA FORECAST FOR YEAR 2019 IS HERE AND IT’S NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL

Jan 08, 2019

Guest Post from Peter Davidson, a senior business associate striving to help different brands and startups to make effective business decisions and plan effective business strategies. After the successful conclusion of 2018, you must be planning with full energy to take your business to new heights ...

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HOW MASTERCARD IS IMPROVING FRAUD DETECTION WITH IDENTITY CHECK

Jan 07, 2019

Online credit card fraud is a major concern for enterprises, consumers and vendors alike. One of the biggest brands in the payment card space is Mastercard, which has been quietly working on implementing technology it has branded Mastercard Identity Check, in an effort to help reduce fraud, while ma...

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PROTEGO LABS BOOSTS SERVERLESS SECURITY WITH OPEN-SOURCE PROJECT

Jan 07, 2019

While serverless technology is becoming increasingly widely used, there has been a lack of understanding when it comes to serverless security implications. That's a challenge that Protego Labs is looking to help solve with the release of a freely available open-source tool that helps organizatio...

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SECURING ENTERPRISE CROWN JEWELS: HOW TO PROTECT DATA AT DB LEVEL

Jan 07, 2019

Data breaches once again played a prominent role in this past year’s media coverage. While many organizations make it seem like an unavoidable fact, the reality is that there are a plenty of things that enterprises can do right now to help prevent unauthorized access to their systems and data....

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THOUSANDS COMPLAIN ABOUT TV LICENSE PHISHING EMAILS

Jan 07, 2019

A highly convincing phishing email spoofed to appear as if sent from the UK’s TV Licensing authority has accrued thousands of complaints over the past three months. Action Fraud warned back in October that the scam email was designed to steal a user’s personal and financial details. &ldq...

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LA CITY SUES WEATHER APP OVER DATA COLLECTION

Jan 07, 2019

The City of Los Angeles has filed a lawsuit against a popular US-based weather app, alleging it illegally sells user data to third parties. LA city attorney, Mike Feuer, is claiming the Weather Channel app misled users in that most agreed to allow it access to their location data purely for personal...

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A LOOK BACK AT THE ISRAELI CYBER SECURITY INDUSTRY IN 2018

Jan 04, 2019

2018 saw a spate of major cyber attacks including the hacks of British Airways, Facebook and Marriott. Despite growing emphasis on and awareness of cyber threats, large organizations continue experiencing massive data breaches. And as the world becomes increasingly connected (cars and medical device...

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MARRIOTT REVEALS NEW DETAILS IN STARWOOD DATA BREACH

Jan 04, 2019

Marriott International disclosed revised information on Jan. 4 about the massive data breach involving its Starwood Hotels division. The update includes both good and bad news about the impact from the data breach. First the good news: Originally Marriott reported on Nov. 30, 2018, that information ...

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NEUSTAR BOLSTERS FRAUD DETECTION CAPABILITIES WITH TRUSTID

Jan 04, 2019

Neustar is improving its security capabilities with the addition of technology gained via the acquisition of caller authentication and fraud prevention vendor Trustid. Fraud can take many different forms, including caller fraud where unauthorized individuals attempt transactions or information retri...

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BIOMETRIC SECURITY CAN BE HACKED, BUT IT'S REALLY HARD TO DO

Jan 04, 2019

At the end of December 2018, security researchers in Leipzig, Germany, demonstrated at a security conference their method of hacking a biometric security system that depends on reading the pattern of blood vessels in the palm of the hand. This method of vein authentication involves reading the detai...

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PREDICTIONS 2019: SECURITY THREATS WILL ONLY GET NASTIER

Jan 03, 2019

Hardly a week went by in 2018 without news of a major data leak or security breach. Ransomware and phishing were invasive, state-run hackers were working around the clock, passwords were leaking, new sophisticated malware attacks were spreading, data was breached and governments around the world onc...

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HACKERS THREATEN TO RELEASE 9/11 DATA 'TROVE'

Jan 03, 2019

A notorious hacking group is claiming to have put up for sale stolen legal and other documents relating to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The individual(s) known as ‘The Dark Overlord’ claimed in a lengthy Pastebin notice to have hacked insurance giants Hiscox Syndicates and Lloyds of Londo...

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PASSWORD MANAGER USERS EXPOSED AFTER PRIVACY SNAFU

Jan 03, 2019

Data on over two million users of a password manager tool has been publicly exposed in another cloud storage misconfiguration incident. Abine said on Monday that 2.4 million users of its Blur product from prior to January 6 2018 were affected. As well as password management, it offers the ability to...

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RANSOM DEMAND ON LUAS WEBSITE LIKELY THE FIRST OF MANY IN 2019

Jan 03, 2019

With the website of Dublin’s tram service, Luas, down after an apparent cyber attack, one of the country’s leading cyber security firms is urging businesses and the public to ensure their computers have the protection they need against an increasing number or ransomware attacks. A messag...

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CASTHACK EXPOSES GOOGLE CHROMECAST DEVICE USERS TO RISK

Jan 03, 2019

A pair of hackers have taken aim at vulnerable Google Chromecast media streaming devices, sending unauthorized content and messages to unsuspecting users. The attack, dubbed "CastHack," identifies Google Chromecast devices that have been exposed to the public internet. The two attackers, w...

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HACKERS HIJACK 70,000 GOOGLE CHROMECASTS THROUGH BUG – ALTHOUGH CHROMECAST WASN’T NONE THE WISER

Jan 03, 2019

It was reported earlier today that Hacker Giraffe has remotely gained access to the TVs and smart devices of tens-of-thousands of Google Chromecast users. In the hack, a pop-up was displayed that both warns of the exploit and links to a page listing the current number of affected devices. The messag...

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HACKERS TARGET NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS

Jan 02, 2019

Personally identifiable information (PII) on nearly 1000 defectors from North Korea has been stolen in a cyber-raid, the South Korean government revealed late last week. It’s believed that one of the 25 “Hana” support centers for defectors in the country was targeted by a classic p...

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HOW ENTERPRISES CAN AVOID THE RYUK RANSOMWARE WITH RIGHT STRATEGY

Jan 02, 2019

During the holiday period between Christmas and New Year’s in 2018, workers at a Tribune Co. newspaper location in South Florida found out that they couldn’t upload late-breaking sports scores to the portion of their CMS that handles printing and distribution. Later, other newspapers in ...

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VIETNAM'S NEW CYBER LAW THREATENS FREE SPEECH

Jan 02, 2019

The Vietnamese government has passed a sweeping new cybersecurity law which critics claim will help the one-party state continue to crack down on free speech. The law will force internet companies like Facebook and Google to open offices in the country, store data on users locally and allow access t...

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USB TYPE-C TO BECOME MORE SECURE WITH AUTHENTICATION STANDARD

Jan 02, 2019

The security of USB-based connections and devices is taking a step forward, with the official launch of the USB Type-C Authentication Program on Jan. 2. USB devices have become ubiquitous in modern computing, and in recent years USB Type-C has been introduced on leading notebooks, smartphones and ot...

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HACKER HIJACKS THOUSANDS OF CHROMECASTS AND SMART TVS TO PLAY PEWDIEPIE AD

Jan 02, 2019

A hacker duo claims to have hijacked thousands of internet-exposed Chromecasts, smart TVs, and Google Home devices to play a video urging users to subscribe to PewDiePie's YouTube channel. The main hacker behind this hacking campaign --codenamed CastHack-- is known online as TheHackerGiraffe. Th...

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EU TO RUN BUG BOUNTY PROGRAMS FOR 14 FREE SOFTWARE PROJECTS

Jan 02, 2019

The European Union is offering a total of more than €850,000 – nearly $1 million – for vulnerabilities found in 14 widely used free and open source software projects. The announcement was made last week by Julia Reda, who represents the German Pirate Party in the European Parliament...

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FRENCH STARTUP OFFERS DARK WEB COMPASS, BUT NOT FOR EVERYONE

Dec 31, 2018

For years criminal websites shrouded in secrecy have thrived beyond the reach of traditional search engines, but a group of French engineers has found a way to navigate this dark web -- a tool they don't want to fall into the wrong hands. "We insist on this ability to say 'no',"...

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WHAT TO CONSIDER BEFORE DEVELOPING AN API SECURITY STRATEGY

Dec 31, 2018

Recent incidents at Salesforce, Facebook, Google+—not to mention the Equifax breach and the Cambridge Analytica scandal that plagued Facebook—point directly to the unsettling reality that API security is often an afterthought for enterprises. Such incidents serve as a major wake-up call ...

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LOOKING BACK AT THE TOP CYBER-SECURITY INCIDENTS OF 2018

Dec 31, 2018

As 2018 draws to a close, it's a good time to reflect on the year that was in cyber-security, to learn from past mistakes and identify trends that will likely continue into the new year. 2018 saw no shortage of major breaches, new critical vulnerabilities and policy changes that enterprise IT or...

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WHAT ENTERPRISES CAN EXPECT FOR CYBERSECURITY IN 2019

Dec 28, 2018

2018 was a banner year in cybersecurity. The breaches were many, the remedies were few, and the cost of doing nothing went up. But there is hope on the horizon as new methods of authentication are beginning to show up, old practices are discarded, and as the threat landscape becomes clearer. But the...

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CISCO PATCHES A CRITICAL PATCH ON ITS SOFTWARE-LICENSE MANAGER

Dec 27, 2018

Cisco this week said it patched a “critical” patch for its Prime License Manager (PLM) software that would let attackers execute random SQL queries. The Cisco Prime License Manager offers enterprise-wide management of user-based licensing, including license fulfillment. Released in Novem...

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CYBERSECURITY 101: HOW TO PROTECT YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER AND WHY YOU SHOULD CARE

Dec 25, 2018

Assuming you have your strong passwords in place and your two-factor authentication set up, you think your accounts are now safe? Think again. There’s much more to be done. You might think your Social Security or bank account numbers are the most sensitive digits in your life. Nowadays, hacker...

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OVER 19,000 ORANGE MODEMS ARE LEAKING WIFI CREDENTIALS

Dec 24, 2018

Over the weekend, a security researcher has discovered that nearly 19,500 Orange Livebox ADSL modems are leaking WiFi credentials. Troy Mursch, co-founder of Bad Packets LLC, says his company's honeypots have detected at least one threat actor scanning heavily for Orange modems. Scans started Fr...

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NEARLY 20,000 ORANGE MODEMS LEAKING WI-FI PASSWORDS

Dec 24, 2018

Nearly 20,000 Orange modems are being targeted thanks to a vulnerability leaking their SSID and Wi-Fi passwords, researchers at Bad Packets have warned. The firm’s honeypots first picked up the attack traffic targeting Orange Livebox ADSL modems. After conducting a simple Shodan search, chief ...

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RESEARCHER PUBLISHES PROOF-OF-CONCEPT CODE FOR CREATING FACEBOOK WORM

Dec 22, 2018

A Polish security researcher has published today details and proof-of-concept code that could be used for creating a fully functional Facebook worm. This code exploits a vulnerability in the Facebook platform that the researcher --who goes online under the pseudonym of Lasq-- has seen being abused i...

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CYBER-PHYSICAL CONVERGENCE EXPANDS ATTACK SURFACE

Dec 21, 2018

In the last year, Hong Kong has seen the growing convergence of IT systems and OT systems as more companies try to drive digital transformation deeper into their organization. “The cyber-physical convergence, especially on the use of IoT (Internet of Things), is actually happening and keeps gr...

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PRIVACY LEGISLATION MIGHT HAVE STOPPED FACEBOOK

Dec 20, 2018

In the aftermath of an extensive New York Times investigation into Facebook’s data privacy regulations and whether the company violated the privacy and public policy regulations of the Federal Trade Commission, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) said that it is time for her colleagues to step up. Duri...

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PIVOTAL CLOUD FOUNDRY 2.4 BOOSTS SECURITY WITH COMPLIANCE SCANNER

Dec 20, 2018

Pivotal is releasing version 2.4 of its Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) platform on Dec. 20, providing organizations with a host of new capabilities to manage and deploy cloud-native applications. PCF is Pivotal's commercial distribution, based on the open-source Cloud Foundry project, which provide...

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MICROSOFT PATCHES OUT-OF-BAND ZERO-DAY SECURITY FLAW FOR IE

Dec 20, 2018

Users of Microsoft's Windows operating system have grown accustomed to a regular, predictable cadence for patches—on the first Tuesday of every month. On Dec. 19, Microsoft broke that cadence with an emergency out-of-band update for its Internet Explorer (IE) web browser. The reason is sim...

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MCAFEE: IOT MALWARE INCREASING ALONGSIDE 480 THREATS PER MINUTE

Dec 20, 2018

Shocking research from McAfee Labs highlights the increasing prevalence of IoT malware as the cybersecurity firm detects 480 new threats per minute. Years of putting functionality before security and rushing to market have led to many compromisable devices. The Mirai IoT botnet attack in 2016 was a ...

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US INDICTS CHINESE HACKERS IN MSP NETWORK SCHEME

Dec 20, 2018

The U.S. Justice Department today charged two Chinese-state-sponsored hackers that it says infiltrated managed service provider (MSP) networks and stole companies’ intellectual property and sensitive data. While the U.S. government didn’t name any of the companies whose networks were com...

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NEW WAVE OF HMRC SCAM CALLS HITS UK

Dec 20, 2018

Security experts are warning of a new HMRC scam using a threatening automated message in a bid to trick taxpayers into paying a ‘fine.’ The scam calls appear designed to cash-in on the busy end-of-year period in the UK where taxpayers look to get their affairs in order before the self-as...

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CLICK2GOV BREACH PAYMENT CARDS SOLD ON DARK WEB

Dec 19, 2018

In August 2017, Click2Gov software, a payment technology widely used by local governments to process utility payments, was the victim of a breach in which Oceanside, California, was the first in a long line of compromised municipalities. Many of the payment cards stolen from the compromised records ...

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A RESTAURANT'S NEXT BIG FINANCIAL RISK ISN'T BAD REVIEWS — IT'S DATA BREACHES

Dec 19, 2018

As hackers find new ways to gather coveted personal information, restaurants are quickly becoming a target for the internet underworld. Several customer accounts were breached on Dunkin's DD Perks mobile rewards program in November, but Dunkin' certainly wasn't the only chain to get hit ...

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FACEBOOK REPORTEDLY GATHERING PERSONAL DATA FROM TINDER, PREGNANCY+, OTHER APPS

Dec 19, 2018

Facebook may be gathering some of your most personal information. Android apps like Tinder, Grindr and Pregnancy+ are sharing sensitive user information with Facebook, according to a Wednesday report from German mobile security company Mobilsicher. The information reportedly includes dating profiles...

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FINALLY, A MEANINGFUL CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ON STEMMING CYBERSECURITY ATTACKS

Dec 12, 2018

As a new Congress arrives next month, expect a whirlwind of activity on the cybersecurity and privacy fronts. From major data breaches to the growing consumer data privacy morass, the frenetic pace of Washington developments will heat up. Most of this activity will obscure the fundamentals of why we...

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NEW VARIANT OF SHAMOON MALWARE UPLOADED TO VIRUSTOTAL

Dec 12, 2018

A new variant of the destructive Shamoon malware was uploaded to VirusTotal this week, but security researchers haven’t linked it to a specific attack yet. Also referred to as DistTrack, the sophisticated malware was initially observed in attacks against Saudi Arabian and other oil companies i...

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GRAMMARLY LAUNCHES PUBLIC BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM

Dec 12, 2018

Grammarly, the popular service for checking grammar and spelling, this week announced the launch of a public bug bounty program. Grammarly has been running a private bug bounty program with HackerOne for more than a year. The program has nearly 1,500 participants and resulted in payouts totaling $50...

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TOP 10 WORST PASSWORD FAILS OF 2018

Dec 12, 2018

The 2018 worst password fails, by that Dashlane means worst offenders this year, are: 1. Kanye West for unlocking his iPhone on TV in the White House with 000000. 2. The Pentagon for protecting weapon systems with default passwords, as well have having such pitiful admin passwords that the GAO audit...

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AI SET TO SUPERCHARGE PHISHING IN 2019

Dec 12, 2018

The coming year will see a mix of old and new as phishing is supercharged with AI but reported vulnerabilities continue to cause organizations problems, according to Trend Micro. The security giant claimed in its predictions report this week that phishing will continue to grow in popularity as explo...

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ADOBE PATCHES 87 VULNERABILITIES IN ACROBAT SOFTWARE

Dec 11, 2018

The December 2018 Patch Tuesday updates released by Adobe address a total of 87 vulnerabilities affecting the company’s Acrobat software. The vulnerabilities impact the Windows and macOS versions of Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC (Continuous and Classic 2015 tracks), and Acrobat and Acrobat Rea...

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WINDOWS KERNEL VULNERABILITY EXPLOITED IN ATTACKS

Dec 11, 2018

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for December 2018 address nearly 40 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw affecting the Windows kernel. The actively exploited vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-8611, has been described by Microsoft as a privilege escalation issue related to the failure ...

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RESEARCHERS FIND OVER 40,000 STOLEN LOGINS FOR GOVERNMENT PORTALS

Dec 11, 2018

Russian cybersecurity firm Group-IB discovered login credentials for over 40,000 accounts that unlock government services in more than 30 countries. The credentials were harvested via phishing attacks that distributed spyware tools such as Pony Formgrabber, AZORult, and Qbot. It is believed the logi...

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NEW GOOGLE+ BUG MOVES SITE END DATE FORWARD

Dec 11, 2018

Google is speeding up the closure of its unpopular social networking platform after discovering a new bug affecting over 52 million users. The tech giant announced in October that it would be shutting Google+ in August 2019. However, that date has been brought forward to April next year, while its A...

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NEW MAC MALWARE COMBINES OPEN-SOURCE BACKDOOR AND CRYPTO-MINER

Dec 10, 2018

A recently discovered piece of malware targeting Mac systems is a combination of two open-source programs, Malwarebytes security researchers warn. Detected as DarthMiner, the threat is distributed through an application called Adobe Zii, which supposedly helps in the piracy of various Adobe programs...

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NEW BUG PROMPTS EARLIER END TO GOOGLE+ SOCIAL NETWORK

Dec 10, 2018

Google said Monday it will close the consumer version of its online social network sooner than originally planned due to the discovery of a new software bug. The Google+ social network will close in April -- four months earlier than planned -- and the internet giant will focus on operating a version...

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RESEARCHERS FIND A DOZEN UNDOCUMENTED OPENSSH BACKDOORS

Dec 10, 2018

ESET security researchers have discovered 12 new OpenSSH backdoor families that haven’t been documented before. The Secure Shell (SSH) network protocol allows the remote connection of computers and devices. The portable version of OpenSSH is implemented in almost all Linux distributions, and a...

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HOW GOOGLE IS IMPROVING KUBERNETES CONTAINER SECURITY

Dec 10, 2018

The open-source Kubernetes container orchestration project has become increasingly important in recent years as organizations rely on it to deploy applications. With the increased reliance has come increased scrutiny on security, especially at Google, which hosts a managed Kubernetes service called ...

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SOPHOS CENTRAL INTEGRATES FIREWALL MANAGEMENT TO IMPROVE SECURITY

Dec 10, 2018

Sophos announced on Dec. 10 that it is bringing its XG Firewall to the Sophos Central Management service, enabling organizations to manage security in an integrated approach from a central management dashboard. The integrated capability is now available in early access for Sophos customers and will ...

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DEEPPHISH PROJECT SHOWS MALICIOUS AI IS NOT AS DANGEROUS AS FEARED

Dec 07, 2018

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming a de facto necessity for cybersecurity. The asymmetric nature of cyberattacks simply overwhelms traditional manual analyst defenses, and organizations must increasingly use AI and machine learning (ML)-enhanced technologies to detect known attack...

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HOW OPEN POLICY AGENT WORKS TO SECURE CLOUD-NATIVE WORKLOADS

Dec 07, 2018

A core element of IT security is having proper policies in place that define what is and what isn't allowed for a given process or entity. In the cloud-native world, where there are multiple distributed elements that can live in different deployment modalities, the challenge of defining and impl...

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UK CONSUMERS HAVE LOST £500 EACH THROUGH ONLINE CRIME

Dec 07, 2018

Two-fifths of UK consumers have been a victim of cybercrime with phishing topping the list, according to new research from GMX. The email provider polled over 2000 Brits last month to better understand the impact and extent of online threats. It found that half of those netizens affected lost money ...

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RESEARCHERS TAKE AN AI APPROACH TO TEXT CAPTCHAS

Dec 07, 2018

Researchers at Lancaster University in the UK and Northwest University and Peking University in China have found a way to get around CAPTCHA security with new artificial intelligence, according to research published in a paper titled Yet Another Text Captcha Solver: A Generative Adversarial Network ...

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UNDER FIRE HUAWEI AGREES TO UK SECURITY DEMANDS: REPORT

Dec 07, 2018

Embattled Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has agreed to British intelligence demands over its equipment and software as it seeks to be part of the country's 5G network plans, the FT reported Friday. Huawei executives met senior officials from Britain's National Cyber Security Centre (NCS...

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APPLE FIXES PASSCODE, REMOTE CODE EXECUTION FLAWS IN IOS AND MACOS

Dec 06, 2018

Apple released a series of updates on Dec. 5 to its desktop and mobile operating systems, patching serious vulnerabilities that could have exposed users to risk. Among the updates released by Apple are iOS 12.1.1, macOS Mojave 10.14.2 and Safari 12.0.2. The bugs fixed across the updates include priv...

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CENSYS TO EXPAND INTERNET SCANNING FOR THREAT HUNTING

Dec 06, 2018

Visibility is key for IT security professionals trying to figure out the nature of a given cyber-security threat. While having visibility into an organization's environment is one thing, having visibility into the entirety of the internet is another, which is where Censys fits in. Censys has its...

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BT STRIPS HUAWEI FROM 3G AND 4G CORE

Dec 06, 2018

BT and Huawei have sought to play down speculation that the former is stripping the Chinese telecoms giant’s equipment from its networks over security concerns. The UK telco group said it is removing Huawei infrastructure from its core 3G and 4G networks to meet existing policy, which will als...

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REPUBLICAN PARTY BREACHED IN MAJOR CYBER-ATTACK – REPORT

Dec 06, 2018

The chief campaign organization of the Republican Party has been hacked and thousands of emails from senior aides compromised over the period of several months, it has emerged. In an incident reminiscent of the notorious cyber-attack on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) ahead of the 2016 presi...

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GOOGLE PATCHES MORE THAN 50 ANDROID VULNERABILITIES IN DECEMBER

Dec 06, 2018

Google this week released a set of security patches for Android, to address over 50 vulnerabilities in the mobile operating system. The most severe of the security bugs is a critical issue in Media framework that could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code within the context of ...

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HACKERS GET INTO NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE'S EMAIL SYSTEM

Dec 05, 2018

“Thousands of emails were stolen” from four senior aides to the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), the campaign arm for House Republicans, during the 2018 midterm campaign. MSSP first detected the hack and then CrowdStrike was brought into it in April to investigate the ...

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BUSINESSES WARNED ON WINTER PHISHING SCAMS

Dec 05, 2018

Winter is phishing season, and organisations and individuals alike should be extra vigilant during the holidays. This is according to a new report from F5 Labs, which claims that fraud incidents in October, November, and December usually jump more than 50 per cent, compared to a yearly average. Most...

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KUBERNETES HIT BY MAJOR SECURITY FLAW

Dec 05, 2018

A serious flaw in Kubernetes has been identified, and this one is so big that you should stop using it and update, immediately. Dubbed CVE-2018-1002105, the flaw allows anyone to establish a connection through the Kubernetes application programming interface (API) server to a backend server. Once co...

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RUSSIAN HOSPITAL TARGETED WITH FLASH ZERO-DAY AFTER KERCH INCIDENT

Dec 05, 2018

Security updates released by Adobe on Wednesday for Flash Player patch two vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw exploited by a sophisticated threat actor in attacks aimed at a healthcare organization associated with the Russian presidential administration. The attack may be related to the rece...

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IOT BACKBONE IS RIDDLED WITH SECURITY ISSUES

Dec 05, 2018

Two popular IoT communications protocols are riddled with vulnerabilities and systemic issues which are exposing countless global organizations to industrial espionage, targeted attacks and DoS, according to Trend Micro. The security giant’s latest report, The Fragility of Industrial IoT&rsquo...

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HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE WAS HACKED DURING 2018 ELECTION

Dec 04, 2018

The National Republican Congressional Committee was hacked during the 2018 US midterm elections. The breach, first reported by Politico, exposed thousands of emails to an unknown hacker. "The NRCC can confirm that it was the victim of a cyber intrusion by an unknown entity," Ian Prior, a s...

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NEW RANSOMWARE DEMANDS PAYMENT OVER WECHAT PAY IN CHINA

Dec 04, 2018

Ransomware attacks may have dwindled since the destructive days of WannaCry and NotPetya last year, but a new one has struck mobile-centric China and it's asking for ransom through one of the country's most popular methods of payment. Over 20,000 computers have fallen victim to an unnamed ra...

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MALWARE DROPPER SUPPORTS A DOZEN DECOY DOCUMENT FORMATS

Dec 04, 2018

A recently discovered malware dropper has the ability to use nearly a dozen decoy document file formats to drop various payloads, Palo Alto Networks security researchers warn. Dubbed CARROTBAT, the customized dropper is being used to deliver lures primarily pertaining to the Korean region, revolving...

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RUSSIAN RANSOMWARE BROKERS SCAM VICTIMS

Dec 04, 2018

Security researchers have discovered cybersecurity scammers in Russia are generating hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits by falsely claiming to be able to unlock encrypted files. Check Point explained that one ‘IT consultancy’ named Dr Shifro is promising customers it can help th...

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PHISHING CAMPAIGN DELIVERS FLAWEDAMMYY, RMS RATS

Dec 04, 2018

A new campaign delivering various remote access Trojans (RATs) is likely the work of a known Dridex/Locky operator, Morphisec security researchers warn. Dubbed Pied Piper, the campaign targets users in multiple countries and is likely operated by TA505, the threat group known to have orchestrated la...

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DATA BREACHES CAN SUCKER-PUNCH YOU. PREPARE TO FIGHT BACK

Dec 03, 2018

When a big data breach makes the news, there's one thing that can get lost in the noise -- the harm that hacking causes regular people like you. Experts tend to focus on the number of people whose records hackers stole, or whether the breached company could have prevented the hack. Those are imp...

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CISCO, AT&T, INTEL PROMOTE BEST ANTI-BOTNET PRACTICES FOR COMPANIES

Dec 03, 2018

A new report recommends best practices for services providers, enterprises, and software and device manufacturers to protect against botnets and other automated distributed attacks. The Council to Secure the Digital Economy published the 2018 International Anti-Botnet Guide. It’s a trade assoc...

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KNOWING VALUE OF DATA ASSETS IS CRUCIAL TO CYBERSECURITY RISK MANAGEMENT

Dec 03, 2018

Understanding the value of corporate assets is fundamental to cybersecurity risk management. Only when the true value is known can the correct level of security be applied. Sponsored by DocAuthority and based on Gartner's Infonomics Data Valuation Model, Ponemon Institute queried 2,827 professio...

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NSA EXPLOITS NOT SILENT BUT ETERNALLY PROBLEMATIC

Nov 29, 2018

It’s been over a year since patches to protect against the leaked NSA exploits were released, yet Akamai has published research revealing the continued use of the Eternal family of exploits with evidence of a new version of the UPnProxy vulnerability targeting unpatched computers behind the ro...

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DELL RESETS USER PASSWORDS AFTER WEBSITE ATTACK

Nov 29, 2018

Dell announced late on Nov. 28 that its Dell.com customer-facing website was the victim of a cyber-attack. The attack was apparently discovered by Dell on Nov. 9, with attackers taking aim at usernames, email addresses and passwords that had been cryptographically hashed. According to Dell, it has n...

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ATTACKERS KEEN ON AUTOMATED BROWSERS

Nov 29, 2018

Google Chrome has long been a popular web browser, but since the introduction of the headless mode functionality, the browser has grow in popularity not only among software engineers and testers but also with attackers, according to Imperva. According to recently published research, "Headless C...

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ATTACKERS RUN ON DUNKIN'S DD PERKS REWARDS

Nov 29, 2018

Boston-based Dunkin’, the brand formerly known as Dunkin Donuts, has released a warning to its customers stating that DD Perks reward account holders were potentially hacked by a third party in a credential-stuffing attack wherein hackers were trying to steal the rewards points to sell and tra...

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INDUSTRY REACTIONS TO USPS EXPOSING USER DATA

Nov 28, 2018

Security blogger Brian Krebs revealed recently that an API used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) had a vulnerability that potentially exposed the data of 60 million customers. Krebs learned of the security hole from an unnamed researcher who had reported the issue to USPS over a year ago. ...

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CYBER RISK EXCHANGE STARTUP CYBERGRX RAISES $30 MILLION

Nov 28, 2018

CyberGRX, a Denver, Colorado-based startup that has created what it calls a “global cyber risk exchange”, today announced that it has raised $30 million in Series C funding, bringing the total amount raised by the company to $59 million. Through its recently launched third-party cyber ri...

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IBM BRINGS ENHANCED DATA MODELS TO QRADAR ADVISOR WITH WATSON 2.0

Nov 28, 2018

IBM announced on Nov. 28 that it is expanding the capabilities of its QRadar Advisor with Watson platform to help organizations more rapidly understand attacker behaviors. The IBM QRadar Advisor with Watson 2.0 release is an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that enables organizations to collect...

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NOKIA’S SOFTWARE BIZ IS FIRMLY ROOTED IN SILICON VALLEY

Nov 28, 2018

Nokia is making its presence in Silicon Valley a bit more prominent with the addition of a new corporate campus in Sunnvale, California. Although the campus won’t be ready until the first half of 2020, the company’s intent is to bring together its 1,000 or so employees that are currently...

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MICROSOFT REVEALS MORE ON RECENT SECURITY HICCUPS

Nov 27, 2018

Remember that big outage that happened last week to Azure, Office 365 and Dynamic users? Well, Microsoft has shed some more light on what the underlying causes were. Publicly releasing root causes to the issue, Microsoft said there were three separate problems that led to the downtime. The first two...

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SCAM WEBSITES ARE USING THAT GREEN HTTPS PADLOCK TO FOOL YOU

Nov 27, 2018

You may have heard you should look for the padlock symbol at the top of a website before entering your password or credit card information into an online form. It's well-meaning advice, but new data shows it isn't enough to keep your sensitive information secure. As it turns out, fraudsters ...

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CRYPTOCURRENCY-STEALING CODE DISTRIBUTED VIA POPULAR LIBRARY

Nov 27, 2018

The popular EventStream Node.js library was recently modified to fetch malicious code designed to steal crypto-currencies. Designed as a toolkit to make creating and working with streams easy, the JavaScript package has around two million downloads a week, which makes it a valuable resource to appli...

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AWS BOOSTS SERVERLESS SECURITY WITH FIRECRACKER MICROVMS

Nov 27, 2018

Amazon Web Services is looking to further accelerate the adoption of serverless computing with the announcement on Nov. 26 at its re:Invent conference of its new open-source Firecracker lightweight virtualization technology. There has long been a debate about whether or not it is necessary to run co...

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WHAT IS WINDOWS HELLO? MICROSOFT’S BIOMETRICS SECURITY SYSTEM EXPLAINED

Nov 26, 2018

Windows Hello is a biometrics-based technology that enables Windows 10 users to authenticate secure access to their devices, apps, online services and networks with just a fingerprint, iris scan or facial recognition. The sign-in mechanism is essentially an alternative to passwords and is widely con...

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ALIBABA RESTRUCTURES AMIDST CLOUD COMPUTING PUSH AND GROWTH

Nov 26, 2018

Alibaba Group Chief Executive Daniel Zhang announced that the company would be restructuring its cloud business unit and its Tmall e-commerce business. This comes just weeks after Zhang told CNBC that Alibaba Cloud would be the group’s main business in the future. Alibaba will rename its cloud...

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RESEARCHERS USE SMART BULB FOR DATA EXFILTRATION

Nov 26, 2018

Researchers with software risk measurement and management company Checkmarx were able to create two mobile applications that abuse the functionality of smart bulbs for data exfiltration. For their experiment, the researchers used the Magic Blue smart bulbs, which work with both Android and iOS, and ...

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DOS VULNERABILITIES IMPACT LINUX KERNEL

Nov 26, 2018

Two recently disclosed Linux kernel vulnerabilities that remain unpatched could be exploited for local denial-of-service (DoS). The flaws, both which were made public last week, impact Linux kernel 4.19.2 and previous versions. Both represent NULL pointer deference bugs that can be exploited by loca...

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US SAYS CHINA INCREASED HACKING OVER TRADE DISPUTE

Nov 23, 2018

In advance of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping, a US government report made claims that China had increased hacking attempts in an effort to steal American technology and shows no sign of stopping or slowing its cyber-theft practices, according to the ...

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MICROSOFT TAKES ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS KILLING PASSWORDS

Nov 22, 2018

People looking to log into their Microsoft accounts no longer need passwords to do so. The Redmond giant has announced today that it is supporting passwordless user authentication, which uses biometrics, the Microsoft Authenticator app, or a FIDO2-compatible device. A whole swathe of Microsoft servi...

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USPS REPORTEDLY FIXES WEBSITE BUG THAT EXPOSED DATA OF 60M USERS

Nov 22, 2018

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, it appears the US Postal Service has fixed a security flaw that allowed all USPS.com account holders, some 60 million people, to see personal details of fellow users. Cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs wrote about the bug on Wednesday, noting that he was c...

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SIGNIFICANT LACK IN AWARENESS OF IOT SECURITY AMONG IT LEADERS, STUDY FINDS

Nov 21, 2018

A survey conducted by IT security firm Trend Micro has revealed that 86% of IT and security decision makers around the world believe their organisations need to enhance their awareness of IoT threats. This is due to significant lack of knowledge which accompanies rising threat levels and security ch...

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FACEBOOK BOOSTS BUG BOUNTY PAYOUTS FOR ACCOUNT TAKEOVER FLAWS

Nov 21, 2018

Facebook has faced multiple challenges over the course of 2018 as it has struggled with inauthentic user behavior, abuse of private information and outright attacks where user accounts were hijacked. In an effort to improve user account security and mitigate hijacking threats, Facebook announced on ...

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ATTACKERS EXPLOIT RECENTLY PATCHED POPULAR WORDPRESS PLUGIN

Nov 21, 2018

Recently patched vulnerabilities in the popular AMP for WP plugin are being targeted in an active Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) campaign, Wordfence reports. With over 100,000 installs, the plugin adds Accelerated Mobile Pages (Google AMP Project) functionality to websites, which makes them faster for m...

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HACKERS LINKED TO RUSSIA IMPERSONATE US OFFICIALS

Nov 20, 2018

In a targeted campaign directed at multiple organizations across law enforcement, media, pharmaceutical and other public sectors, hackers with alleged ties to the Russian government have been trying to infiltrate US government computers and networks, according to a new report published by FireEye. M...

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PORTSHIFT PLATFORM LOOKS TO SECURE APPLICATION IDENTITY IN THE CLOUD

Nov 20, 2018

Assigning identity to applications has long been a challenge for organizations, and it's one that startup Portshift is looking to help solve. Portshift officially launched on Nov. 20, backed by Israeli cyber-security accelerator Team8 and $5.3 million in seed funding. Portshift's core techno...

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AWS LAUNCHES NEW SECURITY OFFERING WHICH MITIGATES S3 MISCONFIGURATIONS – IF CUSTOMERS GET IT RIGHT

Nov 20, 2018

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced extra steps to ensure customers’ S3 buckets don’t become misconfigured – but don’t assume responsibility has been taken away from the customer. The new service, Amazon S3 Block Public Access, can work at the account level, on individual...

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TP-LINK PATCHES REMOTE CODE EXECUTION FLAWS IN SOHO ROUTER

Nov 19, 2018

Vulnerabilities recently addressed by WiFi device maker TP-Link in its TL-R600VPN small and home office (SOHO) router could allow remote code execution, Cisco Talos security researchers warn. The issues were mainly caused by lack of input sanitization and parsing errors. Lack of proper input sanitiz...

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IS YOUR DATA BREACH RESPONSE PLAN READY?

Nov 19, 2018

Fifty-six percent of organizations experienced a data breach involving more than 1,000 records over the past two years, and of those, 37 percent occurred two to three times and 39 percent were global in scope, according to Experian. In 2017 in particular, there were more than 5,000 reported data bre...

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SONICWALL LAUNCHES SD-WAN, RISK METRICS AND NEW UTM HARDWARE

Nov 19, 2018

SonicWall is adding multiple new features to its product portfolio, in a bid to help organizations further secure their on-premises and hybrid cloud assets against threats. Among the new features coming to SonicWall's Capture Cloud Platform are zero-touch deployment options and software-defined ...

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TEXAS HOSPITAL BECOMES VICTIM OF DHARMA RANSOMWARE

Nov 19, 2018

The Altus Baytown Hospital (ABH) has revealed a ransomware outbreak which may have led to the leak of patient data. In a statement on its website, the Texas-based hospital said that ABH discovered an unauthorized threat actor rifling through the organization's systems on roughly September 3. The...

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DRIDEX/LOCKY OPERATORS UNLEASH NEW MALWARE IN RECENT ATTACK

Nov 16, 2018

The threat actor(s) behind many Dridex and Locky campaigns have been using a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT), Proofpoint security researchers warn. Known as TA505, the attackers have been using malware dubbed tRat, which was written in Delphi and is modular in nature. The new piece of malware was fir...

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SAMSAM AND GANDCRAB ILLUSTRATE EVOLUTION OF RANSOMWARE

Nov 16, 2018

2018 has seen a major divergence in the operation of ransomware: targeted versus ransomware as a service (RaaS). Two particular malware families have dominated each branch: SamSam (targeted) and GandCrab (RaaS). Targeted seeks high ransoms from relatively few victims, while RaaS seeks relatively sma...

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BLACKBERRY JUMPS INTO SECURITY WITH $1.4B CYLANCE ACQUISITION

Nov 16, 2018

A week after the first rumors of the acquisition began to surface, BlackBerry confirmed on Nov. 16 that it is acquiring cyber-security vendor Cylance for $1.4 billion in cash. The deal is expected to close before BlackBerry's fiscal year end in February 2019. Cylance is best known for its suite ...

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TEXT MESSAGE DATABASE REPORTEDLY LEAKED PASSWORD RESETS

Nov 15, 2018

A massive database managing millions of text messages was reportedly discovered unsecured, exposing sensitive information such as password resets and two-factor security codes. Vovox, a San Diego-based communications company maintained the server, which was left unprotected by password, offering any...

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GREATHORN EXPANDS EMAIL SECURITY PLATFORM

Nov 15, 2018

Waltham, MA-based GreatHorn has expanded its machine-learning phishing protection system into a complete email security platform. "This major new expansion of the Company's flagship solution," it announced on November 14, "addresses every potential stage of a phishing attack with ...

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NEARLY 70 PERCENT OF SMBS EXPERIENCE CYBER ATTACKS

Nov 14, 2018

The 2018 State of Cybersecurity in Small and Medium Size Businesses study, conducted by the Ponemon Institute, sponsored by Keeper Security, revealed that small businesses increasingly face the same cybersecurity risks as larger companies, but only 28 percent rate their ability to mitigate threats, ...

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APPLE'S SAFARI TESTS 'NOT SECURE' WARNING FOR UNENCRYPTED WEBSITES

Nov 14, 2018

Apple's Safari team, following Chrome's lead, has begun warning people when they're visiting websites that aren't protected by HTTPS encryption. The feature for now is only in Safari Technology Preview 70, a version of the web browser Apple uses to test technology it typically brings...

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THE BIGGEST CYBER THREATS TO WATCH OUT FOR IN 2019

Nov 13, 2018

Experts from The Chertoff Group, a global security advisory firm that enables clients to navigate changes in security risk, technology and policy, developed a list of the biggest cyber threats to watch out for in 2019. Cryptojacking. If the recent and explosive growth of ransomware is an indication ...

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DESPITE RAISED AWARENESS, WORKER CYBER SECURITY PRACTICES AREN'T IMPROVING

Nov 13, 2018

Even though there has lately been a lot of talk about cybersecurity awareness amongst employees, their habits aren’t getting any better. As a matter of fact, SailPoint Technologies’ new report says they are actually getting worse. The enterprise identity governance company issued a repor...

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SAP PATCHES CRITICAL VULNERABILITY IN HANA STREAMING ANALYTICS

Nov 13, 2018

SAP this week published its November 2018 set of security patches, which include 11 new Security Patch Day Notes, along with 3 updates for previously released notes. This month’s Security Notes include a Hot News note, five notes rated High, and eight notes considered Medium risk. The most imp...

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TWISTLOCK IMPROVES CLOUD-NATIVE SECURITY WITH DISCOVERY TOOL

Nov 13, 2018

There is a simple truism in much of IT, and that is that organizations can't manage what they're not aware of. As organizations increasingly make use of distributed teams that use cloud-native services, there is a nontrivial risk of application sprawl. On Nov. 13, container security vendor T...

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CLOUDFLARE BRINGS PRIVACY TO MOBILE TRAFFIC WITH 1.1.1.1 DNS APP

Nov 12, 2018

Cloudflare is extending its 1.1.1.1 DNS service with new mobile capabilities it announced on Nov. 11. The 1.1.1.1 DNS service was first launched on April 1, providing a freely available service to help secure and accelerate DNS lookups. The initial service launch required users to make a change on t...

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ADOBE COLDFUSION VULNERABILITY EXPLOITED IN THE WILD

Nov 09, 2018

A recently patched remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Adobe ColdFusion web application development platform has been exploited in the wild by one or more threat groups, Volexity warned on Thursday. The security hole in question is tracked as CVE-2018-15961 and it was resolved by Adobe...

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THE MORRIS WORM TURNS 30

Nov 09, 2018

How the historic Internet worm attack of 1988 has shaped security - or not. Michele Guel was sound asleep on Nov. 3, 1988, when the call came at 3:30 a.m.: An unknown virus had infiltrated NASA Ames Research Laboratory's Sun Microsystems file servers and workstations and was sapping their resour...

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NEARLY 4,000 BREACHES DISCLOSED IN 2018

Nov 08, 2018

While it is likely that the breach activity of 2018 won’t reach the level of 2017, a look back at the first nine months suggests that 2018 is on pace to be another significant year for breaches, according to Risk Based Security. The 2018 Q3 Data Breach QuickView Report found that 3,676 data co...

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MOST IT SECURITY PROS UNDERESTIMATE PHISHING RISKS

Nov 08, 2018

Based on the results of a new survey, the vast majority of IT security pros fail to understand the actual risks of short-lived but dangerous phishing attacks on the web, said SlashNext. Conducted over a five day period, a query of 300 IT security decision makers in midsized firms in the US found tha...

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SYMANTEC BOOSTS SECURITY WITH JAVELIN, APPTHORITY ACQUISITIONS

Nov 06, 2018

Symantec continues to grow its portfolio of cyber-security products and services, most recently via the acquisitions of Javelin Networks and Appthority. Privately held Javelin Networks develops technology to help protect enterprises from attacks that target the widely deployed Microsoft Active Direc...

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U.S. CONSUMERS' SECURITY HABITS MAKE THEM VULNERABLE TO FRAUD

Nov 06, 2018

Despite almost half of U.S. consumers (49 percent) believing their security habits make them vulnerable to information fraud or identity theft, 51 percent admit to reusing passwords/PINs across multiple accounts such as email, computer log in, phone passcode, and bank accounts. That is according to ...

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FACEBOOK SEPARATES WORKPLACE FOR BUSINESS CUSTOMERS

Nov 01, 2018

Facebook has revealed it will be separating out its Workplace by Facebook platform from its main domain. The social network said that soon, businesses that pay for Workplace by Facebook (and according to Facebook October 2017 figures, there's 30,000 of them so far), will no longer log in through...

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USB DRIVES DELIVER DANGEROUS MALWARE TO INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES: HONEYWELL

Nov 01, 2018

Malware is still being delivered to industrial facilities via USB removable storage devices and some threats can cause significant disruptions, according to a report published on Thursday by Honeywell. The industrial giant last year launched SMX, a product designed to protect facilities from USB-bor...

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BLEEDINGBIT BLUETOOTH VULNERABILITIES EXPOSE WIFI APS TO RISK

Nov 01, 2018

Wireless access points from multiple vendors are potentially at risk thanks to a set of new Bluetooth flaws known as Bleedingbit. Bleedingbit was publicly announced by IoT security firm Armis on Nov. 1; it impacts Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) chips made by Texas Instruments (TI) that are used in Cisco...

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PROPOSAL FOR CYBERSECURITY CIVILIAN CORPS GETS MIXED RECEPTION

Oct 31, 2018

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 Amer...

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LOGRHYTHM ADVANCES NEXTGEN SIEM SECURITY PLATFORM WITH SOAR FEATURES

Oct 30, 2018

Some organizations might think of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technology as only being concerned with log collection for security, but that's not what LogRhythm's NextGen SIEM system is all about. LogRhythm announced its 7.4 release on Oct. 30, enhancing the company'...

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CYBER IS A BOARDROOM ISSUE IN 2018

Oct 30, 2018

Based on studies and interviews with corporate board members and chief information security officers (CISOs), the Cyber Balance Sheet, published by Focal Point Data Risk and produced by the Cyentia Institute, found that boardrooms are engaging in more conversations about security. While the talks ab...

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CLOUD DATA IS MORE AT RISK THAN THOUGHT

Oct 30, 2018

Almost a quarter of all corporate data in the cloud can be categorised as sensitive, which might spell trouble for the company if the data gets stolen or somehow leaks. This is according to the latest McAfee Cloud Adoption and Risk Report which claims that the threat is even greater than originally ...

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IBM TO ACQUIRE OPEN SOURCE GIANT RED HAT FOR $34 BILLION

Oct 29, 2018

IBM said Sunday it has reached a deal to buy open source software company Red Hat for $34 billion, among the biggest tech mergers in history which the computing giant said would enhance its cloud offerings. If approved it will be the third biggest tech merger in history, according to business news s...

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LOGICAL BUG IN MICROSOFT WORD'S 'ONLINE VIDEO' ALLOWS CODE EXECUTION

Oct 29, 2018

Microsoft Office is impacted by a logical bug that allows an attacker to abuse the “online video” feature in Word to execute malicious code, Cymulate security researchers warn. The issue, which supposedly impacts all users of Office 2016 and older, can be exploited without special config...

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FACEBOOK IS MOVING FAST TO LIMIT COORDINATED INAUTHENTIC BEHAVIOR

Oct 29, 2018

Facebook is not sitting idly by while attackers attempt to influence the social network's users with inauthentic accounts and recently removed 82 pages that were followed by over 1 million accounts. Facebook is moving swiftly to disrupt and remove nation-state backed attackers from its social me...

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STATE OF SOFTWARE SECURITY MOVING FORWARD SLOWLY, VERACODE REPORTS

Oct 25, 2018

The state of software security in 2018 is marginally better than what it was in 2017, but there is still lots of room to improve, according to the 2018 State of Software Security report from CA's Veracode division. Among the high-level findings in the SOSS report is that 69 percent of discovered...

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US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EXPANDS BUG BOUNTY EFFORTS

Oct 24, 2018

The Department of Defense has found value over the past two years in engaging with hackers and is now expanding its crowdsourced security efforts with HackerOne, Synack and Bugcrowd. While it might seem counterintuitive, the U.S. Department of Defense has been actively encouraging hackers to hack th...

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POCKET INET LEAVES 73 GB OF SENSITIVE DATA EXPOSED

Oct 24, 2018

A Washington State internet provider, Pocket iNet, left an AWS S3 server exposed online without a password, according to UpGuard. The UpGuard cyber-risk team reported that the information exposed included 73 gigabytes of downloadable data, which included passwords and other sensitive files, ranging ...

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NETSCOUT LAUNCHES ARBOR EDGE DEFENSE FOR ENTERPRISE DDOS SECURITY

Oct 23, 2018

Netscout Systems announced its Arbor Edge Defense security system on Oct. 23, providing organizations with automated inbound and outbound protection against threats. The AED technology, which Netscout is positioning as a stateless technology that blocks cyber-threats, is deployed at the perimeter of...

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ORACLE DOUBLES DOWN ON CLOUD SECURITY WITH CASB, WAF, DDOS PROTECTION

Oct 23, 2018

At OpenWorld 2018 on Oct. 23, Oracle announced a series of new cloud security technologies, providing organizations with enhanced capabilities to defend against attacks. Among the new security capabilities is a Web Application Firewall (WAF) to help protect Oracle Cloud Infrastructure customers from...

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WALLARM ADVANCES APPLICATION SECURITY WITH FAST 2.0

Oct 22, 2018

Wallarm is looking to gain share in the growing market for application security, with continued advancements to the company's Framework for Automatic Security Testing, or FAST, platform. On Oct. 22, Wallarm announced that it raised $8 million in a Series A round of funding, led by Toba Capital a...

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75K FILES ACCESSED IN INSURANCE EXCHANGES BREACH

Oct 22, 2018

Early last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced some suspicious activity in the Federally Facilitated Exchanges (FFE), an agent and broker exchanges portal. On October 13, 2018, a CMS staffer noticed the anomalous activity that resulted in the agency declaring a bre...

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GREYENERGY POTENTIAL SUCCESSOR OF BLACKENERGY

Oct 19, 2018

GreyEnergy, a subgroup of the advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as BlackEnergy, has been attacking the energy sector for the past three years, according to ESET. Back in December of 2015, when approximately 230,000 people suffered a blackout after the APT group BlackEnergy attacked a powe...

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ORACLE PATCHES 301 VULNERABILITIES IN OCTOBER UPDATE

Oct 18, 2018

Oracle's final Critical Patch Update (CPU) for 2018 is now available, patching 301 vulnerabilities spread across Oracle's product portfolio. Of the 301 vulnerabilities, 49 are rated with a CVSS (Common Vulnerabilities Security Scoring) score of 9.0 or higher, with only a single issue garneri...

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SHIELDX INTEGRATES INTENTION ENGINE INTO ELASTIC SECURITY PLATFORM

Oct 17, 2018

ShieldX announced its new Elastic Security Platform on Oct. 17 providing organizations with Docker container-based data center security, that uses advanced machine learning to determine intent. At the core of the Elastic Security Platform is a technology that ShieldX calls the Adaptive Intention Eng...

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MCAFEE EXTENDS MVISION SECURITY PLATFORM WITH EDR, CLOUD PROTECTION

Oct 17, 2018

McAfee kicked off its annual MPOWER conference on Oct. 17 announcing new updates to its Mvision cyber-security product portfolio, The new updates include the Mvision EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) offering that provides new endpoint security capabilities. The new Mvision Cloud service brings ...

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GITHUB RELEASES NEW WORKFLOW TOOLS, 'OCTOVERSE' REPORT

Oct 16, 2018

The global open source code repository also released new security tools with the GitHub Security Advisory API, new ways to learn across teams with GitHub Learning Lab for organizations, and other items. Oh yes, it also released the annual "State of the Octoverse" report. GitHub held its Un...

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INSURER ANTHEM WILL PAY RECORD $16M FOR MASSIVE DATA BREACH

Oct 16, 2018

The nation's second-largest health insurer has agreed to pay the government a record $16 million to settle potential privacy violations in the biggest known health care hack in U.S. history, officials said Monday. The personal information of nearly 79 million people — including names, birt...

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CYBERARK BRINGS PRIVILEGED SESSION MANAGER TO THE CLOUD

Oct 15, 2018

CyberArk has integrated technology from Vaultive to create a new offering that looks to help organizations secure session and access management in the cloud. CyberArk announced its new Privileged Session Manager for Cloud offering on Oct. 15, providing its customers with capabilities for managing an...

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IBM OPENS UP SERIES OF SECURITY, AI AND CLOUD INITIATIVES

Oct 15, 2018

In a bid to encourage more open platforms, IBM announced its new Security Connect, MultiCloud Manager and AI OpenScale platforms. IBM is looking to further position itself as an open vendor with a series of announcements on Oct. 15 across security, cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) services. IB...

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SECRET AMAZON DATA CENTER GIVES NOD TO SEINFELD

Oct 12, 2018

On October 11, 2018, WikiLeaks published AmazonAtlas, a 20-page document from late 2015 containing the addresses and operational details for more than 100 of Amazon’s data centers, one of which indicates an affinity for the comedy of Jerry Seinfeld. In addition to revealing the information abo...

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NO COOKIES FOR CARTTHIEF, A NEW MAGECART VARIANT

Oct 12, 2018

A new variant of the Magecart attacks has been targeting smaller e-commerce operations, according to The Media Trust’s digital security and operations (DSO) team. Researchers found a new type of malware that targets payment pages on legitimate Magento-hosted retail sites. Dubbed CartThief, the...

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GOOGLE HARDENS ANDROID KERNEL

Oct 11, 2018

Google this week revealed that Android’s kernel is becoming more resilient to code reuse attacks, courtesy of implemented support for LLVM’s Control Flow Integrity (CFI). CFI support, Google says, was added to Android kernel versions 4.9 and 4.14 and the feature is available to all devic...

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FACEBOOK PURGES 251 ACCOUNTS TO THWART DECEPTION

Oct 11, 2018

Facebook on Thursday said it shut down 251 accounts for breaking rules against spam and coordinated deceit, some of it by ad farms pretending to be forums for political debate. The move came as the leading social network strives to prevent the platform from being used to sow division and spread misi...

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CARBON BLACK ADDS THREAT HUNTING TO ITS SECURITY CLOUD

Oct 10, 2018

Carbon Black added threat hunting and incident response capabilities to its cloud-based endpoint security platform, Cb Predictive Security Cloud. The new service, called Cb Threat Hunter, is essentially a cloud-delivered version of the company’s on-premises Cb Response endpoint detection and r...

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ALERT LOGIC GROWS CONTAINER SECURITY CAPABILITIES

Oct 10, 2018

Alert Logic is moving its container security support beyond Amazon Web Services and now supports Microsoft Azure--in addition to on-premises deployments of containers and Kubernetes. Alert Logic announced on Oct. 9 new capabilities and deployment options for its Network Intrusion Detection System (N...

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GOOGLE TIGHTENS RULES AROUND APP PERMISSIONS

Oct 09, 2018

Google this week announced improved user control over data shared with apps, redesigned app permissions, and diminished app access to sensitive information such as contacts, SMS, and phone. The changes, the search giant says, are being rolled out as part of Project Strobe, which represents an overal...

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MICROSOFT PATCHES WINDOWS ZERO-DAY EXPLOITED BY 'FRUITYARMOR' GROUP

Oct 09, 2018

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates for October 2018 resolve nearly 50 vulnerabilities, including a Windows zero-day flaw exploited by an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as FruityArmor. The zero-day, tracked as CVE-2018-8453, has been described by Microsoft as a privilege escalation i...

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TENABLE RESEARCHER REVEALS EXTENDED MIKROTIK ROUTER VULNERABILITY

Oct 08, 2018

At Derbycon, a Tenable security researcher disclosed a new attack vector for a previously disclosed vulnerability in a widely deployed router platform. Routers represent an attractive target for hackers to build botnets and spread malware, especially when the routers have known, unpatched remote cod...

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WHY CYBERSECURITY TRAINING MUST BECOME A PRIORITY

Oct 05, 2018

Why Cybersecurity Training Must Become a Priority. Because the threat landscape continues to evolve rapidly, organizations are having a hard time keeping pace with the evolving cybersecurity skills required to manage their complex environments. Cybercrime is on the upswing, and no industry is immune...

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CALIFORNIA TO BAN WEAK PASSWORDS

Oct 05, 2018

In an effort to better protect its residents from falling victim to cyber attacks, California has announced that it will ban weak passwords from 2020. Default passwords such as “admin” and “password” will be illegal for electronics manufacturers to use in the state as they of...

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12.5M BUSINESS EMAIL ACCOUNTS ACCESSIBLE VIA WEB

Oct 05, 2018

Cybercriminals have found new ways to infiltrate corporate emails, which has resulted in a $12bn cost to businesses over the last five years, according to Digital Shadows. Compromised corporate accounts are commonly traded on the dark web, where criminals stand to earn a pretty penny, particularly i...

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FIREEYE INTRODUCES COMMUNITY-BASED PROTECTION FOR BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER A CYBER ATTACK

Oct 04, 2018

FireEye Cyber Defense Summit – FireEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: FEYE), the intelligence-led security company, today announced the availability of a set of solutions to empower collaboration and bolster access to community-based protection from cyber attacks. The FireEye Market, Expertise On-Demand and e...

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DHS MOVES TO DEFEND INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS SECTORS

Oct 04, 2018

With the kickoff of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been actively focused on cybersecurity this week. The department is continuing its efforts to enhance cybersecurity across the nation’s critical infrastructure, which Secretary Kirstjen Ni...

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AFTER FACEBOOK'S HACK, THERE'S A LOT OF USELESS POST-BREACH ADVICE

Oct 03, 2018

If someone is telling you that you should change your passwords after Facebook's breach, stop. The advice is completely useless for the 50 million people potentially affected by a security flaw, announced Sept. 28, in Facebook's "View As" feature. And yet, organizations like the US...

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18 VULNERABILITIES FOUND IN FOXIT PDF READER

Oct 03, 2018

Eighteen vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Foxit PDF Reader, a commonly used alternative to Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is a widely used browser plugin, according to Cisco Talos. “Foxit PDF Reader is one of the most popular free tools for viewing, commenting on and editing PDF documents. ...

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FACEBOOK FINDS 'NO EVIDENCE' HACKERS ACCESSED OUTSIDE APPS

Oct 02, 2018

Facebook says its investigation into a hack revealed last week has found "no evidence" that hackers accessed third-party apps. The breach, which Facebook said Friday had affected 50 million people on the social network, stemmed from a vulnerability in Facebook's "view as" fea...

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FACEBOOK FINDS 'NO EVIDENCE' HACKERS ACCESSED OUTSIDE APPS

Oct 02, 2018

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APOLLO FACES CRITICISM FOR BREACH OF 200 MILLION CONTACTS

Oct 02, 2018

Sales engagement startup Apollo, whose database of 200 million contacts across 10 million companies was reportedly hacked, is facing criticism for failing to protect the data it collects. According to TechCrunch, Apollo said its contacts database was stolen in a data breach. While the company’...

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FACEBOOK RESETTING ACCESS TOKENS FOR 90M USERS AFTER BREACH

Sep 28, 2018

On Sept. 28, the company publicly admitted that it was the victim of a data breach that impacted approximately 50 million user accounts. Out of an abundance of caution, Facebook is resetting the access tokens for a total of 90 million user accounts. The breach was apparently discovered in the aftern...

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AT&T AND ERICSSON PARTNER UP FOR IOT CYBERSECURITY

Sep 27, 2018

AT&T and Ericsson are teaming up to provide comprehensive testing for organizations to safeguard connected devices. According to AT&T, only 10% of its surveyed organization’s say they are confident about their devices having sufficient security measures in place. The operator has seen ...

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PCI-DSS COMPLIANCE DECLINING, VERIZON REPORTS

Sep 26, 2018

For six years in a row, Verizon has reported a steady increase in compliance with the PCI-DSS security standard for payment security. Unfortunately, it's a trend that has now changed course. On Sept. 25, Verizon released its 2018 Payment Security Report, revealing a drop in Payment Card Industry...

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UBER TO PAY $148 MILLION FOR FAILING TO REPORT 2016 HACK

Sep 26, 2018

Uber has reached a settlement with all 50 US states and the District of Columbia over a 2016 data breach the ride-hailing service failed to disclose. The company will pay a $148 million fine that will be distributed in varying amounts across all states, attorneys general said Wednesday. Uber will al...

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MICROSOFT ADDS NEW ENTERPRISE PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT TO OUTLOOK MOBILE

Sep 25, 2018

Despite what a number of messaging- and chat-oriented proponents keep insisting, email isn’t going away anytime soon. In fact, use of email is growing, just like virtually every other sector in IT. It’s like Sly and the Family Stone once sang: Different strokes for different folks. There...

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SECURITY-MINDED EMPLOYEES STILL POSE RISKS

Sep 25, 2018

Despite their training and best intentions, even the most security-minded employees behave in ways that put the enterprise at risk, according to The Security Culture Report 2018. The report, which covered eight industry sectors, surveyed more than 21,000 employees who spoke seven different languages...

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ATTIVO BRINGS CYBER-SECURITY DECEPTION TO CONTAINERS AND SERVERLESS

Sep 24, 2018

As organizations begin to embrace container and serverless technologies, there is a corresponding need to secure those deployment models. On Sept. 24, Attivo Networks announced its entry into the container and serverless security market with an update of its ThreatDefend cyber-security deception pla...

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HOW ENTERPRISES CAN BETTER DEFEND AGAINST SOCIAL-MEDIA THREATS

Sep 24, 2018

No person and no company are completely immune from attacks via the internet. Social networks, too, have been weaponized by all sorts of bad actors--including election meddlers, misinformation peddlers, fraudulent accounts, cybercriminals and scammers. The networks are doing their best to clean up t...

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RAPID7 LOOKS TO SOAR WITH INSIGHTCONNECT AUTOMATION PLATFORM

Sep 20, 2018

Rapid7 announced during a webcast customer event on Sept. 20 that it is enhancing its product portfolio with new automation capabilities to help IT security teams deal with the deluge of information and tasks needed to secure their organizations. Among the enhancements is the new InsightConnect secu...

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MALICIOUS LOGIN ATTEMPTS SPIKE IN FINANCE, RETAIL

Sep 20, 2018

The new 2018 State of the Internet/Security Credential Stuffing Attacks report is out, and according to the report publisher, Akamai, worldwide malicious login attempts are on the rise. Analyzing data gathered from its Intelligent Platform and attack data from across the company's global infrast...

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NEWEGG DATA BREACH EXPOSED CUSTOMER CREDIT CARD INFO, SAYS REPORT

Sep 19, 2018

Some Newegg customers reportedly had their credit card info nicked, as hacking group Magecart strikes again. Security researchers RiskIQ said Wednesday that Magecart inserted malicious code into the payments system of the hardware and electronics retailer and made off with charge card data. The nast...

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STATE DEPARTMENT EMAIL DATA BREACH EXPOSES EMPLOYEE DATA

Sep 19, 2018

The US State Department suffered a data breach that exposed some employee data. The email system breach impacted "less than 1 percent of employee inboxes," according to a Sept. 7 department alert obtained by Politico. The department's classified email system was not affected, according...

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FIDELIS LOOKS TO GROW CYBER-SECURITY PLATFORM WITH NEW FUNDING

Sep 18, 2018

Fidelis Cybersecurity announced on Sept. 18 that it has raised $25 million in a new round of funding to help grow the company's platform, which provides multiple capabilities for network and endpoint security. This has been a busy year for Fidelis as the company has expanded its core Elevate Pla...

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INJUNCTION TO SECURE GEORGIA ELECTIONS DENIED

Sep 18, 2018

A request for a preliminary injunction in the Georgia election security lawsuit was denied by a federal judge late last night. The plaintiffs, who have long been battling to have the state switch to using paper ballots, had their request denied by US District Judge Amy Totenberg. In a 46-page order,...

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WHY SOFTWARE-DEFINED PERIMETERS OUTFLANK VPNS FOR SECURE REMOTE ACCESS

Sep 17, 2018

With an increasing number of employees working from coffee shops, airports and home, and the cost of breaches increasing the security concerns created by perimeter-based VPNs, organizations are looking closer at alternatives such as SDPs, which use a zero-trust paradigm to overcome these issues. Per...

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HOW THE CLOUD SECURITY ALLIANCE CLOUD CONTROLS MATRIX BENEFITS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Sep 14, 2018

The self-service and dynamic nature of cloud infrastructure creates challenges for risk and compliance professionals. Tools that worked well in the traditional data centre do not translate to the public cloud. Due to these concerns over regulatory compliance and security, as well as the ...

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BITSIGHT LAUNCHES FORECASTING CAPABILITY FOR CYBER-RISK

Sep 05, 2018

The new offering aims to help organizations predict how different technology and process changes will impact future cyber-risk. Security ratings firm BitSight announced on Sept. 5 that it is expanding its offerings with the launch of the new BitSight Forecasting service. The BitSight Forecasting cap...

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HACKERONE PAID $500K IN BUG BOUNTIES AT DEF CON

Sep 05, 2018

Celebrating the success of this year’s live hacking event, HackerOne (H1) recently announced that more than $500,000 was paid in bounties during the third annual h1-702 at DEF CON 26 in Las Vegas last month. More than 75 hackers from over 20 countries hacked five targets (including the United ...

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‘FILELESS’ MALWARE ATTACKS GROWING IN NUMBER AND SOPHISTICATION

Sep 04, 2018

Not all malware arrives on your computers as a virus or some other type of code secreted in a file, but instead manifests itself as a corruption of system services that make your operating system do the dirty work. You may not have heard of a fileless malware attack, but despite its obscurity, it&rs...

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MAGENTOCORE MOST PROLIFIC SKIMMER CAMPAIGN

Sep 04, 2018

Online retailers and consumers alike need to heed caution when making credit card purchases. Magento, a global e-commerce platform has been targeted by a single group planting skimmer on individual stores, according to security researcher William de Groot. In the past six months, 7,339 individual st...

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HOW TO BRIDGE THE CYBERSECURITY SKILLS GAP EXPERT COLUMN

Sep 03, 2018

Cybersecurity has permeated all levels of business because everyone is being targeted by hackers and everyone is at risk. It’s causing businesses to spend more money, significantly affecting their bottom line. Hence, companies need to have a strong cybersecurity team starting at the C-level on...

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NUTANIX SEES ‘IMMENSE’ NETWORKING, SECURITY OPPORTUNITIES

Aug 31, 2018

Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey says networking and security are “immense” opportunities for the hyperconverged infrastructure company as its customers move to hybrid cloud environments. “One thing we hear a lot from our large customers is that hybrid cloud’s biggest weakness is n...

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43% OF SECURITY PROS COULD EXECUTE INSIDER ATTACK

Aug 31, 2018

A recent survey of nearly 200 IT professionals about insider threats found that nearly half of the participants believed they could successfully attack their organizations from the inside. In a blog post earlier this week Imperva researchers reported on insider threats and revealed the findings of t...

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FORMER LINKEDIN, YAHOO, CISCO EXECS TARGET CLOUD SECURITY AT AVID SECURE

Aug 30, 2018

Cloud security startup Avid Secure didn’t do the usual emergence from stealth mode with a splashy launch. “We didn’t go that route because we already had large paying customers,” said co-founder and CEO Nikhil Gupta, who previously held leadership roles at ForeScout, VMware, ...

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HEARING DATE SET IN GEORGIA ELECTION SECURITY CASE

Aug 30, 2018

A hearing has been filed in the ongoing Georgia election cybersecurity case, Curling v. Kemp, where Georgia citizens are fighting for more secure elections in a lawsuit against Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp. The hearing is scheduled for Monday, 17 September, at 11am. Oral...

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IOT DEVICES ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY UBIQUITOUS – BUT MOST CONSUMERS DON’T KNOW WHAT IOT MEANS

Aug 29, 2018

70% of consumers polled by Metova already own at least one IoT device – yet less than one in five said they were well aware of what the term Internet of Things means. Metova, a US-based provider of mobile, connected car, connected home and IoT solutions, has revealed the results of a survey th...

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RESEARCHERS DISCOVER COMPUTER SCREENS EMIT SOUNDS THAT REVEAL DATA

Aug 29, 2018

Using a computer version of synesthesia, researchers demonstrate a new vulnerability present in most flat-panel monitors that can reveal contents to a remote party. For some people with the neurological condition, synesthesia can be a lovely thing when the sounds they hear also produce colors. But c...

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HCI HEATS UP IN VEGAS WITH VMWARE, CISCO, VEEAM, AND PIVOT3

Aug 29, 2018

Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) continues to be a hot topic at this year’s VMworld with HCI news from VMware and other vendors including Cisco, Veeam, and Pivot3. During a Tuesday keynote, VMware executives said more than 15,000 customers use its HCI stack, which is the top-selling hyperco...

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FORTNITE INSTALLER VULNERABILITIES HIGHLIGHT MOBILE APP STORE RISKS

Aug 27, 2018

A new type of mobile attack known as man-in-the-disk could leave Android users at risk, especially if the apps they are using are not coming from Google Play. There are many good reasons why it's often best for organizations looking to deploy or consume Android applications to use the Google Pla...

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NIST CALLS FOR COMMENT OF ECOMMERCE SECURITY

Aug 27, 2018

In an effort to reduce online fraud, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), a subdivision of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), announced it is now accepting feedback on its draft exploring the ways in which multi-factor authentication can help to mitigate f...

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VAIL CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL TO PARTICIPATE IN PROJECT LEAD THE WAY CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM

Aug 26, 2018

Vail Christian High School has been designated as one of 32 schools across the nation to offer a new program in cybersecurity through Project Lead the Way. Project Lead the Way is piloting this Computer Science Pathway course for the first time this fall because cybersecurity is a threatening nation...

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FIREEYE STOCK POPS ON NEWS OF FACEBOOK, GOOGLE FINDINGS

Aug 23, 2018

Cybersecurity giant FireEye rose as much as 8 percent Thursday on news it has contracted with both Facebook and YouTube to help spot disinformation campaigns. The stock closed up nearly 6 percent at market close. According to The New York Times, FireEye executives tipped Facebook off to an Iranian d...

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ONE OF GOOGLE'S NEWEST SISTER COMPANIES IS ALMOST READY TO GO AFTER THE $96 BILLION CYBERSECURITY INDUSTRY ON A 'PLANET SCALE'

Aug 23, 2018

Last January, Alphabet's X "moonshot" factory announced a surprising turn, a new cybersecurity company called Chronicle. The press statement was short on details, and since then, Chronicle has been silent about what it's working on. Chronicle is one of Alphabet's newest "O...

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CYBER SCHOLARSHIP TO BUILD MULTICULTURAL WORKFORCE

Aug 23, 2018

Select candidates from diverse backgrounds pursuing a career in cybersecurity could receive academic scholarships that pay half of their tuition, according to an announcement from NYU Tandon School of Engineering and Bridgewater Associates. On 31 August the school will award an initial round of five...

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CONGRESS TO HOLD HEARINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BIG TECH REGULATION ISSUES

Aug 22, 2018

The impact of social media and large technology companies on society has grown to the point that many in Congress feel that it is time to consider regulations to protect consumer privacy and defend against foreign disinformation. After the scandal created by the revelations that Cambridge Analytica ...

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SAILPOINT IDENTITYIQ 7.3 UPDATE EXTENDS IDENTITY GOVERNANCE TO BOTS

Aug 22, 2018

As organizations increasingly rely on robotic process automation bots, there is a need to bring them under control with a common identity governance model. SailPoint announced the release of IdentityIQ 7.3 on Aug. 22, providing organizations with new capabilities to manage identity for bots and clou...

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SEMMLE GOES GLOBAL WITH SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ANALYTICS PLATFORM

Aug 21, 2018

Software engineering analytics platform provider Semmle announced its global launch on Aug. 21, alongside new funding to help the company grow its technology. Semmle announced it has raised $21 million in a Series B round of funding, led by Accel Partners with participation from Work-Bench. Total fu...

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CROWDSTRIKE HELPS ADVANCE MALWARE SEARCHES ON HYBRID ANALYSIS PORTAL

Aug 21, 2018

The free community Hybrid Analysis portal is getting a technology infusion from CrowdStrike that will enable researchers to conduct more complex searches for malware analysis. CrowdStrike announced on Aug. 21 that it is bringing its Falcon MalQuery malware search engine technology to the Hybrid Anal...

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NECURS CAMPAIGN TARGETS BANKS

Aug 20, 2018

A recently observed spam campaign powered by the infamous Necurs botnet has been specifically targeting banks with the FlawedAmmyy RAT, security researchers warn. First observed in 2012, the Necurs botnet is best known for the massive Locky ransomware campaigns that it powered in 2016 and 2017. Cons...

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AQUA SECURITY LAUNCHES OPEN-SOURCE KUBE-HUNTER CONTAINER SECURITY TOOL

Aug 20, 2018

The new tool aims to help organizations conduct penetration tests against Kubernetes container orchestration system clusters to help identify and improve cyber-security issues. Aqua Security has made its new Kube-hunter open-source tool generally available, enabling organizations to conduct penetrat...

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NIST TO PROVIDE CYBER-SECURITY ADVICE TO SMBS UNDER NEW FEDERAL LAW

Aug 17, 2018

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a new federal law that requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology to help small and medium businesses meet cyber-Security goals. President Donald Trump has signed the NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act into law requiring the National Institute o...

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94 PERCENT OF ORGANIZATIONS SEE FIREWALLS AS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Aug 17, 2018

FireMon's 2018 State of the Firewall report finds that organizations continue to rely on, and invest in, firewall technologies. Network firewalls are still an important part of enterprise security, according to the results of FireMon's State of the Firewall report. In fact, 94 percent of res...

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CLASSIC ROCK AND CLOUD-NATIVE ATTACKS COLLIDE AT BLACK HAT

Aug 16, 2018

Maybe it’s because of the ACDC-inspired CASB socks at the Bitglass booth. Or maybe people are just becoming smarter about cloud-security and realize the importance of cloud access security broker (CASB) technology. Whatever the reason, more people than usual who approached the cloud security v...

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IOT ATTACKS DOUBLED IN TWO MONTHS, CHECK POINT SAYS

Aug 15, 2018

Malware targeting IoT vulnerabilities hit almost half of global organizations last month, with networking and IoT attacks more than doubling since May, according to Check Point’s monthly report. Each month Check Point publishes three Top 10 lists: Most Wanted Malware; Most Wanted Mobile Malwar...

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RESEARCHERS REVEAL SECURITY VULNERABILITIES IN TRACKING APPS

Aug 14, 2018

At Defcon, security researchers revealed 37 new vulnerabilities in tracking apps that could have enabled attackers to steal information and track users. Millions of users around the world regularly install tracker apps on their Android devices to help them keep track of friends and loved ones. Some ...

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WHY 2018 HAS BEEN A LANDMARK DATA PRIVACY YEAR

Aug 14, 2018

Research reveals how Americans feel about digital activity monitoring in the workplace and steps public and private sector organizations can take to gain the support of employees and to avoid violating their privacy. If you ask the folks at security software maker Dtex, May, June and July 2018 may g...

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VARIANT OF KEYPASS TROJAN TAKES MANUAL CONTROL

Aug 13, 2018

Multiple researchers have identified a dangerous new variant of KeyPass ransomware, featuring a manual-control functionality, and according to Kaspersky Lab, the modified version mainly targets developing countries. “For now, the most targeted regions are mainly developing countries – th...

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MORE THAN 10K RECORDED VULNERABILITIES IN 2018

Aug 13, 2018

The number of recorded vulnerability disclosures continues to rise, with 10,644 published throughout the first half of 2018 by Risk Based Security’s VulnDB team. That total is reportedly 3,279 more vulnerabilities than those listed on CVE/NVD, according to the 2018 Mid-Year VulnDB QuickView Re...

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LACK OF HARDENED BENCHMARKS LEADS TO POOR CYBER HYGIENE

Aug 10, 2018

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) refers to an organization's implementation of security controls as its “cyber hygiene,” but a new survey finds that nearly two-thirds of organizations are not practicing good cyber hygiene habits as they have no established benchmarks for implem...

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ELECTION OFFICIALS DISCUSS EFFORTS TO BOLSTER VOTING SYSTEM SECURITY

Aug 10, 2018

At Defon in Las Vegas, election officials talk about potential cyber-security and some of the steps they are taking to improve voting system security. A panel of election officials from across the country spoke at Defcon on Aug. 10 here to talk about their cyber-security concerns. The officials deta...

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SECURITY FLAWS IN MOBILE POINT-OF-SALE SYSTEMS SPELL MONEY TROUBLE

Aug 09, 2018

Cheaper payment systems may cost businesses less, but they could've wound up costing customers more. That's the word from a pair of security researchers, who discovered that mobile payment systems had vulnerabilities that could let hackers steal credit card info or change the value of what p...

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BHUSA THE VALUE OF SKILLS, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE IN INFORMATION SECURITY HIRING

Aug 09, 2018

In a panel entitled “Winning the Information Security Job Hunt” at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, moderator Kelly Sheridan from Dark Reading asked panelists Dawn-Marie Hutchinson, executive director and executive advisory at Optiv, and Drew Fearson, head of daily operations at Ni...

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JASK'S CHIRON BRINGS AI THREAT DETECTION TO HOME NETWORKS

Aug 07, 2018

Jask's Chiron Brings AI Threat Detection to Home Networks. There are a lot of different ways to detect potential intruders on an enterprise network, but what about smaller businesses or consumers? That's the challenge that Rob Soto, director of security research at Jask wants to help solve w...

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IMPROVED STANDARDS FOR SECURING MEDICAL DEVICES RELEASED

Aug 07, 2018

A critical subset of the ever-expanding internet of things (IoT), medical devices are increasingly vulnerable to attacks from botnets and malware, which is why the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), in conjunction with the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), today announced the release of OWA...

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COINHIVE MALWARE INFECTS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MIKROTIK ROUTERS

Aug 06, 2018

The cryptominer Coinhive malware has infected tens of thousands of MikroTik routers around the world, as malicious actors take advantage of poor patching habits by users. Poor patching practices by vendors and users are once again coming back to bite users around the world, as a researcher discovere...

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THIRD-PARTY WEB MANAGER EXPOSES TCM BANK DATA

Aug 06, 2018

ICBA Bancard Inc. subsidiary TCM Bank, a company that aids community banks in issuing credit cards to their customers, announced that the personal data of thousands of people who applied for credit cards with their local banks was exposed, according to Brian Krebs. The information that was leaked be...

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BLACK HAT 2018 SURVEY: CYBERSECURITY STAFFING, BUDGETS STILL LACKING

Aug 02, 2018

According to a survey of Black Hat 2018 attendees, organizations are still struggling with insufficient cybersecurity staff and budgets to meet the current and emerging threats. Attendees for next week's 2018 Black Hat USA conference said they are still facing significant challenges when it come...

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL STAFF TARGETED WITH SPYWARE

Aug 02, 2018

Amnesty International found hackers attempting to infect one of its researcher's phones with a tool from Israel-based NSO Group, long known as makers of spyware, the NGO reported. Amnesty International’s tech team launched an investigation after one of its staff members received a suspicio...

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IRONSCALES LAUNCHES THEMIS VIRTUAL ASSISTANT TO IMPROVE EMAIL SECURITY

Aug 01, 2018

Ironscales is looking to mimic the analytical capabilities of human security analysts to help organizations automatically identify and remediate phishing attacks. Email security firm Ironscales announced its Themis artificial intelligence powered security assistant technology on Aug. 1, providing or...

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SPAM CLICK RATES HIGH, 2FA USE LOW AT WORK

Aug 01, 2018

Organizations continue to be at risk from insider threats because they lack strong identity management solutions, whether it's end users clicking on spam, issues with multifactor authentication (MFA), or companies keeping their decisions about security and identity separate, according to three n...

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SAMSAM RANSOMWARE PAYMENTS REACH NEARLY $6 MILLION

Jul 31, 2018

New research reveals SamSam ransomware campaign has generated almost $6 million for attacker and appears to be the work of a single hacker who shows no sign of slowing down. The long-running SamSam ransomware campaign, active since early 2016, has apparently earned its perpetrators nearly $6 million...

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U.S. GOVERNMENT MAKING PROGRESS ON DMARC IMPLEMENTATION

Jul 31, 2018

The deadline for full DMARC implementation in U.S. government-owned domains is less than three months away and only half of the domains have the correct policy in place. Only half of U.S. government agencies have taken steps toward DMARC implementation despite the October 2018 deadline. The Departme...

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NEW NETSPECTRE-CLASS ATTACK RAISES DEVICE-HARDENING CONCERN

Jul 30, 2018

A new type of NetSpectre attack requires no malware or malicious JavaScript, because it instead attacks victims through network connections, according to researchers at Graz University of Technology. Four scientists at the university have published findings on a new type of Spectre attack in a paper...

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IBM BRINGS AI CHATBOT TO MAAS360 UNIFIED ENDPOINT MANAGEMENT SECURITY

Jul 30, 2018

Voice and text chat capabilities are coming to IBM's MaaS360, providing organizations with easier ways to get information. IBM announced on July 30 that it is adding new artificial intelligence-powered chatbot capabilities to its MaaS360 Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) security platform. The n...

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IMPERVA ACQUIRES PREVOTY, ENHANCES APP SECURITY

Jul 27, 2018

In an effort to deliver more robust application and data security solutions that protect enterprises against attacks from cyber-criminals, California-based Imperva Inc. announced that it will acquire the Los Angeles-based application security company Prevoty. The deal, which is expected to close in ...

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EXOBOT ANDROID MALWARE TARGETS BANKING APPS

Jul 27, 2018

Android users have been warned about another Exobot banking malware source code (v. 2.5) that was leaked online. It was first detected in May 2018 and has been dubbed "Trump Edition." The leak is expected to result in a surge of malicious Android apps given that the malware source code is ...

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GOOGLE SEEKS ENTERPRISE NOD WITH GCP SERVICES IN IOT, SECURITY

Jul 26, 2018

Google continues to make strides to catch AWS and Microsoft Azure with upgrades around edge computing and security but won't unseat either competitor any time soon. A raft of upgrades this week beef up Google's public cloud, but will they be enough to move the platform dramatically closer to...

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PONEMON: MEGA BREACHES, DATA BREACH COSTS ON THE RISE

Jul 26, 2018

The Ponemon Institute's '2018 Cost of a Data Breach Study' details a rise in data breaches with a look at mega breaches and why U.S. companies experience the greatest loss. The Ponemon Institute's latest study on data breach costs highlights the rise of what it calls "mega breac...

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ERP APPLICATIONS COMING UNDER INCREASING ATTACK

Jul 25, 2018

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications are critical to the operations of many organizations and are increasingly coming under attack, according to a new report. The 30-page ERP Applications Under Fire report was released on July 25 as a joint effort from Onapsis and Digital Shadows. Among t...

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FIVE AWS IAM BEST PRACTICES TO BOLSTER CLOUD SECURITY

Jul 25, 2018

To mitigate risks and protect cloud resources, many organizations rely on AWS IAM policies. Use these five tips to learn the basic features -- and limitations -- of the service. Identity and access management plays an essential role in any cloud security strategy. Those who need access to cloud reso...

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WHY SHADOW IT MUST BE CONSIDERED IN SECURING AN ENTERPRISE

Jul 24, 2018

IT management software maker Kaseya claims that recent trends in internal security actually can be an opportunity for strategic-thinking IT organizations. 2017 was infamous for cybersecurity breaches worldwide. These incidents were at such a global scale, they completely changed the game for organiz...

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PHYSICAL SECURITY KEYS ELIMINATE PHISHING AT GOOGLE

Jul 24, 2018

Successful phishing attempts have been eliminated among Google employees following a requirement to use physical security keys in order to gain access to all Google accounts. Google claims it has completely eliminated successful phishing attacks against its employees through the use of physical secu...

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NIST UPDATING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MOBILE APP SECURITY

Jul 23, 2018

Security experts provide insight on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) revised guidance for how organizations can better secure mobile applications. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is now working on updating its recommendations for how organizations a...

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US ADULTS DON'T KNOW CYBERSECURITY CAREER OPTIONS

Jul 23, 2018

When it comes to cybersecurity careers, adults in the US reportedly don’t know the various job opportunities available in the field, despite the growing demand for professionals to fill the enormous skills gap. According to a new survey from the University of Phoenix, US adults are not familia...

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HAS GDPR IMPACTED INSIDER THREATS?

Jul 20, 2018

According to new research from Clearswift, the introduction of GDPR has led to a slight drop in insider threats in both the UK and Germany. Survey respondents said that insider threats make up 65% of reported incidents in 2018, compared to 73% last year. German companies reported similar declines, w...

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WHY INFOSEC PRACTITIONERS ARE TURNING INTO DATA SCIENTISTS

Jul 20, 2018

Security practitioners cannot wait for the information they need to protect the enterprise, and thus the speed of delivery becomes a driving factor in the success or failure of the data-driven security enterprise. Because IT managers responsible for protecting the enterprise crown jewels—namel...

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BARRACUDA'S CLOUDGEN WAF LANDS ON GOOGLE COMPUTE PLATFORM

Jul 19, 2018

Barracuda now supports all three major public cloud providers with its CloudGen Web Application Firewall technology and enables multicloud management capabilities. Barracuda Networks announced on July 19 that it is extending its CloudGen WAF (Web Application Firewall) to the Google Cloud Platform, h...

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VENDOR ADMITS ELECTION SYSTEMS INCLUDED REMOTE SOFTWARE

Jul 19, 2018

A vendor admitted to compromising its election system security by installing remote access software on systems over the span of six years but claims to have stopped the practice. Election system security was compromised by the installation of remote access software on systems over the span of six ye...

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FEDERAL AGENCIES STRUGGLE WITH DMARC COMPLIANCE

Jul 18, 2018

According to new research from Proofpoint, the majority of federal agencies are behind schedule when it comes with complying to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS's) Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 18-01. With less than 90 days remaining for agencies to secure their email syste...

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WEB FORUMS, SOCIAL MEDIA TARGETS FOR CREDENTIALS

Jul 18, 2018

Web forums were the greatest targets for credential spills during 2017, which saw more than 2.3 billion credentials from 51 different organizations reportedly stolen, according to a new report from Shape Security. Of those 51 different organizations, companies providing online services contributed t...

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GOVERNMENT, FINANCE WILL SEE INCREASED ATTACKS

Jul 17, 2018

The number of cyber incidents saw a 32% jump in the first quarter of 2018 compared to the same period in 2017, according to a new report from Positive Technologies. According to the report, hackers are motivated by data theft, and malware attacks have spiked 75% since Q1 2017. “Attackers are p...

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TELEFONICA CALLS AUTHORITIES AFTER MASSIVE BREACH

Jul 17, 2018

The Netherlands-based Telecompaper reported that Telefonica, a top-10 telecom vendor based in Spain that delivers telecom services across more than 20 countries, was hit by a major security breach. Personal customer data of millions of its clients was possibly exposed in the breach. The company repo...

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HOW BLOCKCHAIN CAN SECURE SUPPLY CHAINS, IOT DEVICES, AND MORE

Jul 16, 2018

Blockchain is hands down the technology buzzword of 2018. But the distributed digital ledger can lead to better supply chains, more secure IoT networks, and more reliable DNS. On July 9, crypto-currency exchange Bancor announced that hackers had compromised one of the company's digital wallets, ...

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OPTIV SECURITY LAUNCHES PRIVILEGED ACCESS MANAGED SERVICE

Jul 16, 2018

Optiv Security is now providing a service that manages an organization's new or existing CyberArk privileged access account deployments. Optiv Security announced its Privileged Access Managed Service on July 16, which benefits from a technology integration with privileged access security vendor ...

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SPAMBOT TARGETS WORDPRESS WITH SPRAY AND PRAY

Jul 13, 2018

Researchers at Imperva published their discovery of a new comment spam campaign that is leveraging the popularity of the World Cup to trick people into clicking on links that take them to shady betting sites. The campaign, which mainly targets WordPress sites, is launched by a botnet and implemented...

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NEW SPECTRE VARIANTS EARN $100,000 BOUNTY FROM INTEL

Jul 13, 2018

Researchers discovered two new Spectre variants that can be used to bypass protections and attack systems and earned $100,000 in bug bounties from Intel. Researchers found new speculative execution attacks against Intel and ARM chips, and the findings earned them a $100,000 reward under Intel's ...

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CISOS HAVE LIMITED CORPORATE INFLUENCE, ACCENTURE REPORTS

Jul 12, 2018

An Accenture study reveals that chief information security officers are lacking authority and visibility to effect change within their organizations. Chief information security officers are responsible for developing and establishing cyber-security strategies and policies with their organizations. Y...

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CRITICAL BUG BOUNTY REPORTS ON THE RISE, HACKERONE FINDS

Jul 12, 2018

The 2018 Hacker-Powered Security report reveals that there has been an increasing volume of critical security vulnerabilities reported by researchers in the past year. HackerOne released its 2018 Hacker-Powered Security Report on July 11, providing insights into the current state of the bug bounty m...

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IBM PEGS MEGA BREACH COST AT $350M, AS AVERAGE BREACH COST HITS $3.9M

Jul 11, 2018

The 2018 Cost of a Data Breach Study found that costs have risen in the past year as attacks become increasingly complex. The cost of data breaches has increased over the past year, according to the 2018 Cost of a Data Breach Study conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by IBM, which was r...

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TRAVEL INFORMATION LEAKED AT THOMAS COOK AIRLINES

Jul 11, 2018

A bug finder recently discovered that Thomas Cook Airlines had a security vulnerability for years, making it possible for hackers to systematically download hundreds of thousands of passenger flight details and personal data going back as far as 2013. The issue, rated a medium to high severity level...

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AT&T ACQUIRES ALIENVAULT, MIMECAST GRABS ATAATA

Jul 10, 2018

In an effort to expand its security solutions to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), global communications, media and entertainment and technology company AT&T has announced that it will acquire California-based security solutions company AlienVault. Combining AlienVault's threat intel...

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RANSOMWARE ATTACKS SPIKED IN FIRST HALF OF 2018, SONICWALL REPORTS

Jul 10, 2018

SonicWall's mid-year 2018 cyber-threat report reveals that there has been a 229 percent increase in ransomware attacks so far this year. The first half of 2018 has seen a resurgence in ransomware attacks, according to SonicWall's mid-year 2018 cyber-threat report released on July 10. For the...

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ZDI REPORTS RISE IN SECURITY VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURES

Jul 09, 2018

Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative has already published 600 security advisories in 2018, paying out $1 million in awards to researchers. So far, 2018 has been a very busy year for Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative, which is in the business of acquiring software vulnerabilities from security ...

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TIMEHOP REPORTS DATA BREACH IMPACTING 21 MILLION USERS

Jul 09, 2018

An administrative account at Timehop was breached back in December 2017, but attackers didn't decide to start removing data until July 4. Social media service Timehop publicly disclosed on July 8 that it was the victim of a data breach that impacts 21 million users. The breach was discovered by ...

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RESEARCHERS DISCOVER ANDROID APPS SPYING ON USERS' SCREENS

Jul 06, 2018

Academic researchers discover Android apps secretly recording and sharing video of users' screens. Plus, an NSO Group employee lands in hot water, and more. The good news, according to academic researchers, is that your phone most likely isn't secretly listening to your conversations. The ba...

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WORDPRESS 4.9.7 UPDATE FIXES PAIR OF SECURITY VULNERABILITIE

Jul 06, 2018

Millions of WordPress sites around the world were at risk from a pair of related file deletion vulnerabilities that potentially could have enabled an attacker to delete arbitrary files. A new version of open-source content management system WordPress, 4.9.7, was released on July 5 that patches a pai...

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GENTOO PUBLISHES INCIDENT REPORT AFTER GITHUB HACK

Jul 05, 2018

Maintainers of the Gentoo Linux distribution published an incident report on Wednesday after someone hijacked one of the organization’s GitHub accounts and planted malicious code. The attack started on June 28 and the hacker (or hackers) not only changed content in compromised repositories, bu...

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TREND MICRO CSO WARNS OF THE RISKS OF DIGITAL EXTORTION

Jul 05, 2018

After a 20-year career in the U.S Secret Service, Ed Cabrera joined Trend Micro in 2015, where he is now the chief cybersecurity officer, working with organizations to improve cybersecurity. Among the multiple challenges enterprises around the world face are ransomware and business email compromise ...

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HACKERS CELEBRATE FOURTH OF JULY WITH GEODO BOTNET SPAM

Jul 05, 2018

Cofense warns that the Geodo botnet was busy ahead of the July 4 holiday, sending out Independence Day-themed messages in an attempt to trick users into clicking on a malicious link. While many Americans were busy getting ready to celebrate the July 4 holiday, spammers were busy trying to trick unsu...

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HOW TO MANAGE SECURITY THREATS TO MOBILE DEVICES

Jul 03, 2018

As mobile device security threats increase, IT administrators should know what they are up against and develop strategies to secure mobile devices from cyberattacks. From beginning mobile app development to protecting end users, IT pros need to understand, address and educate on security threats to ...

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FIVE WAYS DIGITAL ASSISTANTS POSE SECURITY THREATS IN HOME, OFFICE

Jul 02, 2018

Voice-activated digital assistants in the home—Echo, Cortana, Alexa and Siri—open up a host of new types of vulnerabilities, from issuing commands that aren’t audible to humans to exploiting the accessibility settings activated by digital assistants. Voice-activated digital assista...

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RESEARCHERS CREATE ATTACKS THAT COMPROMISE LTE DATA COMMUNICATION

Jul 02, 2018

Newly devised attacks on the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) high-speed wireless standard break the confidentiality and privacy of communication, a team of researchers claim. In a newly published paper (PDF), researchers from Ruhr-University Bochum and New York University Abu Dhabi present a set of attack...

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VULNERABILITIES PATCHED IN VMWARE ESXI, WORKSTATION, FUSION

Jul 02, 2018

VMware informed customers last week that it patched several vulnerabilities that can lead to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition or information disclosure in its ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion products. VMware described the flaws as out-of-bounds read issues in the shader translator component. An att...

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RISK & REPEAT: U.S. GOVERNMENT EYES OFFENSIVE CYBERATTACKS

Jun 29, 2018

The prospect of the U.S. government using offensive cyberattacks against foreign adversaries appears to be gaining steam. According to the New York Times, the Pentagon approved a policythat empowers the U.S. Cyber Command to initiate constant offensive cyberattacks designed to disrupt foreign networ...

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MCAFEE DETAILS RISE IN BLOCKCHAIN THREATS, CRYPTOCURRENCY ATTACKS

Jun 29, 2018

McAfee's new 'Blockchain Threat Report' charts a dramatic rise in cryptomining malware and details four major attack vectors for cryptocurrency-related threats A new McAfee report on blockchain threats shows cryptomining malware grew more than 600% in the first quarter this year. McAfee&...

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EFF'S STARTTLS EVERYWHERE AIMS TO PROTECT EMAIL IN TRANSIT

Jun 28, 2018

The EFF's new STARTTLS Everywhere initiative aims to secure email as it transits the internet between mail servers to prevent mass surveillance, as well as email spoofing. The Electronic Frontier Foundation this week unveiled STARTTLS Everywhere, a new initiative that aims to secure email in tra...

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NEW TYPES OF AUTHENTICATION TAKE ROOT ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE

Jun 28, 2018

"If users are being asked to create and remember incredibly complex passwords, IT isn't doing its job," said Don D'Souza, a cybersecurity manager at Fannie Mae, based in Washington, D.C.

IT professionals today are turning to two-factor authentication, relying on biom...

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HOW TO WPA3 CAN BOOST YOUR ORGANIZATION'S WIRELESS SECURITY

Jun 28, 2018

The Wi-Fi Alliance began certifying products for WPA3 this week, which will lead to wireless communications that are easier to set up and are more secure. he Wi-Fi Alliance has begun certifying wireless devices that meet the new WPA3 standard in a move that will make wireless communications more sec...

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FEMALE STUDENTS AWARDED CYBERSECURITY SCHOLARSHIPS

Jun 27, 2018

Three women chosen from a large pool of highly qualified candidates are the new recipients of Morphisec's Women in Cybersecurity Scholarship. An independent judge, Limor Elhayani, made the final determinations. Elhayani is vice president of threat engineering at Citi and has herself been the onl...

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TLBLEED ATTACK CAN EXTRACT SIGNING KEYS, BUT EXPLOIT IS DIFFICULT

Jun 27, 2018

A new side-channel attack on Intel chips, named TLBleed, can extract signing keys. But the researcher who discovered it said users shouldn't worry, because it's not the next Spectre. An interesting, new side-channel attack abuses the Hyper-Threading feature of Intel chips and can extract sig...

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PING ADDS AI-DRIVEN API PROTECTION WITH ELASTIC BEAM ACQUISITION

Jun 26, 2018

Ping Identity increased its focus on API security with the acquisition of Elastic Beam, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to apply behavioral security on enterprise APIs. BOSTON -- Ping Identity is moving beyond single sign-on and further into API security with its latest acquisition. At t...

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NEW WPA3 SECURITY PROTOCOL SIMPLIFIES LOGINS, SECURES IOT

Jun 26, 2018

Latest WPA3 security protocol update adds new features to the Wi-Fi access specification for simple and secure wireless access for individuals, as well as enterprises. Securing Wi-Fi access has long been an Achilles' heel for users of wireless networks -- especially for users of public networks,...

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AIR-GAPPED SYSTEMS TARGETED WITH WEAPONIZED USBS

Jun 25, 2018

A cyber-espionage group has been weaponizing presumably secure USB drives to target air-gapped critical systems. The Tick group, discovered by researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, reportedly targets organizations from Japan and South Korea with custom malware, including Minzen, Datper, Nioupal...

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NEW ENCRYPTED DOWNLOADER DELIVERS METASPLOIT BACKDOOR

Jun 22, 2018

A series of cyber-attacks targeting the Middle Eastern region use an encrypted downloader to deliver a Metasploit backdoor, AlienVault reports. The attacks start with a malicious document containing parts of an article about the next Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit, originally published at ...

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SECURITY PROS EXPECT RISE IN NATION-STATE ATTACKS

Jun 22, 2018

Nation-state attacks are a mounting concern for security professionals, who reportedly expect to see a rise in cyber-attacks amid the backdrop of increasing geopolitical tensions. According to a Tripwire survey conducted at Infosecurity Europe 2018, the vast majority of respondents anticipate more n...

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CHINA-BASED THRIP HACKING GROUP TARGETS U.S. TELECOMS

Jun 22, 2018

China-based Thrip hacking group used legitimate tools to attack companies in the U.S. and Southeast Asia. Plus, election officials didn't know about hacks, and more. A Chinese cyberespionage group has been using "living off the land" techniques to hack satellite, telecom and defense co...

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RISK & REPEAT: NEW ELECTION SECURITY BILL INTRODUCED

Jun 21, 2018

A new election security bill introduced by Democratic lawmakers would require paper trails and regular audits for all electronic voting machines, but the bill's prospects could be dim. The Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2018, which was introduced last week, is the latest legislat...

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TREND MICRO LAUNCHES MANAGED DETECTION AND RESPONSE SERVICE

Jun 21, 2018

Trend Micro's new managed service looks to provide organizations with threat hunting and response capabilities. Trend Micro announced on June 19 a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service to assist security operations teams. MDR provides managed cyber-security services that benefit from arti...

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CYBER GROUP TARGETS SATELLITES, TELECOM

Jun 20, 2018

A cyber-espionage group infiltrated satellite, telecom and defense companies in the US and Southeast Asia, and evidence suggests that the campaign's objective was espionage. Identified by Symantec and announced on 19 June, the campaign originated from machines based in mainland China, according ...

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SILVER PEAK SD-WAN ADDS SERVICE CHAINING, PARTNERS FOR CLOUD SECURITY

Jun 20, 2018

Silver Peak SD-WAN now allows service chaining for Forcepoint, McAfee and Symantec security VNFs. Also, ONF targets four technologies to develop -- and four supply chain partners to help. Silver Peak boosted its software-defined WAN security for cloud-based workloads with the introduction of three s...

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TESLA'S TOUGH LESSON ON MALICIOUS INSIDER THREATS

Jun 19, 2018

The potential damages a company can suffer from malicious insiders became a harsh reality for Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who expressed his disappointment at learning he had a saboteur within the Tesla ranks. The individual who allegedly engaged in damaging sabotage against Tesla was reportedly an employee...

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CYLANCE ANNOUNCES $120 MILLION IN FUNDING

Jun 19, 2018

Endpoint security firm Cylance announced Tuesday afternoon that it has closed a $120 million funding round led by funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and including other investors. The announcement was made hours after endpoint security rival CrowdStrike announced that it had raised m...

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PYROMINEIOT CRYPTOJACKER USES NSA EXPLOIT TO SPREAD

Jun 18, 2018

The latest malware threat based on the EternalRomance NSA exploit is PyRoMineIoT, a cryptojacker infecting IoT devices. But experts said the NSA shouldn't be held responsible for the damages. A new malware variant reads like the greatest hits of cyberthreats: a cryptojacker using an NSA exploit ...

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MORE NEFARIOUS STRAIN OF ZACINLO MALWARE INFECTING WINDOWS 10 MACHINES

Jun 18, 2018

A new type of malware that is starting to spread to Windows 10 computers bypasses the operating system’s built-in security and implants itself so firmly that it’s extremely difficult to remove. A description of the latest version of the Zacinlo malware sounds like a nightmare scenario fo...

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MEXICAN CAMPAIGN WEBSITE ATTACKED WITH DDOS

Jun 15, 2018

A Mexican campaign site was hit with a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack during the final presidential debate, which comes mere weeks before the 1 July election, fomenting concerns of election security. The affected site, run by the National Action Party (PAN), targets front-runner Andr&ea...

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CONSUMERS CHOOSE EASY LOGIN OVER PASSWORDS

Jun 15, 2018

A majority of consumers who participated in a recent study said that if they had their druthers, they would prefer account logins that do not require passwords. According to a study conducted in April 2018 by research firm Blink and authentication technology company Trusona, over 70% of consumers wo...

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CRYPTO-MINING MALWARE TOPS CHARTS, TARGETS APPS

Jun 13, 2018

For organizations that were hoping to see a decline in malware threats, there is no sign that crypto-mining malware will be going away anytime soon. In fact, crypto-mining malware continues to dominate among hackers while also sneaking its way into more mobile apps. According to Check Point’s ...

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ADOBE ZERO-DAY FIX PRECEDES JUNE PATCH TUESDAY

Jun 12, 2018

Adobe closed a zero-day vulnerability last week, which Microsoft added to its June Patch Tuesday updates. Administrators have a lighter workload with about 50 exploits to address. Adobe closed a zero-day vulnerability last week, which Microsoft added to its June Patch Tuesday updates. Administrators...

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NON-JAVASCRIPT CRYPTOJACKING REAPS MORE THAN $144M, RESEARCHER FINDS

Jun 12, 2018

Cryptojacking attacks are finding success and have now gained the attention of the U.S Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Unauthorized crypto-currency mining, commonly referred to as cryptojacking, is a problem that doesn't seem to be slowing down and continues to be challenge for enterprises and i...

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MOBILE APP SECURITY RISKY ACROSS SECTORS

Jun 12, 2018

While mobile app security is an issue across all sectors, 50% of apps that come from media and entertainment businesses are putting users at risk. New research from BitSight found that a significant percentage of mobile apps across multiple industries have high-severity vulnerabilities. “Mobil...

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UNTANGLE UPDATES NG FIREWALL TO IMPROVE SD-WAN SECURITY

Jun 11, 2018

A new release of Untangle's firewall platform benefits from a shift to a newer version of the Debian Linux operating system as the base. Untangle will announce version 14.0 of its NG Firewall platform on June 12, providing new features that enhance the security capabilities of the Linux-based pl...

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POSTING PASSWORDS ON TRELLO LEADS TO LATEST DATA EXPOSURE MESS

Jun 08, 2018

Amazon Web Services and Google Groups have seen data exposures due to poor configurations by users. Now, some have accidentally shared passwords on Trello boards. Data exposures in web applications and cloud services are becoming more in fashion these days, and Trello is the latest service being use...

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TCL UNVEILS NEW BLACKBERRY KEY2 SECURITY-ENHANCED SMARTPHONE

Jun 08, 2018

The latest security enhanced BlackBerry phone, produced under license by TCL Communication, starts at $649 and will begin shipping later in June. BlackBerry may not be building its own smartphones anymore, but China's TCL Communication is hoping that won't prevent enterprise buyers from look...

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APPLE PLANS TO DISABLE FACEBOOK WEB TRACKING CAPABILITIES

Jun 08, 2018

Apple wants to protect its users from Facebook web tracking with the next version of Safari. Plus, genealogy website MyHeritage suffers data breach, and more. Apple plans to disable some Facebook web tracking capabilities in the next version of iOS and Mac operating systems. At the Apple Worldwide D...

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RISK & REPEAT: MORE TROUBLE FOR FEDERAL CYBERSECURITY

Jun 07, 2018

The latest government report on the state of federal cybersecurity brought more bad news for Washington, D.C. The Federal Cybersecurity Risk Determination Report and Action Plan, which was commissioned by the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Homeland Security, found the vast maj...

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HACKER TAKEDOWN OF PAGEUP IS BAD NEWS FOR CLIENTS

Jun 07, 2018

Thousands of Australians are again being notified that their personal information was potentially compromised after a vendor that powers jobs and recruitment sites for companies around the world experienced a breach. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is investigating the breach of Australi...

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BOARDS PUSH SECURITY, RUSH TO GDPR COMPLIANCE

Jun 06, 2018

IT leaders are prioritizing improvements in cybersecurity at a growing rate in an effort to fight cybercrime threats and become GDPR compliant, reports the Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Survey 2018. More than one-third of organizations surveyed in April reported that they did not expect to be compliant...

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OPERATION PROWLI MALWARE INFECTED 40,000 MACHINES

Jun 06, 2018

Researchers have discovered a traffic manipulation and cryptocurrency mining campaign infecting organizations across industries from finance to education and government. The Operation Prowli campaign has been spreading malware and malicious code to servers and websites around the world, and more tha...

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TENABLE EXTENDS CLOUD APPLICATION SECURITY SCANNING CAPABILITIES

Jun 05, 2018

Tenable is updating its cloud-delivered services capabilities, adding new connectors to support GCP and Azure, while also advancing web application discovery features. Tenable announced on June 5 that it is enhancing its Tenable.io cloud-based cyber-exposure platform with new capabilities to help en...

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IBM ENHANCES MAAS360 UNIFIED ENDPOINT MANAGEMENT PLATFORM

Jun 05, 2018

IBM adds a new policy recommendation engine to its MaaS360 unified endpoint management platform to help improve security configurations and compliance. IBM announced on June 4 that it is adding a pair of new capabilities to its MaaS360 with Watson unified endpoint management (UEM) platform. The new ...

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US GOVERNMENT OFFERS DIRECTION IN FIGHT AGAINST DISTRIBUTED ATTACKS

Jun 04, 2018

Today’s topics include a U.S. government report warning about a lack of security tool use, and Google claiming its Pixel 2 encryption prevents even privileged attacks. In a 51-page report to the president publicly released May 30, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Department of Homeland ...

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US GOVERNMENT OFFERS DIRECTION IN FIGHT AGAINST DISTRIBUTED ATTACKS

Jun 04, 2018

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YOKOGAWA STARDOM VULNERABILITY LEAVES HARDCODED CREDS IN ICS CONTROLLERS

Jun 01, 2018

A Yokogawa Stardom vulnerability leaves industrial control systems in critical infrastructure around the world at risk because of hardcoded credentials in the software. Industrial control systems around the world might be at risk as hardcoded credentials are found in flawed software. The Yokogawa St...

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ALL WOMEN ON DECK AT RESET CYBER CONFERENCE

Jun 01, 2018

With more than 15 female experts in cybersecurity scheduled to speak on the evolving cyber threat landscape, RESET, hosted by BAE Systems, claims to be challenging the status quo with its all-female speaker lineup. Scheduled for 14 June at the Kennedy Lecture Theatre, University College London (UCL)...

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US GOVERNMENT BOTNET REPORT WARNS ABOUT LACK OF SECURITY TOOL USE

May 31, 2018

A report to the president from the departments of Commerce and Homeland Security reveals gaps in the fight against distributed attacks and calls on the industry to do more. Botnets and automated distributed threats have been a growing problem in recent years. In a report to the president that was pu...

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ENTERPRISE CYBERSECURITY STRATEGY: WHAT A CIO NEEDS TO KNOW

May 31, 2018

Digital transformation is leaving businesses exposed to more cyberattacks. At the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, panelists explain how much cybersecurity expertise is expected of CIOs. With the global cost of cybercrime expected to reach $6 trillion by 2021, cybersecurity can't be an afterthought for ...

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OPENSTACK OPERATORS DETAIL HOW THEY PATCHED FOR MELTDOWN, SPECTRE

May 30, 2018

When the Meltdown and Spectre CPU security vulnerabilities were publicly disclosed on Jan. 3, they set off a flurry of activity among IT users and cloud operators around the world. In a panel moderated by eWEEK at the OpenStack Summit in Vancouver, B.C., on May 24, operators detailed how they dealt ...

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CATO'S NETWORK SECURITY FEATURE ON THE HUNT FOR THREATS

May 30, 2018

Cato Networks added a network security feature that detects and identifies threats within customer networks. The capability is built into Cato's SD-WAN platform, Cato Cloud. Cato Networks last week upped its SD-WAN-as-a-service offering Cato Cloud with the Cato Threat Hunting System, a network s...

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THREAT HUNTING TECHNOLOGY IS ON THE RISE, SO ARE THREATS

May 29, 2018

Detection of advanced threats is the top challenge for 55% of security operations centers, according to a new survey, as more companies explore threat hunting programs. More companies are adopting threat hunting functions, according to a recent survey from Crowd Research Partners, but detection of a...

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THREAT HUNTING TECHNOLOGY IS ON THE RISE, SO ARE THREATS

May 29, 2018

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MORE DATA LEAKED FROM AWS BUCKET MISCONFIGURATIONS

May 29, 2018

Another Amazon S3 bucket misconfiguration breach, this time with AgentRun, has resulted in an insurance start-up exposing data for clients, including Cigna, Transamerica, SafeCo Insurance, Schneider Insurance, Manhattan Life, and Everest. Sensitive personal and medical information of thousands of in...

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CREATORS OF TRISIS MALWARE HAVE EXPANDED THEIR ICS ATTACKS

May 25, 2018

The group behind the Trisis malware attack on an oil and gas company in Saudi Arabia last year has also now hacked industrial firms in other countries, according to new research. Cybersecurity company Dragos Inc. published a report this week that identifies a new threat group called Xenotime as the ...

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OKTA ADVANCES BUSINESS APPLICATION AUTHENTICATION WITH NEW SERVICES

May 24, 2018

With new and improved contextual awareness capabilities, paired with analytics, Okta is aiming to help enable the password-less future for authentication. Enterprise identity management vendor Okta announced a series of new products and updates on May 23 that aim to advance the state of access secur...

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HOW YOUR WEB BROWSER TELLS YOU WHEN IT'S SAFE

May 23, 2018

As Google moves to change how its Chrome browser flags insecure websites, rival browsers may be forced to follow suit. Here's how other browsers currently handle website security and what changes they have coming. Google last week spelled out the schedule it will use to reverse years of advice f...

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U.S. DISRUPTS RUSSIAN BOTNET OF 500,000 HACKED ROUTERS

May 23, 2018

The US Justice Department said Wednesday that it had seized an internet domain that directed a dangerous botnet of a half-million infected home and office network routers, controlled by hackers believed tied to Russian intelligence. The move was aimed at breaking up an operation deeply embedded in s...

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GPON HOME ROUTERS ARE OVER THEMOON BOTNET

May 23, 2018

Dasan's gigabit-capable passive optical network (GPON) home routers are again the target of zero-day exploits using a new botnet called TheMoon, according to researchers at Qihoo 360 Netlab. While activity of TheMoon botnet emerged in 2014, it's only been seen adding internet of things (IoT)...

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LEGIT TOOLS EXPLOITED IN BANK HEISTS

May 22, 2018

Cyber criminals attacking the finance and other industry sector are continuing to exploit legitimate administration tools to hide their activities, highlighting the need for threat hunting, a report reveals. Common IT administration tools are being hijacked to act as invisibility cloaks for cyber cr...

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3.2 MILLION FILES REVEALED ON AWS S3 BUCKET

May 22, 2018

A Los Angeles County nonprofit that provides health and human services accidentally exposed about 3.2 million files on an unsecured AWS S3 bucket, according to the UpGuard cyber risk team. 211 LA County, a nonprofit organization serving LA County, was reportedly left publicly exposed online. The con...

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PARENT AND TEEN DATA LEAKED FROM MONITORING APP

May 21, 2018

A security researcher discovered two leaky servers of a California-based company, TeenSafe, which left the email addresses and passwords of parents and teens unprotected. According to ZDNet at least one of the servers used by the TeenSafe app leaked data from tens of thousands of accounts. TeenSafe ...

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BANK ROBBING? THERE'S A VULNERABLE WEB APP FOR THAT

May 21, 2018

Gone are the days when criminals masked their identities and busted into a bank declaring, "This is a stick up!" According to Bank Attacks 2018, published today by Positive Technologies, cybercriminals are reaping big financial gains with relatively low risk by going online to rob banks. A...

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IS ARISTA MAKING RIGHT MOVE WITH CAMPUS SWITCHES?

May 17, 2018

Bloggers discuss Arista's new strategy to market campus switches, examine container security risks and ask the question of whether networking is a commodity. Arista Networks said it's jumping into the campus market with a new line of campus switches and cloud-based analytics software. Greg F...

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REPORT HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY RISK OF OPEN SOURCE CODE TO BUSINESS

May 17, 2018

Increased adoption of open source code is introducing vulnerabilities into commercial software, with many audited codebases containing the Apache Struts flaw that enabled the Equifax breach, a report shows. Most software includes known vulnerabilities and licence conflicts as open source adoption so...

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CATCH ICS ATTACKERS BY SHIFTING TO KILL CHAIN

May 17, 2018

Tracking the activity of nefarious groups affords defenders a deeper level of understanding that can be useful in not only understanding different types of threats but also in building defenses to withstand a cyber-attack. Today, Dragos released its updated profile on CHRYSENE ICS, one of the seven ...

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DHS UNVEILS NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY RISK STRATEGY

May 16, 2018

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unveiled on Tuesday, 14 May, a new national strategy to be implemented to address evolving cybersecurity risks. The DHS strategy outlines strategic and operational goals and priorities to successfully execute the full range of the DHS secretary’s cyber...

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BARRACUDA LAUNCHES WEB APPLICATION FIREWALL AS A SERVICE

May 16, 2018

Barracuda is making its Web Application Firewall platform available in a cloud-delivered model that benefits from a new management interface and improved configuration. Barracuda Networks announced its cloud-delivered Web Application Firewall (WAF) service on May 16, providing organizations with a n...

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SIEMENS ISSUES ALERT, DOS VULNERABILITY

May 16, 2018

Siemens, an industrial security provider, has issued a security advisory for a newly discovered vulnerability (CVE-2018-4850) that could lead to a denial-of-service (DoS). The affected SIMATIC S7-400 CPUs improperly validate S7 communication packets, which could cause a DoS condition on a CPU. "...

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ENTERPRISE CYBER THREAT REMEDIATION INEFFECTIVE, STUDY SHOWS

May 15, 2018

Enterprise cyber threat remediation needs to improve in several key areas, according to an analysis of common remediation strategies. Common enterprise cyber threat remediation strategies are about as effective as random chance, a study has revealed. Some of the simple rule-based strategies do not p...

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ORGS FAILING TO IDENTIFY INSIDER THREAT BLIND SPOTS

May 15, 2018

Active insider threats are present in 100% of organizations, with companies failing to eliminate insider threat blind spots, according to new research from Dtex Systems. The user behavior intelligence provider analyzed anonymized data about user behaviors taking place on public and private sector or...

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DANISH RAILWAY COMPANY DSB SUFFERS DDOS ATTACK

May 14, 2018

Danish rail travelers found buying a ticket difficult yesterday, following a DDoS attack on the railway company DSB. DSB has more than 195 million passengers every year but, as reported by The Copenhagen Post, the attack on Sunday made it impossible to purchase a ticket via the DSB app, on the websi...

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CRYPTO-MINING MALWARE TOPS MOST WANTED LIST

May 14, 2018

Cybercriminals have options when it comes to choosing their attack weapons, which is why malware authors are likely grateful to those criminals who choose to target unpatched server vulnerabilities with crypto-mining malware. According to the latest Global Threat Index published today by Check Point...

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GEORGIA GOVERNOR VETOES CONTROVERSIAL CYBERSECURITY BILL

May 11, 2018

A controversial cybersecurity bill was vetoed by Georgia's governor this week after pressure from Microsoft and Google. Plus, IBM banned USB drives, and more. Georgia Governor Nathan Deal vetoed a cybersecurity bill this week that would have criminalized unauthorized computer access but granted ...

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WHITE HAT SPOOFS 2FA, SENDS USER TO PHISHING PAGE

May 11, 2018

Social engineering tactics are the bread and butter of hackers. Preying on trust, malicious actors are able to lure users into sharing personal information, even login credentials. White hat hackers will often leverage these same tactics for good, which Kevin Mitnick, chief hacking officer, KnowBe4 ...

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ANDROID P SECURITY IMPROVES AUTHENTICATION TRUST AND DATA PRIVACY

May 10, 2018

Android P security features, which were previewed at Google I/O, include notable improvements for data privacy and encryption and preventing malicious apps from spying on users. Mountain View, Calif. -- The newest Android P security enhancements make it clear that Google has been watching the news a...

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CSIT ANNOUNCES JOBS BOOST FOR CYBERSECURITY INDUSTRY

May 09, 2018

At CSIT’s eighth Annual World Cyber Security Summit it was announced that 10 new research and engineering jobs are being created at Queen’s University Belfast to meet the demands of new contracts and the rapidly growing cybersecurity industry in Northern Ireland. CSIT, the UK’s lea...

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A LOOK AT THE NEW LONDON CYBER INNOVATION CENTRE

May 09, 2018

At CSIT’s eighth Annual World Cyber Security Summit in Belfast Claire Cockerton, founder and CEO of Plexal, presented a session outlining the new London Cyber Innovation Centre, which will launch later this year and will be located on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The Centre, which will be...

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IT PROS NAME USERS, GDPR AS BIGGEST CLOUD COMPUTING SECURITY THREATS

May 09, 2018

The cloud is growing faster than companies can prepare for cloud computing security threats, a quartet of tech leaders say at a Boston forum. But managing risk is within reach. You know a technology has become standard when an institution founded before electricity plugs it in. Just look at The Hart...

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TWITTER FIXES BUG, ADVISES USERS TO RESET PASSWORDS

May 08, 2018

Today’s topics include Twitter advising users to reset their passwords after a bug discovery, and Microsoft releasing a preview of the next major Windows 10 update. Twitter announced on May 3 that it discovered an issue in its system that exposed user passwords to potential risk but added that...

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SYNACK RANSOMWARE USES DOPPELGANGING TECHNIQUE

May 08, 2018

Though known since September 2017, SynAck ransomware has a new variant found to be using Process Doppelgänging. According to Kaspersky Lab researchers who discovered the ransomware Trojan bypassing antivirus security by hiding in legitimate processes, this is the first time the Doppelgängi...

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HACKERS MINE FOR CRYPTO-COINS ON IOT DEVICES

May 07, 2018

Cybercriminals looking to purchase malware are frequent flyers on dark web forums. Often, nefarious actors are in search of the attack that will deliver the greatest gains, which is why it might come as a surprise to learn that many criminals are rolling the dice on crypto-jacking connected devices....

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HACKERS IN CHINA ARE PART OF MASSIVE GOVERNMENT GROUP, REPORT SAYS

May 07, 2018

Hacks that were previously thought to be the work of unrelated groups have actually been coordinated by China since at least 2009, according to researchers. There's a Chinese proverb that roughly translates to "One chopstick is easily broken, but a bundle of chopsticks is unbreakable."...

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BUSINESSES NOT READY FOR NETWORK IMPLICATIONS OF CLOUD NATIVE ARCHITECTURE

May 04, 2018

Composable applications can be built from connecting microservices that run in their own containers. This cloud-first approach requires a new approach to networking. The next iteration for cloud computing, Cloud 2.0, promises to deliver a flexible IT architecture where applications are built out of ...

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TWITTER PASSWORD SECURITY BUG UNDERLINES NEED FOR INDUSTRY CHANGE

May 04, 2018

Twitter has revealed that a bug in its systems resulted in some passwords being stored in a log in clear text, underlining the need for alternative authentication methods, say industry commentators. Twitter has advised its users to change their passwords after discovering that a systems flaw had res...

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CYBERSECURITY PERVASIVENESS SUBSUMES ALL SECURITY CONCERN

May 03, 2018

Given the increased digitization of society and explosion of devices generating data (including retail, social media, search, mobile, and the internet of things), it seems like it might have been inevitable that cybersecurity pervasiveness would eventually touch every aspect of life. But, it feels m...

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FIELD SERVICE MOBILE APPS OFFER USABILITY, NEW FEATURES

May 03, 2018

Field service management software can be a great way to integrate mobile into a service company. Now, cloud-based platforms offer an accessible entry point for smaller businesses. As field service mobile apps become more robust and cloud-based, adoption grows with small businesses jumping on the ban...

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UK FIRMS INVEST IN CYBERSECURITY TO FOIL ATTACKS

May 03, 2018

There was good news for UK businesses this week after new stats from Beaming showed the number of cyber-attack victims fell by a fifth in 2017 from the previous year. The business ISP polled over 500 corporate bosses in micro-, small, medium and large businesses. Although around the same number of l...

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PLAINTEXT PASSWORD PROBLEM FOR SOME GITHUB USERS

May 02, 2018

Protecting passwords is a critical yet challenging part of cybersecurity. Yesterday, it became an issue for code repository site GitHub, which had to announce to a small number of its users that a flaw in its system had revealed passwords in plaintext on internal logs. Users received an email messag...

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SECURITY INDUSTRY WELCOMES CITY OF LONDON POLICE CYBER INITIATIVE

May 02, 2018

Security industry welcomes City of London Police cyber initiative. The security industry has welcomed plans to fight cyber crime in the heart of London using a community-based approach, but says more investment in cyber security skills is required. The City of London Police has launched an initiativ...

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ZUCKERBERG POKES FUN AT HIMSELF, TOUTS NEW APPS AT F8

May 01, 2018

Facebook CEO introduces several new functions, including a dating app, one that allows a group to share watching videos in real time, and new ways natural language processing and artificial intelligence will be used in future apps. On Day 1 of its annual F8 conference, Facebook on May 1 explained ho...

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SECURITY INDUSTRY WELCOMES NHS MOVE TO WINDOWS 10

Apr 30, 2018

Representatives of the security industry have welcomed the announcement that the NHS will be migrating to Windows 10 as part of a multi-million pound deal with Microsoft, but warn that the move will not be without its challenges. The Department of Health and Social Care has announced that it will tr...

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PHISHING THREATS STILL DWARF VULNERABILITIES, ZERO-DAYS

Apr 30, 2018

Proofpoint research shows that while phishing attacks now require victims to take more steps, the success rate for such attacks hasn't declined and enterprises are still on the defensive. Phishing threats continue to evolve and stay one step ahead of enterprise defenses, according to new researc...

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SECURITY PROS SUPPORT DATA COLLECTION REGULATIONS

Apr 27, 2018

While most security professionals believe that government officials lack a real understanding of the threats to digital privacy, they overwhelmingly agree that governments should regulate the way social media companies collect user data. At last week’s RSA Conference, more than 500 security pr...

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SENTINELONE CEO: ENDPOINT SECURITY MARKET FULL OF 'NOISE AND CONFUSION'

Apr 27, 2018

In part two of the interview with SentinelOne CEO Tomer Weingarten, he discusses how niche products and venture capital investments have affected the endpoint security space. In part two of the interview with SentinelOne CEO Tomer Weingarten, he discusses how niche products and venture capital inves...

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FINNISH R&D AND UTILITIES IN LINE OF CYBER ESPIONAGE FIRE, SAY SECURITY POLICE

Apr 26, 2018

Finnish research and development, as well as critical infrastructure, are being targeted by state-backed cyber espionage attacks, says report. Foreign states are attempting to steal information about Finland’s critical infrastructure and product development, Finnish security intelligence servi...

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GDPR COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS DON'T COME CHEAP

Apr 26, 2018

GDPR has more teeth than any previous data privacy directive, but that looming threat hasn't motivated many companies to get their audit trail in order. Not ready for GDPR to go into effect next month? There's some good news and some bad news. The bad news: The European Union regulation has ...

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KEEP HACKERS LOCKED OUT OF HOTEL ROOMS

Apr 26, 2018

It’s rare to check into any hotel today and be handed an actual door key. Global hotel chains and hotels worldwide have transitioned from the lock and keys of old to an electronic system so that guests need only swipe a card in front of the door. But researchers at F-Secure Cyber Security Serv...

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CADENCE IN CHAOS: SOUNDS OF DDOS IN NETFLOW LOGS

Apr 26, 2018

For those who appreciate the healing power of music, new research could prove to be a magical security tool. By correlating traffic types from NetFlow logs with sounds of instruments, researchers at Imperva were able to translate changes in network traffic into song. Inspired by a TED Talk called &q...

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FIGHT TO GET SMBS PCI COMPLIANT A LOSING BATTLE

Apr 26, 2018

Being in compliance with different regulations has a bottom-line impact on business, but smaller organizations lack the time and knowledge necessary to engage with PCI (Payment Card Industry) programs. That's according to the Acquirer PCI Sentiment Survey recently released by Sysnet Global Solut...

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MAJOR TAKEDOWN OF SITE SELLING CYBERATTACKS

Apr 25, 2018

Administrators of the world's largest DDoS-as-a-service website webstresser.org were only yesterday reaping the rewards of their illicit enterprise. Today, they are under arrest thanks to the cooperative effort of international law enforcement agencies. Eruopol reported the success of Operation ...

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IMPROVED SECURITY STANDARDS FOR ELECTRIC GRIDS

Apr 24, 2018

In an effort to address the growing threat of cyber-attacks to the national power grid, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved revised reliability standards for cybersecurity management controls. The Critical Infrastructure Protection standards, developed by the North American Elec...

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FACEBOOK CYBERSECURITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATES US VETERANS

Apr 24, 2018

Though it’s not quite graduation season, 33 US military veterans celebrated the completion of their 12-week course and became the first class to graduate from Facebook Cybersecurity University for Veterans on Saturday, April 21. Narrowing the cybersecurity skills gap demands that organizations...

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CILIUM 1.0 ADVANCES CONTAINER NETWORKING WITH IMPROVED SECURITY

Apr 24, 2018

The open-source effort aims to replace the decades-old IPtables model for Linux networking with a more modern approach for containers that improves performance and security. For last two decades, the IPtables technology has been the cornerstone of Linux networking implementations, including new cont...

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#RSAC: INFOSECURITY ‘SOLUTIONS’ ARE BECOMING THE PROBLEM

Apr 23, 2018

At the RSA conference in San Francisco in a session titled ‘Back to IT Security Basics: What’s getting lost in the buzz words’, Marc Potter of Netwrix urged information security professionals to turn a blind eye to threat buzzwords in favor of focusing on risk management. “Wh...

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WOMEN IN CYBERSECURITY DISCUSS HIRING, ADVICE AND BEING MENTORS

Apr 23, 2018

A panel of women cybersecurity professionals at the RSA Conference discussed ways to find the best job candidates, the best advice they've received and how to be better mentors. SAN FRANCISCO -- With diversity in infosec looming as an increasingly pivotal topic, a panel of female cybersecurity p...

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GOVERNMENT HACKING TACTICS QUESTIONED AT OURSA

Apr 20, 2018

The ACLU's Jennifer Granick took government hacking to task at the OURSA Conference this week, calling out mass surveillance techniques and the limited scope of search warrants. Jennifer Granick had harsh words at the Our Security Advocates Conference for the growing state of mass surveillance a...

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NEW IOS VULNERABILITY LETS ATTACKERS HACK IPHONE, IPAD

Apr 19, 2018

Syncing iTunes across devices via Wi-Fi is popular and convenient, but newly discovered attack scenarios could put iOS devices at risk. Symantec researchers discovered a flaw that if exploited would allow attackers to compromise devices. Named “Trustjacking,” the flaw exploits the trust ...

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MICROSOFT WINDOWS DEFENDER FIGHTS PHISHING ON GOOGLE CHROME BROWSER

Apr 19, 2018

Microsoft is bringing the technology it uses to keep Edge users safe to a rival browser. Available now in the Chrome Web Store, the new Windows Defender Browser Protection extension for Google Chrome monitors web pages to help users avoid phishing schemes and socially-engineered attempts to lure the...

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THE FIVE MOST DANGEROUS NEW ATTACKS ACCORDING TO SANS

Apr 19, 2018

At the RSA Conference in San Francisco on April 18 2018, three leading instructors and contributors from the SANS institute shared what they believe to be the five most dangerous new attack techniques in cybersecurity. Repositories and Cloud Storage Data Leakage. Ed Skoudis named repositories and cl...

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IT MANAGERS LACK VISIBILITY INTO ALMOST HALF OF NETWORK TRAFFIC

Apr 18, 2018

IT managers lack visibility to about 45% of their organization’s network traffic, creating significant security challenges. In fact, nearly a quarter of them are blind to as much as 70% of their network traffic. Sophos’s global survey, The Dirty Secrets of Network Firewalls, polled more ...

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U.S. UK GOVERNMENT SAY RUSSIA INCREASING INFRASTRUCTURE ATTACKS

Apr 18, 2018

A massive Russian-sponsored cyber-attack campaign is targeting routers, switches and other infrastructure devices to enable man-in-the-middle, espionage, hijacking and other attacks, according to U.S. and UK cyber-security authorities. In the first joint statement of its kind, U.S. and UK cyber-secu...

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DIVERSITY ESSENTIAL IN BUILDING CYBERSECURITY TALENT PIPELINE

Apr 17, 2018

In their RSA Conference session titled ‘Building the cybersecurity innovation pipeline’ in San Francisco on April 17 2018, Grant Bourzikas, CISO & VP McAfee Labs and Chatelle Lynch, SVP and Chief Human Resources Officer, McAfee Labs, discussed the importance of diversity in building ...

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FACEBOOK, MICROSOFT AND 32 OTHERS FORM CYBER CONSORTIUM

Apr 17, 2018

A group of 34 tech companies, including Facebook and Microsoft, have formed a cybersecurity consortium, pledging to work together to “act responsibly, to protect and empower our users and customers, and thereby to improve the security, stability, and resilience of cyberspace.” The group,...

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MOST WEB APPS CONTAIN HIGH-SEVERITY VULNERABILITIES

Apr 16, 2018

An analysis of web applications shows that 94% of applications tested had at least one high-severity vulnerability. According to Positive Technologies’ Web Application Vulnerabilities in 2017 report, collated through the security firm’s automated source code analysis through the PT Appli...

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HOW TO SOLVE INFOSEC PROBLEMS WITH CREATIVE SOLUTIONS

Apr 16, 2018

Speaking at BSides San Francisco today Katie Ledoux, manager of trust and security governance at Rapid7, presented a session exploring some creative solutions to infosec problems. Ledoux said that when fixing problems “managing little fires without losing sight of long-term goals is an issue t...

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COMPANIES MUST TAKE A SHARE OF CLOUD SECURITY RESPONSIBILITY

Apr 13, 2018

The cloud is seen as highly secure and more and more critical data is being held in public clouds, but organisations need to adapt their internal security processes. Organisations are struggling to protect their data amid a growing number of security breaches, new research from Oracle and KPMG has w...

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CYBER ATTACKERS CAN BREACH TARGETS IN HOURS, REPORT REVEALS

Apr 13, 2018

The majority of hackers claim they can breach an organisation within hours, while most security professionals admit they do not know what to look for. The majority of cyber attackers (71%) can breach a targeted organisation within 10 hours, and 18% claim they could breach a target in the hospitality...

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NATION-STATE ATTACKS TAKE 500% LONGER TO FIND

Apr 12, 2018

When it comes to threats that put your business at risk, gaining visibility into attacks remains a challenge. New research shows that in 50% of cases over the past 12 months, organizations had insufficient endpoint or network visibility to respond successfully. According to cybersecurity specialist ...

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GOOGLE WILL DISTRUST ADDITIONAL CAS, IT PROS PREDICT

Apr 12, 2018

Although IT security professionals are troubled by future certificate authority (CA) incidents, very few have the tools needed to switch CAs quickly. The finding is significant given that, last year, researchers affiliated with Google decided that Symantec, and their affiliated CAs, had mis-issued t...

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DIVERSITY KEY TO MORE EFFECTIVE CYBER SECURITY, SAYS NCSC

Apr 11, 2018

Diversity in defence teams is key to improved cyber security, according to the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). To combat the cyber security threat, “we need to be the very best in the world at what we do,” said Nicola Hudson, NCSC director of communications. “We n...

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INFORMATICA CEO: ENTERPRISES IN 2018 FOCUS ON AI, DATA CATALOG

Apr 10, 2018

Data management cloud and enterprise software vendor Informatica has seen a surge in interest for data catalog as organizations grapple with the looming GDPR deadline and data privacy issues. Here's what else the company's CEO sees as big trends in data for 2018. The GDPR (General Data Prote...

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ORGANIZATIONS FAILING AT TIMELY DETECTION OF THREATS

Apr 10, 2018

Detection and remediation capabilities still need work at most organizations: Less than half of all organizations in a benchmark survey from LogRhythm were able to detect a major cybersecurity incident within one hour. Even more concerning, more than two-thirds said that even if they detected a majo...

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ORGS ARE HOLDING BACK ON CLOUD-BASED SECURITY

Apr 10, 2018

Enterprises are adopting the cloud much faster than their security teams can keep up – and misunderstanding about cloud environments is pervasive. The 2018 Enterprise Cloud Trends Report from iboss surveyed IT decision makers and office workers in US enterprises and found that 64% of IT decisi...

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17% OF WORKERS FALL FOR SOCIAL ENGINEERING ATTACKS

Apr 09, 2018

In tests that imitated the actions of hackers by sending emails to employees with links to websites, password entry forms and attachments, 17% of the messages would have led to a compromise of the employee's workstation and, ultimately, the entire corporate infrastructure if they had been real. ...

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BUSINESS INCREASES USE OF ENCRYPTION IN THE CLOUD

Apr 06, 2018

The use of encryption has seen double-digit growth in the past year due to a number of security-related drivers, a study has revealed. The past year has seen the biggest growth in the use of encryption in the cloud, the Thales 2018 Global encryption trends study shows. The uptick in the adoption of ...

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ONE-FIFTH OF OPEN-SOURCE SERVERLESS APPS HAVE CRITICAL VULNERABILITIES

Apr 06, 2018

More than 20% of open-source serverless applications contain critical security vulnerabilities, according to an audit by PureSec. An evaluation of 1,000 open-source serverless projects revealed that 21% of them contained one or more critical vulnerabilities or misconfigurations, which could allow at...

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HACKERS USE FLAW IN CISCO SWITCHES TO ATTACK CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Apr 06, 2018

Attackers are taking aim at critical infrastructure in multiple countries by exploiting a software flaw in some Cisco switches that has been a point of concern for more than a year. According to a blog post issued April 5 by Cisco’s Talos security unit, the cyber-attacks are exploiting what Ci...

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AVERAGE ATTACKER DWELL TIME NEARLY SIX MONTHS FOR EMEA, STUDY SHOWS

Apr 04, 2018

Firms in Europe, the Middle East and Africa take nearly six months to detect cyber attacks on average, a report reveals. The time taken by firms to detect breaches increased by 40% from 2016 to 175 days on average in 2017, according to the latest M-Trends report by security firm FireEye. This dwell ...

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RANSOMWARE PUTS PRESSURE ON INCIDENT RESPONSE

Apr 04, 2018

Ransomware is aimed at raising money, but does not typically involve the compromise of any data, which is simply encrypted, with payment demanded in return for the decryption key.

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LAWYERS MORE INFLUENTIAL THAN IT STAFF IN CLOUD DEPLOYMENTS.

Apr 03, 2018

Traditionally considered risk-adverse, lawyers are twice as more influential than in-house technology staff, new research finds. Lawyers, not IT professionals and consultants, wield the most influence in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region when it comes to cloud deployments, a new survey has found. Lawye...

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PANERA BREAD DATA BREACH DEMONSTRATES SECURITY WORST PRACTICES

Apr 03, 2018

Panera Bread executives ignored the warnings from a cyber-security researcher that customer data was exposed on its network until it was forced to deal with the bad publicity of an actual data breach. Imagine someone running in to your office and reporting that the building is on fire. Also imagine ...

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GOOGLE BANS CRYPTO-CURRENCY MINING EXTENSIONS FROM CHROME STORE

Apr 03, 2018

Effectively immediately, developers are not permitted to upload extensions with crypto-currency mining features, company says. Google is making it harder for cyber-criminals to use Chrome browser extensions for crypto-currency mining. Effective immediately Google will no longer allow developers to u...

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SAKS, LORD & TAYLOR PAYMENT CARD BREACH AFFECTS 5 MILLION

Apr 02, 2018

Luxury department store behemoth Saks Fifth Avenue and sister stores Saks OFF 5TH and Lord & Taylor have become the latest retail victim of a data breach. The incident impacts 5 million payment cards that were used at stores in North America, from May 2017 to March 2018. Research firm Gemini Adv...

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COLLEGE KIDS TURN TO CRYPTO-MINING, RIDDLING HIGHER-ED NETWORKS

Mar 30, 2018

The higher-education landscape has become a fertile field for growing crypto-mining revenue. College students are crypto-mining from their dorm rooms, while outside actors are targeting their online activities for web-based attacks. According to Vectra’s 2018 RSA Conference Edition of its Atta...

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RESEARCH REPORTS REVEAL CONCERNS ABOUT IOT RISKS AND MICROSOFT FLAWS

Mar 30, 2018

New reports shed light on the current state of ransomware payouts and also reveals concerns about IoT cyber-risks. Multiple research reports released the week of March 26-30, reveal prevailing trends in the cyber-security attack landscape. In the aggregate, the reports provide a snapshot of some to ...

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IBM SECURITY LOOKS TO INCIDENT RESPONSE SERVICES FOR GROWTH

Mar 30, 2018

While IBM has made significant investments in acquiring cybersecurity vendors in recent years, the company now is turning its attention to security services like incident response. LAS VEGAS -- Despite increasing investments in cybersecurity from enterprises, IBM believes many organizations are stil...

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IBM REPORTS FEWER RECORDS BREACHED IN 2017 AS RANSOMWARE ESCALATES

Mar 30, 2018

The 2018 IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index reveals that 25 percent fewer records were breached in 2017 than in the prior year, but there is a big catch: The figure doesn't include records impacted by ransomware. IBM Security announced its 2018 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index on April 4, re...

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CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS DOESN'T FUEL BETTER PREPARATION: REPORT

Mar 28, 2018

New research from SolarWinds MSP has revealed that whilst awareness surrounding cyber-attacks is increasing it is not equating to better preparedness, with confusion about the risks posed and a lack of means to defend against them evident. The 2017 Cyberattack Storm Aftermath study, commissioned wit...

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LEGAL DEPARTMENTS STRUGGLE WITH GDPR ROLE

Mar 28, 2018

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is set to take effect on May 25, and research suggests that while businesses are busy scrambling to fill data protection officer (DPO) vacancies, other areas of the organization, especially the legal department, could be taken by surprise. According to a...

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BIT DISCOVERY LAUNCHES TO HELP IMPROVE WEBSITE ASSET INVENTORY

Mar 28, 2018

Jeremiah Grossman, founder of WhiteHat Security is throwing his hat back in the startup ring, launching Bit Discovery in a bid to help organizations with website asset inventory, which is a key cyber-security challenge. Startup Bit Discovery officially launched on March 27, led by cyber-security ind...

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ENERGY SECTOR ICS IS THE MOST-ATTACKED INFRASTRUCTURE

Mar 27, 2018

In the second half of 2017, nearly 40% of all analyzed industrial control systems (ICS) in energy organizations were attacked by malware at least once – closely followed by 35% of engineering and ICS integration networks. The cybersecurity of industrial facilities remains an issue that can lea...

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GOOGLE OFFERS DETAILS ON DDOS MITIGATION SERVICE FOR CLOUD PLATFORM

Mar 26, 2018

Google Offers Details on DDoS Mitigation Service for Cloud Platform. Google has released more details of its newly announced Cloud Armor system for mitigating distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The service is one of about 20 security enhancements Google announced recently as part of a bro...

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APPLE CEO CALLS FOR BETTER PRIVACY REGULATIONS

Mar 26, 2018

Apple’s CEO is calling for better data privacy regulations as Elon Musk joins Brian Acton in supporting the #DeleteFacebook campaign. The storm around Facebook’s controversial data sharing with Cambridge Analytica continued at the weekend despite efforts by the social networking firm&rsq...

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RANSOMWARE PUBLICITY HEIGHTENED AWARENESS BUT OTHER THREATS REMAIN, EXPERTS SAY

Mar 26, 2018

Due to several high profile attacks over the past year, ransomware is now well known across organisations, but there are other threats to be aware of, say cyber security experts. Publicity around ransomware has raised awareness about the cyber threat, but there are other serious security issues that...

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TLS 1.3 ENCRYPTION STANDARD MOVES FORWARD, IMPROVING INTERNET SECURITY

Mar 26, 2018

A decade after the last SSL/TLS web encryption standard was released, the IETF has finally settled on the 28th draft of the TLS 1.3 standard to be the next major protocol for internet security. After years of development and 28 drafts, the Internet Engineering Task Force has approved Transport Layer...

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CLOUD KEY TO CYBER DEFENCE, SAYS PALO ALTO NETWORKS

Mar 23, 2018

Organisations need to make sense of security intelligence and act on it faster to get ahead of attackers, and cloud-based security is one way of making that possible, according to Palo Alto Networks. Companies are moving to the cloud for greater agility, flexibility and resilience, and they should b...

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IT FACES CHALLENGES WITH FIREWALLS IN THE CLOUD

Mar 22, 2018

The cloud is redefining the role of the firewall, and an overwhelming 83% of IT professionals in a recent survey have concerns about deploying traditional firewalls in nontraditional topographies. According to Barracuda Networks’ Firewalls and the Cloud survey of 600 global IT professionals, c...

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RANSOMWARE OUT, CRYPTOJACKING IN

Mar 22, 2018

Cryptojacking attacks exploded by 8,500% in 2017 resulting from the sudden increase in cryptocurrency values. According to research released by Symantec, UK ranked as the fifth highest country worldwide, with a staggering 44,000% increase in coin-miner detections. With a low barrier to entry –...

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SOCS ARE OVERWHELMED AND FACE DEEP CHALLENGES

Mar 21, 2018

Even though companies are trying to get their arms around the ever-shifting threat landscape by implementing security operations centers (SOCs), research has revealed that excessive alerts, outdated metrics and limited integration are leading to over-taxed resources within the SOCs. Fidelis Cybersec...

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GOOGLE ADDS TO ITS CLOUD SECURITY OFFERING

Mar 21, 2018

Today, Google has announced more than 20 enhancements to its Cloud Security environment, with the aim to give more control to businesses operating in the Cloud. These announcements follow security announcements for Chrome Enterprise, which the company made last week. These enhancements include: VPC ...

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ORBITZ ATTACK IMPACTS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS

Mar 20, 2018

Popular travel-booking site Orbitz has likely been hacked, potentially exposing payment card information for people that bought plane tickets or booked hotel rooms over the course of two years. The company said that it has uncovered evidence that about 880,000 payment cards were possibly impacted, a...

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CYBERSECURITY TREND FORECAST: STREAMLINED, SIMPLIFIED SECURITY

Mar 19, 2018

In this SearchCIO Q&A, Javvad Malik discusses why streamlining infosec processes is becoming a top cybersecurity trend and how new tech influences the infosec industry. Simplicity will be the cornerstone of effective cybersecurity as companies strive to consolidate resources, according to Javvad...

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FACEBOOK ROCKED BY DATA BREACH SCANDAL AS INVESTIGATIONS LOOM

Mar 19, 2018

Facebook shares plunged Monday as the social media giant was pounded by criticism at home and abroad over revelations that a firm working for Donald Trump's presidential campaign harvested and misused data on 50 million members. Calls for investigations came on both sides of the Atlantic after F...

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LEAKED REPORT ON AMD CHIP FLAWS RAISES ETHICAL DISCLOSURE QUESTIONS

Mar 16, 2018

Researchers announced AMD chip flaws without the coordinated disclosure procedure, and a leak of the research to a short seller has raised further suspicions about the process. Explosive research on AMD chip flaws released this week that broke vulnerability disclosure guidelines has been further mar...

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RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT HACKING EARNS U.S. SANCTIONS, WARNINGS

Mar 16, 2018

The U.S. Treasury Department levied sanctions for Russian government hacking, as a joint alert from the FBI and DHS confirms election meddling and critical infrastructure attacks. The FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued a joint technical alert detailing Russian government hacking activity...

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MINORITY CYBER-PROS ARE BETTER EDUCATED BUT PAID LESS

Mar 15, 2018

When it comes to diversity in the cybersecurity workforce, it turns out that minority representation is actually higher than in the broader US workforce as a whole (26% vs. 21%). However, these professionals are disproportionately found in non-management roles, and they tend to earn lower salaries w...

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RUSH TO THE CLOUD RISKS SECURITY BREACHES

Mar 15, 2018

Over half of cybersecurity professionals are reporting misalignment between them and the rest of the business when it comes to the cloud and security issues, according to new research by Palo Alto Networks. Across Europe and the Middle East, 70% of respondents to the survey said that a rush to the c...

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BLACKTDS EMERGES AS AN AS-A-SERVICE DRIVE-BY KIT FOR MALWARE DISTRIBUTION

Mar 14, 2018

A new traffic distribution system called BlackTDS has reared its head in the criminal underground, marketing itself as an as-a-service tool for malware distribution. The privately held BlackTDS was spotted by Proofpoint researchers in late December 2017. It offers a variety of services to its &ldquo...

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