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IDG Contributor Network: 2018: The year data privacy got real
As a company executive, it is critical to understand how your business stores, shares, analyzes and protects its core private data, …
OpenBSD disables Intel’s hyper-threading over CPU data leak fears
OpenBSD has disabled Intel’s hyper-threading technology, citing security concerns – specifically, Spectre-related concerns. As detailed …
Intel VP Talks Data Security Focus Amid Rise of Blockchain, AI
It’s tough for businesses to make use of data as it grows in volume and complexity, pouring in from multiple sources and systems. As …
IDG Contributor Network: What does GDPR mean for an organization’s hybrid IT strategy?
On May 25, 2018, the European Union officially enacted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will have a transformative …
Cyber Group Targets Satellites, Telecom
A cyber-espionage group infiltrated satellite, telecom and defense companies in the US and Southeast Asia, and evidence suggests that the …
Nation-State Actions Could Negatively Impact Businesses
In today’s interconnected world, it’s more likely that politics and social unrest the world over could have significant impact on …
Beyond Cryptocurrency: Blockchain for Good
In today’s digitally connected world, no single social impact venture works in isolation. As Henry Ford put it, “Coming together is a …
IDG Contributor Network: It was 35 days to GDPR, and a lot of sleepless nights
If regulations are waves, then the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a tsunami. The GDPR is a European Union regulation on data …
VirusTotal Monitor Looks to Reduce Security False Positives
VirusTotal announced a new Monitor service on June 19 that could help to reduce malware false positives in software. Since the site was …
PSA: Recruitment portals and job sites at risk
Readers of Malwarebytes Labs aren’t new to the social engineering tactics of malcontents to get users to respond to fake job offers via …
At last, a use for Intel’s SGX – locking AI and blockchain, says Intel
At the Cyber Week security conference in Israel on Tuesday, chip giant Intel plans to discuss how it is addressing threats to the …
The High-Tech Way To Get Copies Of Your Keys, But Is It Smarter?
Just about everyone have keys for their cars, where they live and work, for vehicles, and other locks and at some point we may need …
Alphabet Launches VirusTotal Monitor to Stop False Positives
Chronicle, the security division under Alphabet, this week released a service to stop false positives in malware scanning. VirusTotal …
Nation-State and Cybercrime Gangs: Lines Blur
Nation-State and Cybercrime Gangs: Lines Blur CrowdStrike’s Zeki Turedi Discusses Pseudo-Ransomware, False Flags, Leaked Toolkits Mathew …
Google Chromecast and Home Speaker can leak location data to websites
It’s been recognised for years that Wi-Fi networks are a great way to find out where people are located – and living – to within an …
New guide helps explain cloud security with AWS for public sector customers in India
Our teams are continuing to focus on compliance enablement around the world and now that includes a new guide for public sector customers …
IDG Contributor Network: Rose-colored glasses and sepia-tinted memories
Over the past two years, I have seen a number of memes across the Internet decrying personal income tax and how the government worked just …
CVE-2018-12594 – Reliable Controls MACH-ProWebCom 7.80 devices allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive i …
Reliable Controls MACH-ProWebCom 7.80 devices allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request for the …
Email-Borne Security Threats: Sophistication Increases
Hatem Naguib, senior vice president, Barracuda Networks Email attacks continue to bite businesses. See …
China-linked Thrip APT group target defense and satellite firms
Symantec tracked a new APT group named Thrip that targeted0 satellite operators, telco companies and defense contractors in the US and …
Improving the Adoption of Security Automation
IT has always added value through automation, but its penetration into security practices historically has been lower than in other …
New data classification whitepaper available
We’ve published a new whitepaper, Secure Cloud Adoption: Data Classification, to help governments address data …
The story of Mary
Not too long ago a colleague shared with me the story of Mary. It wasn’t that …
The Best and Worst Tasks for Security Automation
Automation may change the nature of security jobs, but it won’t be taking them away anytime soon. While great for some tasks as more of a …
Who owns your iPhone? [VIDEO]
Who should get the final say over what you’re allowed to do with digital devices you’ve bought outright with your own after-tax income? …
How AWS uses automated reasoning to help you achieve security at scale
At AWS, we focus on achieving security at scale to diminish risks to your business. Fundamental to this approach is ensuring your policies …
Hackers Steal $31 Million from South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb
Just weeks after Korean exchange Coinrail was hacked, the Bithumb crypto exchange was hacked, crooks stole over $30 million in …
The connection_control plugin : Keeping brute force attack in check
To quote book of all knowledge: In cryptography, a brute-force attack consists of an attacker trying many passwords or passphrases with the …
Popular Flight Tracker Flightradar24 Suffers Data Breach
One of the world’s most popular flight tracking services Flightradar24, which shows real-time aircraft flight information on a map, has …
The Humble Cybersecurity Bundle offers everything you need to protect your PC for $15
Keeping your PC secure isn’t always cheap. To get a top antivirus suite, for example, you’ll easily pay $50 to $100 per …
What Are the Most Important Elements of Security?
We asked this question of 25 IT executives involved in application, environmental, and data security. Here’s what we …
This new Windows malware wants to add your PC to a botnet – or worse
A new malware campaign is roping systems into a botnet and providing the attackers with complete control over infected victims, plus the …
Exploring Amazon’s public sector efforts at AWS Public Sector Summit 2018
As the cloud market continues to expand in both the public and private sectors, Amazon Web Services Inc. remains the market leader with the …
Attackers use hidden tunnels to steal financial data
11 mins ago Global financial services organizations are targeted by sophisticated cyber attackers in an attempt to steal critical data, …
Microsoft: This Azure password-banning tool will help kill off bad ‘P@$$w0rd’ habits
Video: Microsoft pushes for biometric keys to replace …
11 ‘teammates’ to help you win your own cybersecurity game
We do realize that you’ve been caught up in the hurly-burly of the FIFA World Cup, but surely you have a few minutes to spare and peruse …