It’s time to rethink using remote access VPNs for third-party access
No longer safely operating behind the traditional corporate perimeter, business productivity today depends on integrating external members of the extended enterprise into the …
Global biometrics market revenue to reach $15.1 billion by 2025
The biometrics market has reached a tipping point. Driven largely by the confluence of organizations’ desires to better authenticate or identify users and users’ distaste for …
Anti-piracy tech firm Denuvo inadvertently leaks sensitive info
Denuvo Software Solutions has suffered an embarrassing and potentially damaging information leak. Denuvo is an Austrian company well known for its anti-tamper technology and …
Google is winding up Gmail support for older Chrome versions
Chrome users that, for whatever reason, can’t or don’t want to update to the latest version of the browser will soon start seeing warnings when they access Gmail. …
Number of disclosed vulnerabilities reaches all time high in 2016
A new report shows 2016 broke the previous all-time record for the highest number of reported vulnerabilities. The 15,000 vulnerabilities cataloged during 2016 by Risk Based …
Don’t take your hands off the wheel
Let me tell you a story. It’s a story about my brother-in-law, whom, for the sake of decency, we’ll call Steve. Steve has a new car. He loves that new car. It’s great. Does …
Scale, frequency and causes of certificate-related outages
Certificate-related outages negatively impact the reliability and availability of vital systems and services, according to Venafi. “Certificates and keys are identity and …
Week in review: Windows DoS zero-day, uncloaking Tor Browser users
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Half of IT pros don’t know how to improve their security posture Mid-market …
Exploit for Windows DoS zero-day published, patch out on Tuesday?
A zero-day bug affecting Windows 10, 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and 2016 can be exploited to crash a vulnerable system and possibly even to compromise it. The bug It is a memory …
Scammers are blending W-2 phishing with wire fraud
During last year’s run-up to the US Tax Day, scammers mercilessly targeted companies’ payroll and human resources professionals, tricking them into handing over …
Uncloaking Tor Browser users with DRM-protected files
Digital Rights Management (DRM)-protected media files can be used to reveal Tor Browser users’ actual IP address and therefore possibly reveal their identity, …
New infosec products of the week: February 3, 2017
New approach to continuous Docker container security NeuVector’s solution for container security is itself a container. The application automatically learns and whitelists …
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