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Cloud
Cloud security market in the retail sector expected to grow

The global cloud security market in the retail sector is expected to grow at a CAGR of close to 21% until 2020, according to Technavio. Cloud security is a technology designed …

entrepreneur
Lack of security talent is a threat to corporate safety

Large businesses with a small amount of full-time security experts pay almost three times more to recover from a cyberattack than those businesses with in-house expertise, …

users
Five tips to help execute an employee training program

One of the best ways to reduce the risk of data breaches is employee training. This is particularly important during the fall “back to business” season when many …

world
New wave of targeted attacks focus on industrial organizations

Kaspersky Lab researchers discovered a new wave of targeted attacks against the industrial and engineering sectors in 30 countries around the world. Dubbed Operation Ghoul, …

danger
The inner workings of the Cerber ransomware campaign

Check Point’s research team has analysed the inner workings of Cerber, the world’s biggest ransomware-as-a-service scheme. Cerber execution flow Cerber is a ransomware …

DDoS
Subverting protection into DDoS attacks

On average, DNSSEC reflection can transform an 80-byte query into a 2,313-byte response, an amplification factor of nearly 30 times, which can easily cause a network service …

firefighters
Incident response challenge: How to get out of Firefighter Mode

Organizations tend to have the mindset that their IT and security teams should play the role of First Responders on the scene of a security incident. They expect their IT and …

Defending against crypto ransomware
eBook: Defending against crypto ransomware

Unlike traditional malware, crypto ransomware doesn’t steal information. Instead, it encrypts a victim’s documents, spreadsheets, pictures, videos and other files, and then …

team
Employee awareness training: Key component of IT security initiatives

IT projects are most effective when they take into account people, processes, and technology. These three components should be addressed concurrently so the organization can …

magnify
New method for detecting hardware Trojans

Modern computer chips are made up of hundreds of millions – often billions – of transistors. Such complexity enables the smartphone in your back pocket to perform all manner …

Keyboard
Build serverless, secure apps in the cloud

Swirlds released the SDK for the hashgraph distributed consensus platform, which is free for download (the registration fields are optional). This software development …

match
Week in review: Spoofing boarding pass QR codes, blocking USB-based threats

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and articles: Malware hidden in digitally signed executables can bypass AV protection …

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