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Cloud-based vulnerability management: Top vendors in the field
With an increasingly fast-paced threat landscape threatening even the most complex network security infrastructures, vulnerability management has become essential.Many vendors …
What should companies do after a wide-scale data breach?
It is not always possible to prevent such attacks, however, it is possible to make them highly unlikely to succeed. It is also possible to limit the extent of possible damage …
Nine arrested in UK investigation of criminal network defrauding bank customers
Detectives investigating an organized criminal network responsible for defrauding bank customers across the UK out of approximately £60 million have arrested nine …
Week in review: Criminals hacked chip-and-PIN system, secret code in printers allows tracking, and insecure WD self-encrypting hard drives
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles:Criminals hacked chip-and-PIN system by perfecting researchers’ PoC attackWhen …
Smart home security and privacy checklist
Today’s homes are being built and retrofitted with smart apps and devices to monitor things like security, temperature and lighting. Homeowners and renters should be cognizant …
12 new malware strains discovered each minute
G DATA researchers discovered a 64.8 percent spike of new malware strains as compared to the first half of 2014. This averages out to 12 new strains per minute. In all, the …
Four things to know about new net neutrality rules
Net neutrality is crucial to the future development of the Internet. It is the principle that all online traffic should be treated equally, regardless of the type of content …
Think twice about Android root
In recent years the practice of Android rooting, that is the process of allowing an Android phone or tablet to bypass restrictions set by carriers, operating systems or …
Back to the Future: How much of Marty and Docs’ tech is a reality?
Yesterday was October 21st – the day Marty and Doc crashed into the future in the second Back to the Future sci-fi film, released in 1989. But what did the creators get right? …
Tech-savvy users are actually the worst offenders
Even as businesses and the federal government have made cybersecurity a high priority, 93% of office workers engage in some form of unsafe online habits that could jeopardise …
Free PCI and NIST compliant SSL test
High-Tech Bridge announced a free online service designed to check SSL/TLS security of a web server. It performs four distinct tests: Test for compliance with NIST Guidelines …