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Almost a third of public and private sector professionals are not aware of what the forthcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will mean to them or their …

Google developers have created Password Alert, an open source Chrome extension that aims to prevent users from entering their Google password in a phishing site or, …

As the tide of DDoS attacks continues to expand, the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the influx of network connected devices, such as webcams and routers, are leading …

Unpatched, vulnerable PDF readers are a big security issue for private PC users, according to Secunia. 14% of PC users in the US (up from 12.9% last quarter) have an unpatched …

Government cyber security professionals estimate that cyber threats exist on their networks for an average of 16 days before they are detected – hiding in plain sight.The good …

Arbor Networks released global DDoS attack data that shows a continuation of extremely high volume attacks. In Q1 2015, there were 25 attacks larger than 100Gbps globally.In …

The Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza), supported by Europol, arrested 10 members of a transnational criminal group. The criminals, mainly Nigerian citizens, were …

Stealing media headlines with a new breach almost every week, cybersecurity has skyrocketed to the top of boardroom discussion agendas. Yet an average of 35 percent of all …

A new payments survey of more than 1,100 executives representing banks, retailers and billing organizations across the world revealed that although 80 percent of them …

Organizations large and small are struggling to meet their Key Performance Indicator (KPI) goals and prevent IT issues before they adversely impact the business, according to …

Organizations host file servers to store critical data to and valuable information about its business, customers, and employees. Access to file servers is authorized only for …

Depending on where you stand biometrics is a good thing or something that is downright sinister. The truth is that to a degree biometric technologies have a valid and useful …