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Exposing cyberattacks targeting government networks in Southeast Asia
Palo Alto Networks uncovered a series of potentially state-sponsored cyberattacks targeting government and military organizations in countries throughout Southeast Asia. Help …
Risks from fraudulent mobile apps and unauthorized app stores
Companies spanning retailers, travel companies, media & entertainment, gambling firms and banks have far more mobile apps owned by them or referencing their brand than …
Reactions to the LastPass breach
LastPass, the company behind the popular password management service of the same name, has announced that they have suffered a breach, and has urged users to verify their …
How trustworthy are the world’s leading websites?
The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) evaluated nearly 1,000 websites, grading them based on dozens of criteria in three categories: consumer protection, privacy and security.Their …
A call to researchers: Mix some creation with your destruction
Since I can first remember being interested in information security, my personal hacker heroes (and I’m using hacker positively here) were the researchers who discovered zero …
90% of companies benefit from Big Data
Enterprise Big Data strategies are delivering key benefits to organizations despite noted challenges in implementation, according to CA Technologies.Nine in 10 organizations …
Stronger data protection rules for Europe
More than 90% of Europeans are concerned about mobile apps collecting their data without their consent. Today, an important step was taken to finalize EU data protection rules …
Does the UK need to do more to address the threat of nuclear terrorism?
The emotive nature of linking nuclear and terrorism in the same sentence leads to understandably visceral responses as we all seek to protect ourselves and our loved ones from …
Week in review: Windows 10 security, developing honeypots, IoT security holes
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles:Brain’s reaction to certain words could replace passwordsYou might not …
Malware attacks give criminals 1,425% return on investment
Trustwave released a new report which reveals the top cybercrime, data breach and security threat trends from 2014. They gathered the data from 574 breach investigations the …
Instilling a culture of cyber security
Every company that sells cyber security technology markets how their tools will “defend”, “stop threats” and “protect”. There is no doubt that the technologies that exist …
Privacy profession: An equal playing field for men and women?
In the midst of the public debate around the lingering gender gap in salary and professional achievement, the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) …
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