Swift adoption of cloud and mobile drives insider threats
Bitglass surveyed 500 IT and security practitioners and found that 62 percent have seen an increase in insider threats over the last 12 months.As more data leaves the network …
Hackers can tamper with medical drug pumps, leading to fatal outcomes
Researcher Billy Rios has discovered serious vulnerabilities in several types of drug infusion pumps manufactured by US-based company Hospira – vulnerabilities that can …
Financial impact of SaaS storage breaches now $13.85 million
Elastica analyzed hundreds of millions of enterprise files stored and shared within leading enterprise cloud applications. They identified key trends and insights that reveal …
Massive growth in new ransomware, malware targeting Adobe Flash
“In the first quarter of 2015, McAfee Labs registered a 165 percent increase in new ransomware driven largely by the new, hard-to-detect CTB-Locker ransomware family, a …
On Windows 10, apps can actively defend users from malware
“With Windows 10, Microsoft will be adding a new layer of protection against dynamic script-based malware and non-traditional avenues of cyberattack: the Antimalware …
Kaspersky Lab reveals cyberattack on its corporate network
“In early spring 2015, Kaspersky Lab detected a cyber-intrusion affecting several of its internal systems. Following this finding the company launched an intensive …
90% of DLP violations occur in cloud storage apps
90 percent of data loss prevention (DLP) violations occur in cloud storage apps, and a large percentage of these are for enterprise confidential intellectual property or …
Users care about their privacy, but feel powerless to protect it
Users are resigned to the loss of privacy, but not because they feel they are getting good value for their data, but because they believe marketers will eventually get it …
iOS 9 will use 6-digit passcodes for enhanced protection
Among the improvements that Apple announced for iOS 9 on Monday, there are some security enhancements as well.The most important one is the switch from 4-digit to 6-digit …
What’s driving security budgets and technology purchases?
IT security and IT leaders and their staff members do not agree on security objectives, according to findings from a new global Ponemon study.One of the key findings from the …
IoT is full of gaping security holes, says Shodan creator
John Matherly’s Shodan, a search engine that finds Internet-connected devices, can be used for many things: gauging the impact of policies and network security efforts …
Social media security is still a low priority
80 percent of IT professionals believe social media is an easy way for hackers to gain access to corporate networks because it is often neglected in terms of security, and …
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