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63% in favor of encryption backdoors to respond to national security threats

Vormetric did a survey on how Americans view “backdoor” access by government entities to the encrypted data of private businesses. Ninety-one percent recognized …

Vulnerability management embraces new functions

Vulnerability management (VM) solution providers have always held their own in the global network security domain. VM technologies scan network endpoints such as desktops and …

US Energy Department’s systems breached 159 times in four years

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has had its computer systems successfully breached by cyber attackers 159 times in four years, USA Today reports.The US DOE is responsible, …

Attack code for critical Android Stagefright flaw published

After having graciously waited for quite a while to publish the exploit for the Android Stagefright vulnerability (CVE-2015-1538) so that Google, mobile carriers and device …

Aggressive tactics from DD4BC extortionist group revealed

Akamai shared details of an increase in DDoS attacks from the Bitcoin extortionist group DD4BC, based on observation of attack traffic targeted at customers from September …

Global cyber insurance market to grow to over $20 billion by 2025

Cyber risk is a major and fast-increasing threat to businesses with cyber-crime alone costing the global economy approximately $445 billion a year, with the world’s largest 10 …

PIN-changing, screen-locking Android ransomware

“A sophisticated new piece of ransomware targeting Android users and locking them out of their devices by changing the PIN has been discovered by ESET researchers. …

Cyberespionage group exploits satellites for ultimate anonymity

While investigating the infamous Russian-speaking cyberespionage actor Turla, Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered that the group is evading detection of its activity and …

Microsoft pushes out security updates, plugs holes actively exploited by attackers

Microsoft released twelve patches fixing over 50 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Active Directory Service, Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows Journal, …

Security pros acknowledge risks from untrusted certificates but take no action

A Venafi survey of 300 Black Hat USA 2015 attendees reveals that most IT security professionals understand and acknowledge the risks associated with untrustworthy certificates …

Half of iPhones on corporate networks run outdated iOS versions

Unpatched and end-of-life devices that are no longer supported by the manufacturer are much more prevalent than expected and create significant risk for corporate networks.Duo …

2015 saw 888 data breaches, 246 million records compromised worldwide

Gemalto revealed that in the first six months of this year a total of 888 data breaches occurred, compromising 246 million records worldwide.Compared to the first half of …

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