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Workplace stress dramatically impacting IT professionals

High workplace stress levels for IT professionals are dramatically impacting both employees and employers. These impacts are illustrated by increases in those staff looking to …

Top cyber attack vectors for critical SAP systems

SAP is run by over 250,000 customers worldwide, including 98 percent of the 100 most valued brands. Despite housing an organization’s most valuable and sensitive information, …

Criminal attacks in healthcare are up 125% since 2010

The healthcare industry is experiencing a surge in data breaches, security incidents, and criminal attacks—exposing millions of patients and their medical records, according …

Lenovo makes new critical security mistakes

After the Superfish debacle earlier this year, Lenovo’s security practices have once again been found lacking as researchers have discovered several vulnerabilities in …

Year-old flaw in popular WordPress plugin still actively exploited

Sucuri Security researchers have discovered yet another malicious campaign redirecting users to sites hosting exploits. As per usual, the attackers are mostly leveraging …

Netflix open sources FIDO, its automated incident response tool

Netflix has open sourced FIDO (Fully Integrated Defense Operation), a system for automatically analyzing security events and responding to security incidents that the company …

As Uber account compromises continue, company says they weren’t breached

Transport service company Uber has had its fair share of problems through the years, but lately instances of hacked accounts and fraudulently booked trips seem to have …

Company invokes DMCA to block researcher from disclosing flaws in its product

Electronic lock maker CyberLock has attempted to prevent IOActive from releasing information about a host of security flaws they discovered in its product of the same …

Cyber attacks aren’t just targeting big business

81% of small business owners believe cyber security is a concern for their business, with 94% stating they frequently or occasionally think about cyber security issues.The …

72% of companies are not prepared for a data breach

EiQ Networks conducted a survey on information security priorities and challenges. Based on responses from 168 IT decision makers across industries, results point to lack of …

Windows 10 spells the end of Patch Tuesday

Microsoft is ready to abandon the longstanding patching schedule that saw patches and security updates being delivered on the second Tuesday of every month. With the advent of …

USBKill turns thumb drives into computer kill switches

A coder that goes by the online handle “Hephaestos” has shared with the world a Python script that, when put on an USB thumb drive, turns the device in an …

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