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What is the primary driver for data lakes?

The growing hype surrounding data lakes is causing substantial confusion in the information management space, according to Gartner. Several vendors are marketing data lakes as …

Almost 1 in 10 Android apps are now malware

Cheetah Mobile Threat Research Labs analyzed trends in mobile viruses for Q1 and Q2 of 2014. Pulling 24.4 million sample files they found that 2.2 million files had viruses, …

Week in review: Tails 0-days, iOS backdoors, and the psychology of phishing

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews and articles: EFF invites hackers to test, secure its Open Wireless Router The …

Google and EU debate on implementation of “right to be forgotten”

It is, by now, widely known that European users can ask Google to “forget” sites with content these users find damaging to their reputation, but the European Court …

Fake GoogleBots are third most common DDoS attacker

An analysis of 400 million search engine visits to 10,000 sites done by Incapsula researchers has revealed details that might be interesting to web operators and SEO …

New type of ransomware bucks established trends

Ransomware is now one of the fastest growing classes of malicious software, says Kaspersky Lab researcher Fedor Sinitsyn. This should not comes as a surprise, when we know …

Open source responsible disclosure framework released

Bugcrowd, known for crowdsourced security testing, publicly released a new guide for companies looking to set up their own responsible disclosure programs. Developed in …

Is private cloud holding Feds back?

The Federal Government could save $18.9 billion annually by migrating services and applications to the cloud, according to MeriTalk and AT&T. The survey also found that …

European Central Bank blackmailed in wake of data breach

The European Central Bank (ECB) – the central bank for the euro – has suffered a data breach, and has only discovered it after receiving a blackmail letter from …

Apple confirms iOS backdoors, researcher says explanation is misleading

In the wake of the discovery of undocumented features in Apple’s iOS that can serve as backdoors, the company has modified a knowledge base article to enumerate and …

Six men charged in StubHub cyber-theft case

Six individuals have been charged in the US in connection with an international cybercrime ring that was able to take over StubHub user accounts, steal personal identifying …

Infographic: 25 years of the firewall

This month the firewall turned 25, and McAfee is celebrating with an infographic that creatively depicts its lifetime. Click on the image below to download the complete …

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