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Cybersecurity skills gap worsens, security teams are understaffed
As emerging technology and threat landscapes experience rapid transformation, the skillsets need to change as well. 80 percent of 336 IT security professionals Dimensional …
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Week in review: Critical Chrome zero-day, TLS certs for sale on dark web, RSA Conference 2019
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: RSA Conference 2018 coverage Check out what you missed at the infosec event of the year. How …
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Researchers create system that predicts vulnerability severity from tweets
To what extent do users’ opinions about threat severity expressed online align with expert judgments and can these opinions provide an early indicator to help prioritize …
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Zero-day Chrome/Windows combo actively exploited in the wild
We now know why a number of Googlers made a point to urge users to implement the latest Chrome update as soon as possible: the vulnerability (CVE-2019-5786) is definitely …
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Growing mobile cybersecurity incidents spur plans for increased security investment
A majority of RSA attendees plan to spend more on mobile security in the coming year, Lookout has discovered. Since critical data has moved to the cloud, employees are able to …
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IoT devices using CoAP increasingly used in DDoS attacks
IoT devices in synchronised attacks on targets represent a growing part of global Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) weapon arsenals. There is a significant potential for …
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Photo gallery: RSA Conference 2019 Expo, part four
RSA Conference 2019 is underway at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Check out our microsite for the conference for all the most important news. Here are a few photos from …
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Windows Servers in danger of being compromised via WDS bug
Checkpoint has released more details about CVE-2018-8476, a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting all Windows Servers since 2008 SP2. The bug was responsibly …
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For enterprises, malware is the most expensive type of attack
The cost to companies from malware and “malicious insider”-related cyberattacks jumped 12 percent in 2018 and accounted for one-third of all cyberattack costs, according to …
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Users of Cisco switches, security appliances need to get patching
Administrators of Cisco switches, firewalls, and security appliances are advised to take a look at the latest collection of security advisories published by the company, as …
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How are execs tackling cyber risk that comes with digital transformation?
There are notable gaps in organizations’ abilities to meet cybersecurity demands for the future, according to a new Deloitte survey. The report highlights the dissonance …
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Organizations still ignoring a large piece of their cybersecurity defense
Organizations have long focused their cybersecurity positioning around prevention; however, with the sophistication and frequency of attacks increasing, more organizations are …
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