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Data loss prevention strategies for long-term remote teams

February 5, 2021 9:07 am

Advertisement Before the recent pandemic, many executives began appreciating the risks and opportunities associated with cybersecurity. A 2019 survey on cybersecurity priorities from Optiv Security found that 96% of CISOs are taking “a more strategic approach to cybersecurity,” and many were even willing to slow business development to account for cybersecurity-related risks. This was great...

The state of the dark web: Insights from the underground

January 21, 2021 10:56 am

Advertisement Lately, dark web actors have one more worry: getting caught by law enforcement. Tracking dark web illegal activities has been a cat-and-mouse game for authorities, but in the end, they often catch their adversaries and seize the dodgy money. On the night of the 2020 presidential election, for example, US government officials managed to...

The future history of medical device cybersecurity

January 13, 2021 8:12 am

Advertisement In 1555, Nostradamus published his famous Les Prophéties containing obfuscated prophecies for the world to come. Some believe that one of these predictions pertains to the year 2020 and it reads, in part: “The false trumpet concealing madness / will cause Byzantium to change its laws.” Yeah… I have no idea what that means...

Tufin releases Vulnerability-Based Change Automation App

Issued by: Help Net Security

Tufin released the Vulnerability-Based Change Automation App (VCA). The new app expands Tufin’s vulnerability management capabilities with automated vulnerability checks prior to approving network access changes. When combined with the Vulnerability Mitigation App (VMA), Tufin delivers a vulnerability management solution that allows customers to maintain...

Digital-first lifestyle opens consumers to potential risks during tax season

Issued by: Help Net Security

Consumers have faced a lot of change over the past year with the shift to a digital-first lifestyle, and tax season with increasing risks is no exception. McAfee’s 2021 Consumer Security Mindset study revealed that while roughly 2 out of 3 Americans (63%) plan to...

Number of ransomware attacks grew by more than 150%

Issued by: Help Net Security

By the end of 2020, the ransomware market, fueled by the pandemic turbulence, had turned into the biggest cybercrime money artery. Based on the analysis of more than 500 attacks observed during Group-IB’s own incident response engagements and cyber threat intelligence activity, researchers estimate that...

Money for nothing: Making sense of data collaborations in healthcare

Issued by: CIO Security

Several leading health systems got together recently to announce the formation of Truveta, an independent company that will pool patient medical records from the participating health systems and analyze them for insights to drive healthcare outcomes. The announcement highlighted the benefits of sharing de-identified data...

Thousands of Mobile Apps Expose Data via Misconfigured Cloud Containers

Issued by: Security Week

The issue, the company notes, is rooted in the fact that many developers tend to overlook the security of cloud containers during the development process. Cloud services help resolve the issue of storage space on mobile devices, and developers have numerous such solutions to choose...

Microsoft Adopted an ‘Aggressive’ Strategy for Sharing SolarWinds Attack Intel

Issued by: Dark Reading

In the wake of a widespread cyberattack, enterprise IT providers can play a key role in how businesses learn about and mitigate the security threat. That role has evolved as attacks grow more complex - and it presents a tricky challenge when a provider must...

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Digital-first lifestyle opens consumers to potential risks during tax season

Intel Paid Out $800,000 Per Year Through Bug Bounty Program

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