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Consumers Care About Security – Sometimes

February 7, 2019 9:32 am

Advertisement Consumer concern about cybersecurity and privacy is very real but not evenly distributed, a new report shows: while passwords and financial information are worrying for everyone, concern about other information varies widely depending on the individual’s age, gender, and national origin. The RSA Data Privacy & Security Survey 2019 of more than 6,000 adults...

The biggest cybersecurity challenge? Communicating threats internally

January 30, 2019 9:03 am

Advertisement IT executives responsible for cybersecurity feel a lack of support from company leaders, and 33 percent feel completely isolated in their role, according to Trend Micro. IT teams are under significant pressure, with some of the challenges cited including prioritizing emerging threats (47 percent) and keeping track of a fractured security environment (43 percent)....

Facebook Taps User Data to Defend Workers From Threat

Issued by: Security Week

CNBC reported that it interviewed more than a dozen former Facebook security employees, some of whom questioned the ethics of what was portrayed as an unclearly defined practice at the leading social network. Facebook spokesman Anthony Harrison told AFP that the company's physical security team...

Azure AD Identity Protection now revolves around risky users and risky sign-ins

Issued by: Help Net Security

Launched in September 2018, Microsoft Threat Protection (MTP) integrates a number of Microsoft services to provide a fully integrated, end-to-end solution for securing the entire attack surface of enterprises: identities, endpoints, user data, cloud apps, and infrastructure. Since MTP’s launch, Microsoft has slowly been polishing...

Most wanted malware in January 2019: A new threat speaks up

Issued by: Help Net Security

Check Point’s Global Threat Index for January 2019 reveals a new backdoor Trojan affecting Linux servers, which is distributing the XMRig crypto-miner. The new malware, dubbed SpeakUp, is capable of delivering any payload and executing it on compromised machines. The new Trojan currently evades all...

Devastating Cyberattack on Email Provider Destroys 18 Years of Data

Issued by: Dark Reading

An unknown attacker appears to have deleted 18 years' worth of customer emails, along with all backup copies of the data, at email provider VFEmail. A note on the firm's website Tuesday described the attack, first reported by KrebsOnSecurity, as causing "catastrophic destruction." "This person...

Healthcare email fraud: Attack attempts jump 473% over two years

Issued by: Help Net Security

Proofpoint found that healthcare organisations were targeted in 96 email fraud attacks on average in Q4 2018 – a 473 percent jump from Q1 2017. More than half of these organisations (53 percent) were attacked more often, with incidents up between 200 and 600 percent...

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