In their investigation of the botnet-forming Android banking malware that they discovered on Google Play, ESET researchers discovered that both the Android Trojans and the C&C server were built using source code that was made public in December, 2016. Android users were exposed to malware disguised as weather forecasting apps, capable of stealing banking credentials…
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In anticipation of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Benjamin Wright will host a SANS webcast that offers unique insight and actionable steps to help security practitioners comply with GDPR. Who: Benjamin Wright, U.S. Attorney, Senior SANS Instructor, and the author of SANS’ LEG523: Law of Data Security and Investigations course What: Complying…
ESET today announced a major refocus of its operations to grow by appointing three new leaders to its key departments of business, technology and operations. The change in the company’s management will bring significant results across the organisation, not only pushing it into the top global IT security vendors, but will also help the company…
PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwired – February 22, 2017) – VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility, announced today that the company’s CEO, Pat Gelsinger, will take part in a keynote at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 12:30 p.m. Central European Time /…
Browser-based attacks and social engineering are the two most powerful techniques targeting organizations represented in the SANS 2017 Endpoint Risks and Protections Survey. Both techniques prey upon users as their initial point of entry. “Organizations must devote more resources to user education and to monitoring activities that result from user behavior,” says the report’s author…
Burlington, MA, February 22, 2017 – Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, announced today that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named five Sophos executives to its prestigious list of 2017 Channel Chiefs, for the second consecutive year. The executives on this annual list represent top leaders in the IT…
Berlin, Germany. February 22, 2017 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today takes on security bottlenecks, with the introduction of the Cisco Firepower® 2100 Series Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW). The 2100 series is designed for businesses that perform high volumes of sensitive transactions, such as banking and retail, and supports their need to maintain uptime and protect critical…
NEWTON, Mass. – February 22, 2017 – CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), the company that protects organizations from cyber attacks that have made their way inside the network perimeter, today announced details of its upcoming webinar, “Securing Privilege on the Endpoint: Fundamental Steps Every Organization Should Take,” featuring guest speaker Andras Cser, vice president and principal analyst,…
Woburn, MA – February 22, 2017 – According to Kaspersky Lab’s analysis of the financial threat landscape, almost half of all phishing attacks (fraudulent email messages or copycat websites that appear legitimate) registered in 2016 by the company’s heuristic detection technologies were aimed at stealing victim’s money. Compared to 2015, the amount of financial phishing…
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