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Software Security

Issued by: Blog Malwarebytes

How do I get my employees to stop clicking on everything?

If you’ve been given responsibility for network security in a non-technical area of the business, there’s one eternal question that has been bedeviling admins for decades. Shelves of words have been spilled on the subject, to limited result. Everyone with cybersecurity responsibilities has their own crop of horror stories where an intransigent user has clicked…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Intelligence

IP Theft: How Often Does Your IP Walk Out the Door?

It happens — employees leave. Sometimes they find growth opportunities and are encouraged, even cheered, by their employers to go for it. Other times, they are let go due to downsizing or performance issues, recruited by rivals or otherwise lured to greener pastures. In all scenarios, the employer’s intellectual property (IP) is at risk. Revenge,…

Software Security

Issued by: Security Intelligence

The Pick of 2017 Cybersecurity Conferences

Cybersecurity conferences provide excellent opportunities to network with peers, learn about the latest trends in security, engage with vendors and see firsthand the latest developments in technology. Here is a roundup of some of the most interesting 2017 cybersecurity conferences.

Network Security

Issued by: Security Intelligence

Secure By Design: Antidote for Dynamic Cyberthreats

There was an interesting twist to the recent distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against domain name provider Dyn that plunged huge areas of North America and Europe into internet darkness. The perpetrators didn’t directly attack the servers of their ultimate target. Instead, they compromised 100,000 small, interconnected devices with weak default passwords, building an enormous botnet…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Intelligence

Fighting Advanced Ransomware Attacks Requires Game-Changing Technology

Ransomware is one of the fastest-growing cyber-security threats facing organizations and individuals today. Attackers are holding everything from government records to health care equipment and even the keys to entire transit systems for ransom. According to new data from IBM, victims are paying up. More than half of the business executives that responded to the…

Software Security

Issued by: Security Intelligence

Getting Primed to Adopt Cognitive Security Solutions

President Barack Obama recently sat down for an interview on emerging technologies with Wired Magazine. “Traditionally, when we think about security and protecting ourselves, we think in terms of armor or walls,” he said. “Increasingly, I find myself looking to medicine and thinking about viruses, antibodies … It means that we’ve got to think differently…