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Relentless Attackers Try Over 100,000 Times Before They Breach a System

Issued by: Dark Reading

New report from startup tCell shows XSS attempts a noisy reminder of the overwhelming scale of automated attack techniques. One of the big reasons why security teams struggle to keep up with threats is because the bad guys are relentless with their attack attempts. The security community has long warned enterprises of the scope of…

Software Security

Healthcare: Are you prepared to trade privacy for treatment?

Issued by: CSO

What does the U.S. and the U.K. have in common when it comes to healthcare? Their healthcare sector continues to be under siege, and renewed efforts need to be made to lift the level of focus on protecting patient information. It is as if a Sword of Damocles hangs over this sector. As asinine as…

Network Security

Flying Under the Radar: How Hackers Use Protection Strategies for Attack

Issued by: Trend Micro Blog

It’s a recurring theme in sports movies, war stories and crime stories alike: In order to defeat the enemy, one must think like the enemy. This approach has been taken – oftentimes quite successfully – in an array of settings, including the cybersecurity realm. Security researchers are constantly working to pinpoint and better understand the…

Malware & Threats

Week in review: PowerPoint malware delivery, dark web fraud guides, security through APIs

Issued by: Help Net Security

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: UK ICO offers grants for practical privacy research The programme is open to academic institutions, civil society groups, trade and industry associations and organisations with a genuine commitment to public benefit outcomes. Proposals do not need to be technology based but must…

Vulnerabilities

How vulnerability research benefits both vendors and customers

Issued by: Trend Micro Blog

Zero-day vulnerabilities – newly discovered exploits that haven’t been previously identified – are now emerging more often. Worse still is the fact that these dangerous flaws sometimes aren’t pinpointed until hackers have already exploited them. According to a prediction from Cybersecurity Ventures founder and Editor-in-Chief Steven Morgan, the frequency of zero-day exploits – which were a…

Application Security

Application security trends: What you need to know

Issued by: Help Net Security

Today at Infosecurity Europe 2017, High-Tech Bridge released a summary report on application security trends for Q1 – Q2 2017. Statistical data mentioned in the report largely comes from the ImmuniWeb application security testing platform and High-Tech Bridge’s free web security services, but also leverages a wealth of data from various open sources. The most…

Application Security

Healthcare industry continues to struggle with software security

Issued by: Help Net Security

67% of medical device manufacturers and 56% of healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) believe an attack on a medical device built or in use by their organizations is likely to occur over the next 12 months. According to the results of a recent survey, roughly one third of device makers and HDOs are aware of potential…

Malware & Threats

5 incident response practices that keep enterprises from adapting to new threats

Issued by: Help Net Security

Security analysts within enterprises are living a nightmare that never ends. 24 hours a day, their organizations are being attacked by outside (and sometimes inside) perpetrators – hackers, hacktivists, competitors, disgruntled employees, etc. Attacks range in scope and sophistication, but are always there, haunting the security teams tasked with guarding against them. To cope with…

Vulnerabilities

China continues to steal high-tech trade secrets

Issued by: CSO

Those who have followed China’s technology acquisition over the last 30-plus years will recognize the latest pilfering of high-tech trade secrets as par for the course. It all started with Project 863, which was the methodical acquisition of western technology. The most recent incident, in support of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (CMIIT),…