March 2017 – Page 41 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Grant Gross| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 08:22:00 -0800

WikiLeaks has released more than 8,700 documents it says come from the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence, with some of the leaks saying the agency had 24 “weaponized” and previously undisclosed exploits for the Android operating system as of 2016.

Some of the Android exploits were developed by the CIA, while others came from the U.S. National Security Agency, U.K. intelligence agency GCHQ, and cyber arms dealers, according to the trove of documents released Tuesday.

Some smartphone attacks developed by the CIA allow the agency to bypass the encryption in WhatsApp, Confide, and other apps by collecting audio and message traffic before encryption is applied, according to the WikiLeaks analysis.

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Security Sophos

March 7, 2017 admin

Anti-malware is imperfect but still necessary. Here’s why

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 14:53:27 +0000

Doctors sometimes make mistakes that harm the patient. Police often fail to protect and serve. When that happens, people rightly demand the failures be analyzed and fixed. But no one ever calls for the elimination of all doctors and police. Why then, do some call for the end of antivirus and anti-malware when failures happen? It’s a question […]

Fortinet Security

March 7, 2017 admin

Byline: Companies Are Taking the Cyber Skills Gap Into Their Own Hands

Credit to Author: Scott Edwards| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 07:24:45 -0800

Businesses are expanding investments in infrastructure security but struggling to source the increasingly rare talent needed to implement and operate their solutions. As an industry-leader, Fortinet believes it is our responsibility to foster the development and continuing education of cybersecurity talent and close the cybersecurity skills gap

Security TrendMicro

March 7, 2017 admin

Trend Micro Protects Its Customers in 2016

Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 14:00:41 +0000

Much of the data that is included in our 2016 security roundup report, A Record Year for Enterprise Threats, comes from the Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network™ infrastructure. This is where our global threat intelligence resides and where we provide much of our protection capabilities for our customers. Trend Micro has 500,000 commercial customers and…

Security Wired

March 7, 2017 admin

The Feds Would Rather Drop a Child Porn Case Than Give Up a Tor Exploit

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 14:00:57 +0000

Instead of pursuing a child porn case, the Justice Department will keep its secrets for at least a few years longer. The post The Feds Would Rather Drop a Child Porn Case Than Give Up a Tor Exploit appeared first on WIRED.

Kaspersky Security

March 7, 2017 admin

Tip of the week: Browser extension features

Credit to Author: Maria Krasnoshchekova| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 14:21:36 +0000

The Kaspersky Protection browser plugin keeps you safe while you traipse around the Internet — and it has several other useful features.

ComputerWorld Independent

March 7, 2017 admin

CA to acquire security testing firm Veracode for $614M

Credit to Author: John Ribeiro| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 03:58:00 -0800

CA Technologies is acquiring application security testing company Veracode for $614 million in cash, in a bid to broaden its development and testing offering for enterprises and app developers.

The acquisition is expected to be completed by the second quarter of this year.

Privately held Veracode has offices in Burlington, Mass. and London, and employs over 500 people worldwide. The company has around 1,400 small and large customers.

Offering a software-as-a-service platform, Veracode is focused on technologies that let developers improve the security of applications from inception through production.

“Embedding security into the software development lifecycle and making it an automated part of the continuous delivery process means that developers can write code without the hassles of a manual and fragmented approach to security,” CA president and chief product officer Ayman Sayed wrote in a blog post.

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ComputerWorld Independent

March 6, 2017 admin

Consumers are wary of smart homes that know too much

Credit to Author: Stephen Lawson| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 18:10:00 -0800

Nearly two-thirds of consumers are worried about home IoT devices listening in on their conversations, according to a Gartner survey released Monday.

Those jitters aren’t too surprising after recent news items about TV announcers inadvertently activating viewers’ Amazon Echos, or about data from digital assistants being used as evidence in criminal trials. But privacy concerns are just one hurdle smart homes still have to overcome, according to the survey.

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Computer Security Articles

Month: March 2017

WikiLeaks' CIA document dump shows agency can compromise Android, TVs

Anti-malware is imperfect but still necessary. Here’s why

Byline: Companies Are Taking the Cyber Skills Gap Into Their Own Hands

Trend Micro Protects Its Customers in 2016

The Feds Would Rather Drop a Child Porn Case Than Give Up a Tor Exploit

Tip of the week: Browser extension features

CA to acquire security testing firm Veracode for $614M

Consumers are wary of smart homes that know too much