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Credit to Author: Jean Taggart| Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 15:00:06 +0000
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| One of the best defenses against ransomware is having a good backup strategy. Having good backups protects your data against all sorts of unpleasant mishaps. A useful rule of thumb called the “3-2-1 rule”, learn about it here. Categories: Tags: backupscybersecurityransomware |
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Alex Drozhzhin| Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 15:20:22 +0000
Samsung releases more and more devices with Tizen OS. At SAS 2017, we found out that this OS is highly insecure.
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In the latest episode of Security Sessions, CSO Editor-in-Chief Joan Goodchild sits down with Sanjay Raja from Lumeta, a network and performance monitoring company. The two discuss how CSOs and CISOs can get a handle on the explosion of new devices entering the network and how to make sure those devices are secured.
Credit to Author: Susan Biddle| Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 05:50:26 -0700
On February 21, Hussein Syed, Chief Information Security Officer at Barnabas Health System, and Ladi Adefala, Senior Security Strategist at Fortinet, led a roundtable discussion at HIMSS17 about the evolving challenges of securing the next-generation healthcare enterprise. The session was geared toward providing attendees with information around the current threats targeting the healthcare industry, how organizations can align security to the progressive business model, and the emerging trends in security practices that are protecting organizations…
Read MoreCredit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:00:05 +0000
We all know online threats are growing in volume and sophistication day by day. From ransomware designed to lock you out of your most important data, to information-stealing malware, zero-day threats and more – we all need to stay alert online. But we also need all the help afforded us by software manufacturers. That’s why…
Credit to Author: John Ribeiro| Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 04:12:00 -0700
Facebook’s appeal against 381 warrants for information from the accounts of its users was rejected by a court in New York on the grounds that earlier orders refusing to quash the warrants issued in a criminal proceeding could not be appealed.
The decision by the New York State Court of Appeals did not address key issues of whether the broad searches were unconstitutional, and whether internet service providers like Facebook have standing to challenge such warrants on behalf of their users, particularly when they are served with gag orders that prevent providers from informing subscribers about the warrants.
“This case undoubtedly implicates novel and important substantive issues regarding the constitutional rights of privacy and freedom from unreasonable search and seizure, and the parameters of a federal statute establishing methods by which the government may obtain certain types of information,” wrote Judge Leslie E. Stein, writing for the majority.
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Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2017 23:55:51 +0000
This is no “gotcha” moment in the Trump surveillance saga. The post Sorry, But Susan Rice Is Not Your ‘Smoking Gun’ appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2017 14:52:45 +0000
Researchers at Kaspersky say a Brazilian bank’s entire online footprint was commandeered in a five-hour heist. The post How Hackers Hijacked a Bank’s Entire Online Operation appeared first on WIRED.
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