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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.
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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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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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Credit to Author: Michael Horowitz| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 17:00:00 -0800
Being a Defensive Computing kind of guy, I am a frequent flyer when it comes to VPN usage. But VPNs have both an upside and a downside.
Previously, I wrote about an unexpected downside that I ran into while making a purchase while logged into a VPN server in another country. I won’t be doing that again.
This time, a VPN interfered with a charitable donation.
I am a big fan of Libre Office. Yesterday, I tried to make a donation to the organization behind it, The Document Foundation, but my credit card was denied with a “transaction failed” error message.
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Credit to Author: Katrina Fox| Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2017 15:59:07 -0800
How do government agencies protect their networks and data from cyber attacks in the face of the growing cyber skills shortage? Integration and automation are the keys.
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Credit to Author: Michael Kan| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 14:01:00 -0800
Consumer Reports, a major source for gadget and appliance reviews in the U.S., plans to start rating products on data security and privacy.
On Monday, the nonprofit publication unveiled a set of new testing standards it hopes will push the tech industry to create safer products.
“The goal is to help consumers understand which digital products do the most to protect their privacy and security, and give them the most control over their personal data,” the publication said.
Already, cybersecurity experts are finding new tech products, whether they are cars or smart teddy bears, that are often poorly secured and easy to hack.
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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 18:04:31 +0000
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| In our first wrap-up of the threat landscape, we are going to cover the trends observed during the last few months of 2016, provide an analyst’s view of the threats, and offer some predictions for the beginning of 2017. Moving forward, every quarter we will bring you a view of the threat landscape through the eyes of Malwarebytes researchers and analysts. Categories: Tags: 2016ad fraudcerbercybercrimekovterLockymalwarebytes labspredictionsransomwarereporttrends |
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 18:26:17 +0000
For years, Apple was the gold standard when it came to tech cyber security, while platforms like Microsoft were always under siege by cybercriminals. But today, cybercriminals are exposing Apple’s products.