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Credit to Author: William “Bill” Malik (CISA VP Infrastructure Strategies)| Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 13:00:56 +0000
The three pillars of privacy, defined in “The Right to Privacy” (4 Harvard L.R. 193 (Dec 15, 1890)), are 1) the right to know what information is gathered about you, 2) the right to know how it will be used, and 3) the right to be left alone. The European Union has incorporated these principles…
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 12:00:00 +0000
After hackers exposed a way to freeze the delivery service’s security cameras, Amazon will push out a fix later this week.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Anna Markovskaya| Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 08:56:38 +0000
Kaspersky Lab looks ahead to the main threats likely to affect the financial industry in 2018.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:33:49 +0000
A new charter for the Vulnerabilities Equities Process sheds some light, but doesn’t fix the underlying problems.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 21:27:17 +0000
If decision-makers haven’t started to make considerations for next year’s budgets, now is the time to start.
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 17:46:00 +0000
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:28:12 +0000
How many times have you received an email congratulating you about winning a lottery of $1 Million or that your bank account will be suspended unless you take an action like clicking on a link to update your bank details? I’d guess, at least once in your lifetime. And even…
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Credit to Author: John Maddison| Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 13:50:59 +0000
The majority of these breaches have one thing in common. IT teams are failing to practice basic security hygiene. Cybercriminals target known vulnerabilities because they know that most organizations will have failed to patch or replace their vulnerable devices. WannaCry targeted a vulnerability for which a patch had been available for months. Shame on them. But Petya followed a month later and targeted the exact same vulnerability. And millions of devices were still affected. So, shame on us.
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