How vulnerability research benefits both vendors and customers
Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 18:39:53 +0000
Thanks to its importance, vulnerability research is now taking place on a larger, more public scale.
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Bridging the Skills Gap with Trend Micro’s Capture the Flag (CTF) Competition
Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2017 12:00:50 +0000
We all know the IT security industry is suffering from chronic skills gaps and shortages around the world. In the US things are no different, with an estimated talent shortfall of around 40,000 jobs for information security analyst roles alone. While various initiatives have been proposed, few have managed to make a dent on the…
Tech support scams: what are other people doing?
Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:00:38 +0000
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| We’ve talked a lot about tech support scams over the past few years, typically focused on what we see ourselves, and the scammers who like to pose as Malwarebytes. But tech support scams are much bigger than that, targeting every tech company under the sun. So what are other people doing about it? Let’s take a look at some of the other players working to keep you safe. Categories: Tags: Fatsecurity.comIT Advocatemicrosoftscamsymantectech support scamThreat IntelTSS |
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Read MoreThreat Insights: The Future of Smart and Automated Threats
Credit to Author: John Welton| Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:15:04 +0000
Threat report data is only as useful as the analysis and context that goes along with it. We asked Derek Manky, global security strategist with our FortiGuard Labs team, to share his thoughts on what some of the data in our recent Threat Landscape Report means going forward. What at a high level did you find interesting in the report? What did the data tell you from your global point of view? A few things stood out to me based on my years of working with the FortiGuard Labs team. At a high level, visibility and control over today’s…
Read MoreFireball: Adware with potential nuclear consequences
Credit to Author: Alex Perekalin| Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 13:36:08 +0000
Adware found on 250 million computers spies on users and can install other software.
Read MoreInfoSec Europe 2017: ‘It’s all about ransomware and IoT’
Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 13:47:52 +0000
What’s buzzing at InfoSec 2017 in London? We’ve got the lowdown<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=37676&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/Pkga5CyceGA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read MoreICS cybersecurity: A view from the field
Credit to Author: Kaspersky Team| Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 09:00:04 +0000
We conducted a global survey of 359 industrial cybersecurity practitioners to learn more about perceptions and realities.
Read MoreBlaming the Internet For Terrorism Misses The Point
Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2017 10:30:22 +0000
Governments need to focus on real-world solutions to terrorism. The post Blaming the Internet For Terrorism Misses The Point appeared first on WIRED.
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