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World Backup Day is as good as any to back up your data

Credit to Author: msft-mmpc| Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:04:31 +0000

In today’s security landscape, there are more threats to data than ever before. Beyond corruption caused by hardware or human failure, malware and cyberattacks can put data in serious danger.  That’s why it’s imperative for enterprises, small-and-medium businesses, and individuals to back up data. It must be implemented systematically, not just on World Backup Day,…

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MalwareBytesSecurity

World of Warcraft phish campaign lures victims with free pet

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:00:14 +0000

We take a look at a World of Warcraft phish doing the rounds which could stand to do a spot of updating where it’s branding is concerned.

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FortinetSecurity

Cybercriminals Are Building an Army of Things Creating a Tipping Point for Cybersecurity

Credit to Author: Derek Manky| Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 06:25:15 -0700

Today, Fortinet released our quarterly Threat Landscape Report for Q4 of 2016. The data in it was drawn from millions of security devices located around the world that analyze up to 50 billion threats a day. Which means that the conclusions and trends detailed in this report are based on over a trillion security events that occurred between Oct 1 and Dec 31, 2016.

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SecurityTrendMicro

A Tribute To My Friend Raimund Genes

Credit to Author: Eva Chen| Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 12:00:26 +0000

On Friday, March 24, we at Trend Micro were saddened to learn that our chief technology officer, Raimund Genes, died unexpectedly at his family home in Germany. It is an incredible loss for us all, and one that still has us wishing it were not true. For me personally, I’m losing a wonderful, close friend…

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FortinetSecurity

The Essential 8: ASD’s strategies to mitigate cyber security incidents

Credit to Author: Katrina Fox| Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 15:24:26 -0700

The Australian Signals Directorate’s (ASD) ‘Essential 8’ strategies to mitigate cyber security incidents represent a set of cyber security best practices that, when implemented successfully, will provide your agency with a baseline cyber security posture. The Essential 8 expand upon the ‘Top 4’ mitigation strategies, part of the government’s Protective Security Policy Framework, which have been mandatory for federal agencies since 2014. ASD has stated that implementing the Top 4 mitigation strategies will…

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MalwareBytesSecurity

Mobile Menace Monday: Preinstalled adware and sometimes worse

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 16:00:52 +0000

BLU manufactured mobile devices have been discovered with preinstalled adware known as Android/Adware.YeMobi.

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