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Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 15:00:29 +0000
Each weekend we round up the news stories that we didn’t break or cover in depth but that still deserve your attention. The post Security News This Week: Yahoo Got Hacked Again. No, Seriously appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 23:46:54 +0000
After Flynn’s resignation, the Trump administration’s next pick declined the position. What happens now? The post Finding the Right National Security Adviser Won’t Be Easy appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:50:12 +0000
Love was in the air earlier this week. This past Tuesday was Valentine’s Day and what should have been Microsoft’s “Patch Tuesday,” but it was reported last month that Patch Tuesday would never be the same as Microsoft moves to a process that includes an online searchable database and automatic updates. I was wondering what…
Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 16:30:10 +0000
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| Bayesian spam filtering is based on Bayes rule, a statistical theorem that gives you the probability of an event. In Bayesian filtering it is used to give you the probability that a certain email is spam. The name Named after the statistician Rev. Thomas Bayes who provided an equation that basically allows new information to… Categories: Tags: bayesianfilterPieter Arntzspamthe more you know |
Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 19:32:23 +0000
It’s day 4 of RSA Conference 2017 as I write this. For me, the event ends with a flight home in a few hours. Before doing so, a review of the week is in order. Journalists often write preview stories for RSA, and we’re no exception. My preview appeared on Naked Security last week, and now it’s time […]
Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 18:12:34 +0000
In the latest installment of live videos beaming directly from San Fransisco Sophos security scribe Bill Brenner chats to Mark Loman, director of engineering for next-generation tech at Sophos, about how nation-state attackers meticulously craft their attack code to evade the most advanced security products. (If you haven’t read our pre-RSA Conference Q&A with Mark, why not catch […]
Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 16:14:54 +0000
Couldn’t get to RSA? We’ve got you covered on all the juiciest presentations. In this Facebook Live presentation, Sophos principal research scientist Chester Wisniewski and channel SE John Shier use the food pyramid to show what they see as the proper balance of tools in the fight against online attackers. If you haven’t caught […]
Credit to Author: Rommel Joven| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 18:32:03 -0800
Given the popularity and success of ransomware, it is no surprise that malware authors have been developing more ransomware than ever before. Last year’s cost of ransomware attacks reached $1 billion, which not only shows how this affects businesses, but for cybercriminals the potential pay-out for cyber-extortion can be very lucrative. The rise of ransomware infections may also be attributed to the attractiveness growing availability of Ransomware-as-a-Service (Raas). Ransomware authors posts are now developing user-friendly…
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