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January 15, 2019 admin

Microsoft gains strong customer and analyst momentum in the Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) market

Credit to Author: Yinon Costica| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:00:20 +0000

Microsoft jumped to the Challenger position in the Gartners 2018 Magic Quadrant for CASB and solidified its Leadership position in KuppingerColes 2018 Leadership Compass in the same product category.

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Kaspersky Security

January 15, 2019 admin

A small sex toy with big problems

Credit to Author: Alex Perekalin| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 19:25:31 +0000

Analysis of a German sex toy reveals all sorts of vulnerabilities.

QuickHeal Security

January 14, 2019 admin

Drone Safety – Flying Tips, Policies & Regulations

Credit to Author: Sunita Saini| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 04:09:29 +0000

Drones Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)/ Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) commonly known as drones/ UAV are unmanned aerial vehicle without a human pilot aboard. The potential of drones is starting to be realized and it is making a big impact. They can take on complex tasks and reduce costs minimizing…

Independent Krebs

January 14, 2019 admin

Courts Hand Down Hard Jail Time for DDoS

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 19:37:32 +0000

Seldom do people responsible for launching crippling cyberattacks face justice, but increasingly courts around the world are making examples of the few who do get busted for such crimes. On Friday, a 34-year-old Connecticut man received a whopping 10-year prison sentence for carrying out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a number of hospitals in 2014. Also last week, a 30-year-old in the United Kingdom was sentenced to 32 months in jail for using an army of hacked devices to crash large portions of Liberia’s Internet access in 2016.

MalwareBytes Security

January 14, 2019 admin

A week in security (January 7 – 13)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:45:37 +0000

A roundup of last week’s security news from January 7 to 13, including breaches, takedowns, bug fixes, and social media issues.

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Tags: 2fa Android Ars Technica Bloomberg data security Deletion facebook Hacker One hackers Help Net Security Naked Security PA Daily post Password reuse passwords pentest ransom ransomware rogue apps ryuk Ryuk ransomware Trend Micro USA Today Vietnam Vietnam News

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MalwareBytes Security

January 14, 2019 admin

Government shutdown impacts .gov websites, puts Americans in danger

Credit to Author: Adam Kujawa| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Today, TechCrunch posted a concerning story about the shutdown and most importantly, they covered the reporting of NetCraft, a U.K. internet service company, about how numerous US government websites are now inaccessible due to expired security certificates. This is going to be a quick post to help explain what happened and more importantly, how cyber criminals will use this situation to their advantage.

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Tags: access government shutdown security security certificates shutdown trump wall

Security Wired

January 12, 2019 admin

Ring Security Cam Snooping, Location Tracking, and More Security News This Week

Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 17:40:24 +0000

A German hack confession, unencrypted government sites, and more security news this week.

MalwareBytes Security

January 11, 2019 admin

Luas data ransom: the hacker who cried wolf?

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 18:00:00 +0000

Irish tram firm Luas were recently compromised and told to pay 1 Bitcoin, or risk user data being fired into the void. The deadline for paying the ransom has now passed: So what happens next? And is anyone out there really at risk?

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Tags: bitcoin data breach hacked hacking haveibeenpwned luas ransom ransomware

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