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Credit to Author: Mathias Thurman| Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 03:45:00 -0800
When I start at a new company, I make a point of meeting with key personnel from the departments that have the greatest potential for security risk, including operations, engineering, customer service, IT, finance, facilities and human resources. It’s a good way to unearth risks that might not be obvious to me and to get all of those people thinking in terms of security.
Credit to Author: John Ribeiro| Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 03:22:00 -0800
A dispute between Intel and security expert John McAfee over the use of his name for another company is headed for settlement talks, according to court records.
The move comes shortly after the federal court refused John McAfee and MGT Capital Investments, the company to be renamed, a preliminary injunction on Intel’s transfer of marks and related assets containing the word McAfee, as part of a proposed spin-out by the chipmaker of its security business as a separate company that would be called McAfee.
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Credit to Author: Steve Neville| Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 13:00:42 +0000
IDC, a leading global market intelligence firm, believes that organizations need to have access to security that moves at the speed of business. In fact, one of IDC’s leading security practice analysts had this to say about securing workloads across the hybrid cloud: “Multiple techniques are essential to defend against the sophistication of today’s threats….
Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 12:46:34 +0000
SophosLabs has released a malware forecast to coincide with the start of RSA Conference 2017. Typically, our research papers focus on Windows, which has traditionally been the largest battleground. While some of the report does indeed look at Microsoft-specific challenges, we decided to focus more on the increasing malware threats directed at platforms where the […]
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 10:00:29 +0000
What started as a father and son weekend project could change how cybersecurity works. The post Tony Stark Has Jarvis. And Now IBM Has Havyn appeared first on WIRED.
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Our rough guide to minimizing data invasion at the American border. The post A Guide to Getting Past Customs With Your Digital Privacy Intact appeared first on WIRED.
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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: At Least 76 iOS Apps Are Vulnerable to Attacks appeared first on WIRED.
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Credit to Author: Mike Elgan| Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 04:01:00 -0800
Twitter is trying to curb harassment. Again.
Twitter VP of Engineering Ed Ho this week announced three changes that Twitter believes will end its reputation as a haven for trolls, haters, spammers, misogynists, racists and idiots.
Two years ago, Twitter’s then-CEO Dick Costolo was quoted in a leaked memo saying that “We suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on the platform and we’ve sucked at it for years.”
Twitter’s reputation may be hurting its bottom line. The company this week reported its slowest quarter for revenue growth since the company went public. Twitter consistently loses about $100 million per quarter. Advertising is weak. Revenue is down. User growth is flat.
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