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SecuritySophos

Fair, rigorous, transparent, and collaborative cybersecurity product testing is good for customers and good for the industry

Credit to Author: Joe Levy| Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 15:24:04 +0000

The testing of cybersecurity products is a contentious subject, with vendors and test organizations striving to deliver an objective evaluation despite very different ideas of what that looks like. The threat landscape is constantly evolving, and this makes evaluating a single product’s effectiveness at a single point in time problematic. Yet however imperfect and difficult [&#8230;]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/qYMp47tgVXU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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SecurityTrendMicro

Small businesses to receive NIST assistance: Overlooked areas of the NIST framework

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:48:20 +0000

In years past, it was a challenge for organizations across every industry to ensure they were protected against the risks of – and ready to respond to – a cybersecurity incident. Decision-makers and IT administrators alike followed the advice of experts and worked to create strong safeguards and response and recovery plans. It wasn’t until…

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MalwareBytesSecurity

Compromising vital infrastructure: how voting machines and elections are vulnerable

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:00:00 +0000

What are our options for secure and honest election results? Should we be using voting machines or are there better alternatives?

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IndependentKrebs

Who Is Agent Tesla?

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 19:55:32 +0000

A powerful, easy-to-use password stealing program known as Agent Tesla has been infecting computers since 2014, but recently this malware strain has seen a surge in popularity — attracting more than 6,300 customers who pay monthly fees to license the software. Although Agent Tesla includes a multitude of features designed to help it remain undetected on host computers, the malware’s apparent creator seems to have done little to hide his real-life identity.

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MicrosoftSecurity

Take steps to secure your business and users with our security business assessment

Credit to Author: Microsoft Secure Blog Staff| Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 18:00:58 +0000

The Microsoft Security Assessment can help you discover where you are vulnerable and provide personalized recommendations to improve your security posture.

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