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Uber: How Not To Handle A Breach

Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 17:18:01 +0000

Uber is a company that is embattled on all fronts. From a very public power struggle to labour issues to regulatory challenges to a reportedly toxic culture, Uber sits in a precarious position. Yesterday, a new strike against the company came to light. In October 2016, Uber was hacked resulting in the exposure of 57…

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TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of November 20, 2017

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 14:10:15 +0000

It’s that time of year again, when many will gather with their families, eat way too much, and catch those crazy Black Friday sales. I’ve been seeing “Black Friday” sales for almost two weeks now. Cyber Monday, which falls on the Monday after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, is probably going to be coupled with news…

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The best mobile threat defense is mobile threat detection

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 03:34:00 -0800

As enterprises push ahead with mobile-first strategies – and employee smartphones and tablets increasingly becoming business tools – the importance of mobile threat defense (MTD) is growing.

Using mobile threat detection and defense, however, is no small task; the technology must cover applications, networks and device-level threats to iOS and Android phones and tablets to be effective.

“We talk about mobile threat defense, rather than detection – the reason being these solutions not only detect, but also can prevent and remediate threats,” said Dionisio Zumerle, research director for mobile security at Gartner.

The MTD market is growing in terms of adoption, and has started to attract attention from endpoint protection platform (EPP) vendors and in other related markets, according to a recent report from Gartner.

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