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Foreign cyberattacks biggest threat to federal security systems, GAO says
The attacks appear to be a part of a larger trend in continuous security information systems flaws for government agencies.
By Shalina Chatlani • June 22, 2016 -
Access to 170,000 servers sold on underground market since 2014
Kaspersky Lab researchers found a third of the available servers were from the United States.
By Justine Brown • June 22, 2016 -
UK parliament proposes linking exec pay with enterprise cyber performance
A new report from parliament is recommending a scale of fines to help boost businesses' cybersecurity accountability.
By Justine Brown • June 21, 2016 -
Federal Reserve watchdog to appraise bank cybersecurity oversight
"The growing sophistication and volume of cybersecurity threats presents a serious risk to all financial institutions," the Federal Reserve's Office of Inspector General said.
By Justine Brown • June 21, 2016 -
Accenture delves further into cybersecurity arena with new acquisition
The professional services firm has made five investments in the cybersecurity space in the past several months.
By Justine Brown • June 21, 2016 -
Focusing on employee education, Uber wants to make security 'instinctive'
The company leverages techniques such as gamification and competition to help make its millennial employees more security-aware.
By Justine Brown • June 20, 2016 -
DOD expanding bug bounty program to more computer systems, networks
The agency said it wants to build on the success of its first bug bounty program, which appraised the security of five DOD websites.
By Justine Brown • June 20, 2016 -
Cloud's security reputation has changed, Google Enterprise exec says
Once skeptical, many security-conscious businesses now view cloud as the safest place to keep sensitive data.
By Justine Brown • June 17, 2016 -
FireEye reportedly rejected several recent buyout offers
The company hired Morgan Stanley to field interest, but ultimately decided not to sell.
By Justine Brown • June 17, 2016 -
Phishing attacks faking business exec requests a $3.1B scam, FBI says
The latest numbers suggest "CEO fraud" could be an even bigger problem for businesses than previously believed.
By Justine Brown • June 16, 2016 -
Average cost of US data breach reaches $7M
Data breaches cost the most in the United States, followed by Germany and Canada.
By Justine Brown • June 16, 2016 -
Enterprises may soon get FICO-like cybersecurity scores
The scores could help businesses manage the risk associated with third parties, Fair Isaac Corp. said.
By Justine Brown • June 16, 2016 -
Watchdog finds 2,600 idle accounts in State Dept. active directory
Inactive user accounts that aren’t shut down correctly could compromise the integrity of the department’s network, the Inspector General said.
By Justine Brown • June 15, 2016 -
Bug bounty hunters discover over 100 security flaws during DOD contest
More than 1,400 certified hackers participated in the first-ever "Hack the Pentagon" contest.
By Justine Brown • June 15, 2016 -
Cisco creates $10M cybersecurity scholarship fund
The company wants to help address the shortage of cybersecurity professionals.
By Justine Brown • June 14, 2016 -
Study: Most companies struggle to restrict sharing of confidential data
The results of the study highlighted the importance of employee education in helping to protect an enterprise's data.
By Justine Brown • June 14, 2016 -
Symantec buys Blue Coat for $4.65B
Blue Coat's CEO Greg Clark will take over as the new chief executive of the joint cybersecurity venture.
By Justine Brown • June 14, 2016 -
AI-based cybersecurity startup reaches $1B valuation
Following a funding round that raised $100 million last week, Cylance joined the "unicorn" club of startups with $1 billion valuations.
By Justine Brown • June 13, 2016 -
Mozilla launches fund to vet open-source software
As the popularity of open source grows, finding and fixing bugs has become more critical to securing enterprise technology.
By Justine Brown • June 12, 2016 -
Report: Malware infected cloud apps on the rise
Many cloud files found to contain malware are shared publicly, and with both internal and external users.
By Justine Brown • June 10, 2016 -
Bill to create new DHS cyber division proceeds in House
If the bill becomes law, the cybersecurity division in the Department of Homeland Security would become an "operational" agency.
By Justine Brown • June 9, 2016 -
Report: Organizations need to find their 'cyber risk appetite'
A new report from RSA explored a new framework that would help organizations better qualify their "cyber risk."
By Justine Brown • June 9, 2016 -
White House against proposed DoD CIO reshuffling
The White House statement said the new role would "complicate rather than improve" current Department of Defense cybersecurity efforts.
By Justine Brown • June 9, 2016 -
University pays $16K to unlock data held hostage by ransomware
The University of Calgary chose to pay the ransom rather than risking potential data loss.
By Justine Brown • June 9, 2016 -
Belgium leads list of world's 'most hackable' countries
This week, security firm Rapid7 released a list of countries most at risk to hacks and cyberattacks.
By Justine Brown • June 8, 2016
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