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Box announces government-focused cloud service
The new solution meets FedRAMP security and compliance standards, making it easier for government agencies at all levels to use the content management platform.
By Naomi Eide • May 5, 2016 -
Expert: Cyber insurance will generate $5B in premiums by 2020
Though it’s still relatively new, the cyber insurance market earned $2.5 billion in premiums in 2015.
By Justine Brown • May 5, 2016 -
Report: Dated bugs concealed in open-source components
A new report found that 67% of the 200 commercial applications it reviewed over a six-month period contained vulnerable open-source components.
By Justine Brown • May 5, 2016 -
FBI sees 'unbelievable' uptick in ransomware attacks
The assistant director for the FBI’s Cyber Division advised affected organizations not to pay ransoms to avoid encouraging hackers.
By Justine Brown • May 5, 2016 -
Reuters: Security expert finds over 270M stolen credentials for sale
In an online forum, the hacker offered to sell the entire cache of data for less than $1.
By Justine Brown • May 5, 2016 -
Microsoft CEO explains why the company is suing the US government
Satya Nadella, the company's CEO, said that the government needs to protect citizens' security without overreach.
By Justine Brown • May 4, 2016 -
Defense Department developing tech to track, identify hackers
Today, hackers can easily cover their tracks and avoid punishment. But the Pentagon is working on a tool that could reveal hackers' obscured identities.
By Justine Brown • May 4, 2016 -
Identity thieves steal W-2 data from ADP
The payroll, tax and benefits administration company provides resources for more than 640,000 businesses, but the company said only a small number of clients were impacted by the fraud.
By Justine Brown • May 4, 2016 -
W-2 related phishing scams see huge growth so far in 2016
Since January, more than 60 organizations said they have been victims of such incidents.
By Justine Brown • May 3, 2016 -
Report: Third parties increasingly pose data security risk
As a result of "negligent or malicious" third parties, organizations have spent an average of $10 million responding to security incidents.
By Justine Brown • May 2, 2016 -
Defense Department's bug bounty program draws more than 500 hackers
Security researchers and hackers alike have undergone background checks and are actively searching for bugs on the agency’s websites.
By Justine Brown • May 2, 2016 -
Symantec CEO departs as security company struggles to evolve
In addition to announcing the leadership change, the company also lowered its revenue guidance.
By Justine Brown • April 28, 2016 -
Internal chats, files at risk after developers from hundreds of companies leave Slack access tokens on Github
The tokens can provide access to a wide array of sensitive data shared inside Slack teams, from files and passwords to database credentials.
By Justine Brown • April 28, 2016 -
German nuclear plant infected with plethora of computer viruses
The viruses were reportedly kept offline and cannot impact the plant’s operations.
By Justine Brown • April 28, 2016 -
New federal cybersecurity rules moving too slow, senators say
Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Tom Carper, D-Del., sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget this week voicing their frustrations that the lack of a new policy is preventing federal agencies from better protecting their networks.
By Justine Brown • April 28, 2016 -
House passes Email Privacy Act, 419-0
Though the legislation was unanimously passed in the House, it faces an uncertain future in the Senate.
By Justine Brown • April 28, 2016 -
Report: Human error, weak passwords among common traits in cybersecurity breaches
In its annual Data Breach Digest, Verizon released themes across the more than 500 cybersecurity incidents it investigated last year.
By Justine Brown • April 27, 2016 -
Fake DDoS attacks are leading to real extortion
Several VPN service providers were recently hit with empty threats—and paid up.
By Justine Brown • April 27, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Cryptoworms are coming, but is your company ready?
The latest trend in the security threat landscape could be self-propagating ransomware.
By Justine Brown • April 26, 2016 -
Investigators: Bangladesh Bank heist included SWIFT system hack
Security weaknesses reportedly enabled attackers to modify a SWIFT software program installed on bank servers.
By Justine Brown • April 26, 2016 -
Defense Department wants its own encrypted messaging platform
The DoD wants to create a new messaging app based on blockchain technology, which would make communications more secure.
By Justine Brown • April 26, 2016 -
Spotify user data appears online, but company vows no new hack occurred
The company said it has not been hacked and that its user records are secure, which has led some to conclude that the available account details are from a previous data breach.
By Justine Brown • April 26, 2016 -
Bug hunter finds backdoor in Facebook's servers left behind by hackers
But a member of the company's security team was quick to downplay the vulnerability on the third-party software and said hackers were unable to use the backdoor to breach other parts of Facebook's infrastructure.
By Justine Brown • April 25, 2016 -
Personal information of every voter in Mexico left unsecured
The data was available on an Amazon Web Services server that was not password protected, but the company says on its website that security in the cloud is up to the customers, while it manages security of the cloud.
By Justine Brown • April 25, 2016 -
MIT premieres bug bounty program
One of the first at a major U.S. university, the "experimental" bug bounty program will reward accredited affiliates who locate vulnerabilities on MIT’s internal domains.
By Justine Brown • April 25, 2016
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