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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 -
Dashlane tries new approach to traditional password conundrum
The new offering gives IT professionals real-time control over an organization's password health.
By Justine Brown • June 7, 2016 -
Microsoft's Bing to issue detailed warnings about potentially malicious sites
The more detailed warnings could help end users avoid visiting sites with malware or phishing schemes.
By Justine Brown • June 6, 2016 -
Federal agencies to report cyber policies, findings this week
The Department of Justine and Department of Homeland Security are expected to release guidelines on how federal agencies will protect privacy when sharing cyber threat data.
By Justine Brown • June 6, 2016 -
Billionaires, they're just like us: Password reuse compromises Zuckerberg's social media
The person who accessed Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter account over the weekend used a password found in the LinkedIn data breach.
By Naomi Eide • June 6, 2016 -
TeamViewer says user accounts compromised because of password reuse
The company maintains it has not suffered a hack.
By Justine Brown • June 6, 2016 -
Symantec lays out details of its cost-cutting plan
The security vendor wants to cut about $400 million in costs from its enterprise security business by 2018.
By Justine Brown • June 3, 2016 -
Reuters: US Fed had more than 50 cyber breaches between 2011 and 2015
The report comes at a time when the financial services industry is increasingly scrutinized for its cybersecurity, particularly following the $81 million Bangladesh bank cyber heist.
By Justine Brown • June 2, 2016 -
Report: 93% of phishing emails contain encryption ransomware
The ease of sending ransomware and its solid ROI has made phishing a primary weapon of choice for cybercriminals.
By Justine Brown • June 2, 2016 -
Enterprise 'bug poaching' threats on the rise
The newest twist on ransomware is essentially an unauthorized bug bounty—and hackers expect to be thanked.
By Justine Brown • May 31, 2016 -
Microsoft to launch new venture fund
The company will target startups focused on cloud, security and machine learning.
By Justine Brown • May 31, 2016 -
Americans commonly disclosing personal information over public WiFi
Despite heightened security awareness, people often are more concerned about Internet speeds than security while using public WiFi, a new study found.
By Justine Brown • May 31, 2016 -
FireEye reportedly investigating additional possible SWIFT attacks
Banks in Asia, the Philippines and New Zealand may also have been targeted.
By Justine Brown • May 31, 2016 -
Support fades for law forcing tech firms to help decrypt data
The measure is unlikely to be introduced this year, congressional sources told Reuters.
By Justine Brown • May 30, 2016
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