Tag Archives: cyber attack

Mistrust Between Private, Public Sectors a Bottleneck to Combating Cyber Crime: Experts (New Times)

The rising incidents of cybercrime could be easily checked if the private and public sectors learnt to trust each other and share relevant information regarding combating the vice,... More

Study: IoT Threats to See Cyber Security Funding Jump

By Chris Tribbey The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) will also resulting in the rise of cyber threats, and that means more venture funding in the world of cyber security, acc... More

Educating C-Suites, Corporate Boards on Security Risks (SC Magazine)

Security trainer Jim Manico from Anahola, Hawaii-based Manicode Security recently was about to teach a class of developers. First to speak was the multibillion-dollar firm's CEO: �... More

How Threat Intelligence Sharing Can Help Deal With Cyber Security Challenges (TechCrunch)

In the ever-shifting landscape of cyberthreats and attacks, having access to timely information and intelligence is vital and can make a big difference in protecting organizations ... More

Changing Consumer-Technology Interactions: The Rise Of Cyber Security, Data Privacy (Forbes)

As high-profile data breaches become more frequent — think Target, Ashley Madison and even Anthem (the second-largest health insurer in the U.S.) — consumers are starting to ca... More

Facebook’s Plan to Train a New Generation of Cyber Security Pros (CS Monitor)

Facebook likes hackers. Not the kind that break into its accounts, but the ethical kind that can find and fix software vulnerabilities that plague massive tech companies. In fact,... More

IBM’s Watson to Tackle Cybercrime

IBM Security has announced Watson for Cyber Security, a new cloud-based version of the company's cognitive technology trained on the language of security as part of a year-long re... More

Weekend Vulnerability and Patch Report, May 15, 2016 (Citadel Information Group)

Important Security Updates 7-Zip: 7-Zip.org has released version 16.00 (32-bit and 64-bit). Updates are available from 7-Zip’s website. Adobe Flash Player: Adobe has released v... More

April 2016 was the Worst Month for Ransomware on Record in the U.S. (Enigma Software)

Ransomware in the US made up a bigger chunk of such threats in April than any other month on record. That's according to data released today by ESG, makers of the anti-malware prog... More

The 10 Worst Vulnerabilities of The Last 10 Years (Dark Reading)

Security vulnerabilities are a fact of life in modern software. Nearly every product from every vendor has vulnerabilities, and some of them more so than others. Take Microsoft f... More