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![Gartner's Litan on Why Attribution Matters (InfoRiskToday)](/static/build/img/news/alt/web-statistics-small.jpg)
Gartner's Avivah Litan, a featured speaker at ISMG's Fraud and Breach Prevention Summit in New York on Aug. 8, says hacker attribution is taking on new importance, as traditional methods of...
![Another popular Chrome extension hijacked through phishing (Help Net Security)](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybercrime-statistics-small.jpg)
Chris Pederick, the creator and maintainer of the Web Developer for Chrome extension, is the latest victim of attackers who hijack popular Chrome add-ons in order to push ads onto users. The...
![Malicious content delivered over SSL/TLS has more than doubled in six months (Help Net Security)](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybercrime-statistics-small.jpg)
Threats using SSL encryption are on the rise. An average of 60 percent of the transactions in the Zscaler cloud have been delivered over SSL/TLS. Researchers also found that the Zscaler cloud saw...
![Cylance Launches Next-Gen Endpoint Security for Consumers (Security Week)](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybersecurity-attacker-small.jpg)
CylancePROTECT Home Edition Will Allow Businesses to Offer Protection to Employee-Owned Devices at Home read more
![After phishing attacks, Chrome extensions push adware to millions (ArsTechnica)](/static/build/img/news/alt/phishing-stats-2-small.jpg)
Compromised accounts push fraudulent extension updates to unsuspecting users.
![Managing Security and Network Implications of Mergers and Acquisitions (Security Week)](/static/build/img/news/alt/breach-statistics-small.jpg)
M&A Madness: Five Tips for Reconciling Your Data Security Posture When Going Through an Acquisition or Merger read more
![Cisco Patches Serious Flaws in ISE, VDS TV Products (Security Week)](/static/build/img/news/alt/hackers-statistics-small.jpg)
Cisco on Wednesday published more than a dozen security advisories describing vulnerabilities in various products. Two of the flaws affecting Videoscape Distribution Suite for Television (VDS TV)...
![Spanish Court Approves Suspected Hacker's Extradition (InfoRiskToday)](/static/build/img/news/alt/Phishing-small.jpg)
Russian Citizen Arrested in Barcelona While On His HoneymoonSpain has approved a U.S. extradition request for Russian national Stanislav Lisov, who's been charged with helping to organize and...
!['Dumbo' Tool Helps CIA Agents Disable Security Cameras (Security Week)](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-small.jpg)
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has developed a tool that disables security cameras and corrupts recordings in an effort to prevent its agents from getting compromised, according to...
![G Suite Admins Can Now Manage SAML Certificates (Security Week)](/static/build/img/news/alt/breach-statistics-small.jpg)
Google on Wednesday announced that G Suite administrators are now able to directly manage X.509 certificates associated with their Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) applications. read more