Security News > 2018 > January

Compromised Credentials: The Primary Point of Attack for Data Breaches
2018-01-24 17:38

Organizations Should Move to an Identity-centric Approach Based on a Zero Trust Model read more

World Economic Forum Announces Global Centre for Cybersecurity
2018-01-24 17:04

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is establishing a new Global Centre for Cybersecurity "to help build a safe and secure global cyberspace." read more

DuckDuckGo offers new privacy extension and app
2018-01-24 16:17

DuckDuckGo, the company behind the eponymous privacy-minded Internet search engine, has announced a new browser extension and mobile app: DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials. DuckDuckGo Privacy...

Security and DevOps - What We Learned at DOES17
2018-01-24 15:44

The adoption of DevOps has implications for security teams, regardless of whether the name evolves to become “DevSecOps” or some other inclusive term. Digital transformation in the business –...

Clothing Retailer Fallas Hit by Payment Card Breach
2018-01-24 14:50

Clothing retailer National Stores, which operates 340 stores across the United States, informed customers this week that their payment card information may have been stolen by hackers. read more

Expect More Cybersecurity 'Meltdowns'
2018-01-24 14:18

After Meltdown and Spectre, Researchers Will Pummel Microprocessors for FlawsTechnology giants are still struggling to identify what's at risk from the Spectre and Meltdown flaws in modern CPUs,...

Amazon Acquires Threat Hunting Firm Sqrrl
2018-01-24 13:25

Sqrrl, a Cambridge, Mass.-based big data analytics startup that is commercializing NSA technology to help organizations detect threats lurking in their infrastructure, has been acquired by Amazon....

Industries most at risk of phishing attacks revealed
2018-01-24 13:25

A new KnowBe4 study of phishing statistics for top industries, shows small insurance companies have the highest percentage of phish-prone employees in the small to mid–size organization category....

Apple Patches Meltdown Flaw in Older Versions of macOS
2018-01-24 13:09

Apple on Tuesday released security updates for a majority of its products, and it patched the vulnerability that allows Meltdown attacks in earlier versions of its Mac operating system. read more

Will explosive data exfiltration continue in 2018?
2018-01-24 13:00

Last year was a banner year for cybercrime. More data was stolen in the first six months of 2017 than in the entirety of 2016. Gemalto’s Breach Level Index found that over 900 data breaches...