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Supporters of Net Neutrality Vow to Fight Rule Changes
2018-02-23 13:31

The FCC’s rollback of network neutrality regulations is set to be complete in April, but it won't happen without a fight.

The economic impact of cybercrime? Almost $600 billion
2018-02-23 13:18

Cybercrime costs businesses close to $600 billion, or 0.8 percent of global GDP, which is up from a 2014 study that put global losses at about $445 billion, according to a report by McAfee, in...

Counterfeit digital certificates for sale on underground forums
2018-02-23 13:12

Signing malicious code with valid digital certificates is a helpful trick used by attackers to maximize the odds that malware won’t be flagged by antivirus solutions and often even by network...

New infosec products of the week​: February 23, 2018
2018-02-23 13:00

Cisco offers cloud-based endpoint security solutions for MSSPs Cisco is offering MSSPs security, visibility, and control of customer endpoints. Their endpoint security portfolio includes: Cisco...

GitLab Patches Domain Hijacking Vulnerability
2018-02-23 12:30

Open source Git repository management system GitLab has addressed a security hole that could have been exploited to hijack users’ custom domains and point them to malicious content. GitLab Pages...

Email inboxes still the weakest link in security perimeters
2018-02-23 12:30

Over one-third of all security incidents start with phishing emails or malicious attachments sent to company employees, according to F-Secure. Types of attacks The single most common source of...

Report Highlights Challenges of Incident Response
2018-02-23 12:08

False Positives Lead to a Surprising Number of Incident Response Investigations read more

It Takes a Village: The Importance of Security Standards
2018-02-23 11:20

The Greatest Challenge that DMARC Adoption Faces is That Many Do Not Know That it Exists read more

Out for Justice: Feds Battle Trolls
2018-02-23 11:18

Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: The Department of Justice indicts Russians for allegedly running an industrialized troll factory designed to influence U.S. politics. Also,...

Health Net Cited for Refusing a Security Audit
2018-02-22 21:18

Why Do Some Companies Reject Security Scrutiny?A government watchdog agency alleges that insurer Health Net of California has refused to cooperate in a security audit called for under a federal...