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Assessing PCI SSC's Changes to QIR Program
2018-03-26 15:18

Will Revisions Help Smaller Merchants in Their Efforts to Prevent Breaches?Security experts analyze the potential impact of recently announced changes to the PCI Security Standards Council's...

Half-Baked Security Approaches: What Cybersecurity Can Learn from Legal Weed
2018-03-26 15:13

Context is everything: connecting the dots between indicators of interesting activity across different aspects of an environment is the way to provide unparalleled alert fidelity.

Adding Backdoors at the Chip Level
2018-03-26 14:26

Interesting research into undetectably adding backdoors into computer chips during manufacture: "Stealthy dopant-level hardware Trojans: extended version," also available here: Abstract: In recent...

Do you have what it takes to withstand modern DDoS attacks?
2018-03-26 14:18

As the latest record DDoS attack hit GitHub and threatened to overwhelm its edge network, the popular Git-repository hosting service quickly switched to routing the attack traffic to their DDoS...

Britain Backs US Hacking Allegations Against Iranians
2018-03-26 14:18

UK's National Cyber Security Center Also Ties Hacks to GroupThe U.K. government concurs with allegations contained in a U.S. Department of Justice indictment, which charges nine Iranians, plus the...

Pentagon Looks to Counter Ever-stealthier Warfare
2018-03-26 14:12

The US military has for years enjoyed a broad technological edge over its adversaries, dominating foes with superior communications and cyber capabilities. Now, thanks to rapid advances by Russia...

4 Tips for Implementing a Mature Endpoint Security Strategy
2018-03-26 13:48

Insights on Vulnerability Management and Incident ResponseAn effective endpoint security strategy can be as layered as you want it to be. But you'll have a strong foundation if you build off of...

Energy Sector Most Impacted by ICS Flaws, Attacks: Study
2018-03-26 13:19

The energy sector was targeted by cyberattacks more than any other industry, and many of the vulnerabilities disclosed last year impacted products used in this sector, according to a report...

Mozilla Tests DNS over HTTPS: Meets Some Privacy Pushback
2018-03-26 13:15

Mozilla is testing a method of securing DNS traffic via HTTPS, but is faced with some privacy resistance.

How Facebook’s data issue is a lesson for everyone
2018-03-26 12:45

The headlines have been dominated by the recent news around Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and the misuse of customer data. The impact of these revelations has led to millions being wiped off...