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Top 5: Ways employees create security headaches for their companies
2018-04-19 19:40

Recent research indicates that employees are responsible for a large percentage of cybersecurity incidents. Here are five ways they're causing vulnerabilities.

Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Fallout: What's Next?
2018-04-19 19:18

Abbott Law Group's Steven Teppler on the RepercussionsThe Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal is far from over. Attorney Steven Teppler, co-counsel on the first class action case filed in the...

5 reasons your employees are a security threat to your business
2018-04-19 19:17

Recent research indicates that employees are responsible for a large percentage of cybersecurity incidents. Here are five ways they're creating vulnerabilities.

Over 2 Million Users Installed Malicious Ad Blockers From Chrome Store
2018-04-19 19:03

If you have installed any of the below-mentioned Ad blocker extension in your Chrome browser, you could have been hacked. A security researcher has spotted five malicious ad blockers extension in...

Microsoft's BitLocker encryption program: A cheat sheet
2018-04-19 18:47

BitLocker, an encryption program from Microsoft, offers data protection for the whole disk in an efficient method that is easy to implement, seamless to the user, and can be managed by systems admins.

Microsoft BitLocker: Built-in encryption for your Windows PC
2018-04-19 18:45

Microsoft has its own built-in disk encryption utility, but not all Windows PCs have BitLocker installed on them.

Forgot your Mac password? 3 ways to unlock startup disks encrypted with Apple's FileVault
2018-04-19 18:36

If you forget your Mac's login account password, you might not be able to access the data stored on a FileVault encrypted drive. Discover three methods for regaining access to your data.

Yahoo! webmail! hacker! faces! nearly! eight! years! in! the! cooler!
2018-04-19 18:25

Prosecutors ask judge to give Baratov 94 months for stealing accounts on behalf of FSB The Canadian hacker who helped Russian agents by breaking into more than 11,000 Yahoo email accounts could...

Yahoo! Hacker! Faces! Nearly! Eight! Years! In! Prison!
2018-04-19 18:25

Prosecutors ask judge to give Baratov 94 months for stealing accounts on behalf of FSB The Canadian hacker who helped Russian agents by breaking into more than 11,000 Yahoo email accounts could...

Digital Transformation and Cybersecurity's Burden
2018-04-19 18:18

Insights From Jonathan Nguyen-Duy of Fortinet"Digital transformation" is the theme of the year, but it comes with specific cybersecurity challenges - and they put a new burden squarely on the...