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Using Outlook? You should probably do some patching
2018-04-12 12:58

It's 2018 and previewing an email can flash your privates at the world Microsoft emitted a patch for all supported versions of Outlook on Patch Tuesday this month to prevent attackers harvesting...

2.5 billion crypto mining attempts detected in enterprise networks
2018-04-12 12:45

The volume of cryptomining transactions has been steadily growing since Coinhive came out with its browser-based cryptomining service in September 2017. Some websites have embraced the option and...

PowerHammer lets hackers steal data from air-gapped computers through power lines
2018-04-12 12:41

Researchers exfiltrated data at 1000 bits per second by listening in on the electrical connection of a computer.

Key obstacles in enterprise security budgeting
2018-04-12 12:30

IANS released its latest findings on budget-related best practices for information security leaders to consistently command the budget and resources they need. “It’s part of the CISO’s job to...

2.6 billion records were stolen, lost or exposed worldwide in 2017
2018-04-12 12:15

Gemalto released the latest findings of the Breach Level Index, revealing that 2.6 billion records were stolen, lost or exposed worldwide in 2017, an 88% increase from 2016. While data breach...

Palo Alto Networks Acquires Incident Response Firm Secdo
2018-04-12 12:04

Palo Alto Networks this week announced that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Israel-based incident response firm Secdo. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but...

Many businesses struggling to meet GDPR deadline
2018-04-12 11:54

IT decision makers across the U.S., UK, France, and Germany are still missing an opportunity to transform their business through a holistic data management approach that reduces risk and improves...

Update now! Microsoft’s April 2018 Patch Tuesday – 65 vulns, 24 critical
2018-04-12 11:52

Here's what you need to know about the April 2018 Patch Tuesday updates...

Capsule8 introduces Linux workload attack detection platform
2018-04-12 11:45

Capsule8 announced the general availability of Capsule8 1.0, a real-time, zero-day attack detection platform capable of scaling to massive production deployments. As organizations modernize their...

Where's my free monitoring service, One Plus? – hacked-off customers
2018-04-12 11:39

Two months since 40k punters had payment card deets nicked “We have been working with partners across the world and activated credit monitoring across a number of countries. We’re working to...