Security News > 2018 > August

Andreessen Horowitz leads $8.5 million investment in Very Good Security
2018-08-29 13:48

Very Good Security (VGS) announced that it has raised $8.5 million via a Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The funding will allow VGS to further scale its security product, which...

Instagram Introduces New Account Safety Features
2018-08-29 13:48

Instagram this week announced new features to boost account security and provide users with increased visibility into accounts with a large number of followers. read more

Three Ways of Looking at Security Operations
2018-08-29 13:43

The term “security operations” is often interpreted to be synonymous with a security operations center (SOC). In fact, a web search on security operations results mostly in links to SOC content....

Researchers Shine Light on Smart-Bulb Data Theft
2018-08-29 13:28

The attack allows snooping of data from environments that are highly secure or air-gapped using infrared signals from smart bulbs.

CIA Network Exposed Through Insecure Communications System
2018-08-29 13:10

Interesting story of a CIA intelligence network in China that was exposed partly because of a computer-security failure: Although they used some of the same coding, the interim system and the main...

Tool and resources to help small merchants improve payment card data security
2018-08-29 12:38

Small merchants continue to be a primary target for cybercriminals. According to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, 61% of breached organizations surveyed were small businesses. These...

Half of Alexa Top 1 Million sites now use HTTPS
2018-08-29 12:21

Slowly but surely, the Internet is on its way to being 100% encrypted. According Scott Helme’s latest analysis of the one million most visited websites according to Alexa, 51.8% are actively...

GDPR Effect: Data Protection Complaints Spike
2018-08-29 12:18

Individuals Report Organizations for Allegedly Failing to Secure Personal DataThree months after the EU's General Data Protection Regulation went into full effect, the U.K.'s data privacy watchdog...

Your data center’s IT is lock-tight, are the facility’s operations?
2018-08-29 12:00

Data centers are the lifeblood of the enterprise, allowing for scale never before imagined and access to critical information and applications. Businesses are increasingly migrating to the cloud,...

Facebook: It’s too tough to find personal data in our huge warehouse
2018-08-29 11:57

GDPR: it means give users their data when they ask for it, and Facebook's refusal to do so has provoked an inquiry by the Irish DPC.