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Cybersecurity Certification Courses – CISA, CISM, CISSP
2018-01-23 13:48

The year 2017 saw some of the biggest cybersecurity incidents—from high profile data breaches in Equifax and Uber impacting millions of users to thousands of businesses and millions of customers...

Risks to ICS Environments From Spectre and Meltdown Attacks
2018-01-23 13:41

The recently disclosed Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, which affect hardware running in the majority of the world’s computing devices have made headlines recently. The list of at risk...

Facebook Offers $100,000 Grants for Improving Internet Security
2018-01-23 12:43

Facebook announced on Monday that it’s prepared to award $100,000 grants for research proposals focusing on improving online security, privacy and safety. read more

New Malware Hijacks Cryptocurrency Mining
2018-01-23 12:41

This is a clever attack. After gaining control of the coin-mining software, the malware replaces the wallet address the computer owner uses to collect newly minted currency with an address...

Human trafficking victims forced to defraud Chinese computer users
2018-01-23 12:30

Late last week, the Croatian police executed a coordinated raid on two houses where 59 individuals were confined and forced into defrauding Chinese and Taiwanese computer and smartphone users...

Intel Warns Users Not to Install Its 'Faulty' Meltdown and Spectre Patches
2018-01-23 12:03

Don't install Intel's patches for Spectre and Meltdown chip vulnerabilities. Intel on Monday warned that you should stop deploying its current versions of Spectre/Meltdown patches, which Linux...

Future workforce: Intelligent technology meets human ingenuity
2018-01-23 11:20

Businesses risk missing major growth opportunities unless CEOs take immediate steps to pivot their workforces and equip their people to work with intelligent technologies. The potential of AI...

Intel: Stop Installing Patches Due To Reboot Problems
2018-01-23 10:48

Struggles With Firmware Fixes For Meltdown and SpectreThe usual advice for major security flaws is to patch as quickly as possible. Now Intel is calling for a full stop due to imperfect patches...

Critical Flaw in All Blizzard Games Could Let Hackers Hijack Millions of PCs
2018-01-23 08:48

A Google security researcher has discovered a severe vulnerability in Blizzard games that could allow remote attackers to run malicious code on gamers’ computers. Played every month by half a...

Seagate Patches Flaws in Personal Cloud, GoFlex Products
2018-01-23 05:47

Seagate recently patched several vulnerabilities discovered by researchers in the company’s Personal Cloud and GoFlex products, but some weaknesses impacting the latter remain unfixed. GoFlex Home...