Security News > 2019 > May

Prioritizing risks in a climate of geopolitical threats
2019-05-14 05:15

The cybersecurity landscape has become increasingly hostile in recent years, with a growing threat from common cybercriminals as well as the looming shadow of state-level geopolitical activity....

The lurking danger of hacked email reply chains
2019-05-14 05:00

Although phishing has been around in various forms since the 1990s, recent news has shown that it continues to evolve – and remains a major threat. These days, phishing tactics are so...

Cybersecurity skills shortage still the root cause of rising security incidents
2019-05-14 04:45

The cybersecurity skills shortage is worsening for the third year in a row and has impacted nearly three quarters (74 percent) of organizations, as revealed in the third annual global study of...

While data enables innovation, its vulnerability continues to cause anxiety among IT leaders
2019-05-14 04:30

Today’s technology landscape demands that companies determine how to manage and secure data in a connected ecosystem, as well as embrace it to create competitive advantages. The key concerns for...

MAXIMUS Intelligent Assistant receives FedRAMP Authorization
2019-05-14 02:00

MAXIMUS, a leading provider of government services worldwide, announced that the MAXIMUS Intelligent Assistant, powered by Interactions (Intelligent Assistant), has received Federal Risk and...

CoreSite expands Hosted Connections to 1, 2, 5 or 10 Gbps of capacity for AWS Direct Connect
2019-05-14 01:30

CoreSite Realty Corporation, a premier provider of secure, reliable, high-performance data center and interconnection solutions in major U.S. metropolitan areas, announced the availability of...

It's 2019 and a WhatsApp call can hack a phone: Zero-day exploit infects mobes with spyware
2019-05-14 01:18

Rap for surveillanceware chaps in chat app voice yap trap flap – now everyone patch A security flaw in WhatsApp can be, and has been, exploited to inject spyware into victims' smartphones: all a...

ACL and Rsam unveil new brand and product platform
2019-05-14 01:00

ACL, together with recently-acquired Rsam, announced that they have rebranded as Galvanize. The company also unveiled its integrated governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform HighBond, the...

Sysdig and In-Q-Tel partnership to provide U.S. govt agencies with the Sysdig Cloud-Native VSP
2019-05-14 00:30

Sysdig, the cloud-native visibility and security company, announced a strategic partnership with In-Q-Tel, the not-for-profit strategic investor that identifies and accelerates the development of...

Eurofins wins the right to serve as official CI Plus 2.0 test partner
2019-05-14 00:00

End-to-end quality assurance (QA) and testing services provider Eurofins has won the right to serve as the official test partner for the CI Plus 2.0 standard. The CI Plus standard is an enhanced...