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Third-Party Risk Management: Asking the Right Questions
2019-06-28 10:48

An effective third-party risk management program starts with asking the right questions, says Brad Keller, chief strategy officer and senior vice president at the Santa Fe Group, a strategic...

Mozilla’s bizarre robo-surfer project demonstrates ad snooping
2019-06-28 10:44

In an effort to show you how advertisers snoop on your surfing activity, Mozilla is offering you the chance to pretend that you're someone else.

Google Maps shortcut turns into 100-car mud pie in farmer’s field
2019-06-28 09:50

Trying to save 20 minutes, 100 drivers took a Google Maps shortcut... into a field, where the mud-stuck cars then caused a 2-hour delay.

Russian Tech Giant Yandex Targeted With 'Regin' Malware: Report
2019-06-28 05:52

Hackers believed to be working for Western intelligence agencies breached the systems of Russian tech giant Yandex last year as part of an attack that involved a new variant of the Regin malware,...

The biggest SecOps burdens hindering progress for enterprises and MSSPs
2019-06-28 05:30

Only 16% of security operations professionals think that their SecOps programs have reached the highest maturity level, according to a Siemplify and Cyentia Institute study. The majority of the...

Cybersecurity professionals are outgunned and burned out
2019-06-28 05:15

Nearly half (48 percent total) of cybersecurity leaders across France, Germany and the UK believe their teams are falling behind in the skills race against would-be cyber criminals, according to...

Consumers believe privacy is not possible, leading to a change in online behavior
2019-06-28 05:00

82% of online users in the US and 75% in the UK are choosing to change the way they behave online, according to a new consumer survey by FigLeaf. For these respondents, 74% say they are sharing...

Former Equifax Executive Gets 4 Months for Insider Trading
2019-06-28 04:58

A former Equifax executive who sold stock a week and a half before the company announced a massive data breach was sentenced Thursday to serve four months in federal prison for insider trading. read more

New infosec products of the week: June 28, 2019
2019-06-28 04:45

Elastic SIEM: Speed, scale, and analytical power drive your security operations and threat hunting The initial launch of Elastic SIEM introduces a new set of data integrations for security use...