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Get in the bin: Let's Encrypt gives admins until February 13 to switch off TLS-SNI
2019-01-22 10:31

End-of-life followed 2018 fake Website certificate drama If you're still using TLS-SNI, stop: a year after a slip-up allowed miscreants to claim Let's Encrypt certificates for domains they didn't...

WhatsApp fights the spread of deadly fake news with recipient limit
2019-01-22 10:28

WhatsApp has capped the number of people you can forward messages to, after India was seized by rumour-inspired mob lynchings.

France Hits Google with $57 Million GDPR Fine
2019-01-22 09:33

Record Privacy Fine Sends Strong Signal to Data-Processing Technology CompaniesFrance has hit Google with a 50 million euro ($57 million) fine for violating the EU's General Data Protection...

Industry reactions to Google’s €50 million GDPR violation fine
2019-01-22 07:30

On 21 January 2019, the French National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) imposed a financial penalty of €50 million against Google, in accordance with the GDPR. This is the first time that the...

Mitsubishi Develops Cybersecurity Technology for Cars
2019-01-22 07:10

Japanese electronics and electrical equipment giant Mitsubishi Electric Corporation on Monday unveiled new technology designed to protect connected vehicles against cyber threats. read more

DNC targeted by Russian hackers beyond 2018 midterms, it claims
2019-01-22 07:02

The Democratic National Committee has filed a civil complaint accusing Russia of trying to hack its computers as recently as November 2018.

Business resilience should be a core company strategy, so why are businesses struggling to take action?
2019-01-22 07:00

A recent survey showed that only 51% of U.S. business decision makers say their organization is definitely as resilient as it needs to be against disruptions such as cyber threats. In addition,...

Agents of disruption: Four testing topics argue the case for agentless security
2019-01-22 06:45

Let me introduce myself. I’m a set of flaws in your otherwise perfect, agent-based security world. Like all disruptive agents, I derail your best-laid plans with expensive havoc; but in my case I...

SSDP amplification attacks rose 639%
2019-01-22 06:15

The Nexusguard Q3 2018 Threat Report has revealed the emergence of an extremely stealthy DDoS attack pattern targeting communications service providers (CSPs). Comparison between normal attack...

VDOO releases runtime protection agent for connected devices
2019-01-22 02:30

VDOO released its ERA – Embedded Runtime Agent for ongoing connected device security. The VDOO agent is tailored for each device based on an analysis of its firmware binary by Vision – VDOO’s...