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Onapsis signs agreement to acquire ERP cybersecurity company Virtual Forge
2019-01-18 02:00

Onapsis has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Virtual Forge, headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany. Onapsis’s platform is the cybersecurity solution that protects the...

Got a Drupal-powered website? You may want to get patching now...
2019-01-18 01:45

Open-source CMS gets a pair of critical fixes Drupal has issued a pair of updates to address two security vulnerabilities in its online publishing platform. The vulns are a little esoteric, and...

Twitter. Android. Private tweets. Pick two... Account bug unlocked padlocked accounts
2019-01-18 00:01

Cock-up went unnoticed for two Olympics, one World Cup, an EU referendum, and a US presidential election Twitter has fessed up to a flaw in its Android app that, for more than four years, was...

Microsoft Launches Azure DevOps Bug Bounty Program
2019-01-17 22:36

Microsoft is offering rewards of up to $20,000 for flaws in its Azure DevOps online services and the latest release of the Azure DevOps server.

Why Do Phishing Attacks Continue to Plague Healthcare?
2019-01-17 21:03

Experts Offer Tips for How to Avoid Falling VictimSeveral health data breaches involving phishing attacks - including one that potentially exposed data on more than 100,000 individuals - have been...

4 strategies for your IT wearables policy
2019-01-17 20:19

Without a formal plan or policy, wearables may introduce your company to a security breach​.

773M Password ‘Megabreach’ is Years Old
2019-01-17 20:11

My inbox and Twitter messages positively lit up today with people forwarding stories from Wired and other publications about a supposedly new trove of nearly 773 million unique email addresses and...

Apple CEO Demands Federal Data Privacy Legislation
2019-01-17 20:04

Apple CEO Tim Cook has called on the government to double down on data privacy regulation in 2019.

Over 87GB of email addresses and passwords exposed in Collection 1 dump
2019-01-17 19:23

An 87GB dump of email addresses and passwords containing almost 773 million unique addresses and just under 22 million unique passwords has been found.

Ongoing Attacks Hit West African Financial Institutions Since Mid-2017
2019-01-17 18:40

Cyber-attacks that have been ongoing since at least mid-2017 hit financial institutions in West Africa, Symantec security researchers report. read more