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Evaluating €1bn in cybersecurity research funding
2019-01-11 06:00

Crossword Cybersecurity looked at nearly 1,200 current and past research projects from academic institutions in the United Kingdom, United States, Europe, Australia, and Africa. It reaffirmed the...

Blacklisted Kaspersky Tipped NSA on Security Breach: Media
2019-01-11 05:41

The computer security firm Kaspersky Labs helped the US NSA spy agency uncover one of its worst-ever security breaches -- one year before the US banned the company's products for government use,...

If you wanna learn from the IT security blunders committed by hacked hospital group, here's some weekend reading
2019-01-11 04:04

Database intrusion should not have succeeded, probe finds, but... The theft of 1.5 million patient records, including those of Singapore's Prime Minister, from the city state's SingHealth hospital...

Trustwave unveils new advanced Secure Email Gateway for blended threats
2019-01-11 03:00

Trustwave unveiled Trustwave Secure Email Gateway (SEG) 8.2, the latest iteration of its email security platform that offers organizations a solution for advanced email security, extensive policy...

Threat modelling joins DevSecOps processes through automation
2019-01-11 02:30

Created by Continuum Security, IriusRisk 2.0 is a tool that enables threat modelling at scale and provides follow-up throughout the development process via integration with developer workflows and...

Dozens of .gov HTTPS certs expire, websites offline, FBI on ice, IT security slows... Yup, it's day 20 of Trump's govt shutdown
2019-01-11 02:02

Hackers may be rubbing their hands with glee The IT impact of the ongoing partial US federal government shutdown has begun to show up in the form of degraded computer security. According to...

Trend Micro IoT Security 2.0 enhances end user protection and device makers’ reputation
2019-01-11 02:00

Trend Micro launched Trend Micro IoT Security (TMIS) 2.0 to help manufacturers and managed service providers improve the security of their products and the wider IoT ecosystem, while enabling them...

Cyber-insurance shock: Zurich refuses to foot NotPetya ransomware clean-up bill – and claims it's 'an act of war'
2019-01-11 00:19

Snack company client disagrees, sues for $100m US snack food giant Mondelez is suing its insurance company for $100m after its claim for cleaning up a massive NotPetya ransomware infection was...

At CES, Focus is On ‘Cool Factor’ Not IoT Security
2019-01-10 21:32

When it comes to IoT, the priority at CES is the "wow factor" - but not so much a focus on security.

Lessons From Report on Massive Singapore Healthcare Hack
2019-01-10 20:48

Analysis of SingHealth Attack Offers Recommendations That Could Be Applied WordwideA variety of security weaknesses contributed to a massive 2017 health data security breach in Singapore,...