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Google Play Boots 85 Malicious Adware Apps
2019-01-09 20:59

Once downloaded, the fake apps hide themselves on the victim’s device and continue to show a full-screen ad every 15 minutes.

Is GDPR Compliance Tougher Than HIPAA Compliance?
2019-01-09 20:18

Analysts: GDPR Case in Portugal Offers Lessons for U.S. Healthcare EntitiesAn EU General Data Protection Regulation enforcement action against a hospital in Portugal demonstrates complying with...

Visual Journal: Black Hat Europe 2018
2019-01-09 19:18

London Docklands Plays Host to 17th Annual Information Security ConferenceThe recent Black Hat Europe conference in London touched on topics ranging from combating "deep fake" videos and...

3 basic things to know about your data, according to Xerox's CISO
2019-01-09 19:03

Dan Patterson interviews Xerox CISO Alissa Abdullah about protecting sensitive data from adversaries. They also discuss the recent Marriott hack, privacy, ransomware, machine learning, and IoT.

ThreatList: WordPress Vulnerabilities Tripled in 2018
2019-01-09 18:27

Despite fewer plugins being added to Wordpress last year, the CMS saw an astounding tripling of vulnerabilities in its platform in 2018.

Biometrics in 2019: Increased Security or New Attack Vector?
2019-01-09 18:17

Should we pump the brakes on the roll out of biometric security to first consider whether we are creating new vulnerabilities?

The Promise and Peril of 5G
2019-01-09 17:35

As the hype at CES demonstrates, 5G is the newest and shiniest tech bauble out there: but security concerns loom.

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Why Zero Tolerance Is the Future for Phishing
2019-01-09 17:20

Phishing attacks are really the ones that bring most organizations to their knees and are at the very start of some of the most devastating cyberattack

Google Patches Critical Vulnerability in Android
2019-01-09 17:18

Google this week released its first set of security patches for Android in 2019, with fixes for more than two dozen vulnerabilities.  The most important of the security bugs is CVE-2018-9583, a...