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Apple kicked off its 2020 Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday - a virtual event due to the current coronavirus pandemic - and announced several new privacy features coming to its products. The new iOS 14 will allow iPhone users to only share an approximate location with the apps they are using rather than giving them access to precise location data.

During WWDC 2020 on Monday, the world's most valuable company announced the next versions of its operating systems - iOS 14 for iPhones, iPadOS 14 for iPads, watchOS 7 for Apple Watches, and macOS Big Sur for MacBooks - with new features and enhancements. What's important is that the company also highlighted a few new security and privacy features that have been added to the upcoming iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur systems, categorically aiming to help users:better control which apps installed on their devices can access their data,.

By integrating the CyberX platform with the Azure IoT stack, Azure Security Center for IoT, and Azure Sentinel, the first SIEM with native IoT support, Microsoft will now provide a simpler approach to unified security governance across both IT and industrial networks, as well as end-to-end security across managed and unmanaged IoT devices, enabling organizations to quickly detect and respond to advanced threats in converged networks. "CyberX's technology and team are a great addition to Microsoft," said Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk, Corporate Vice President, Cloud & AI Security CTO, and Israel R&D Center GM. "With CyberX's expertise and innovative platform, together with Microsoft's exciting security products, Microsoft is offering a powerful and scalable solution that accelerates digitalization for enterprises at all phases of their IoT/OT journey."

MITRE's Center for Technology & National Security, created to enhance MITRE's engagement with senior government leadership, named five highly esteemed national security officials to its newly established advisory board. "CTNS builds on the experience and expertise of thousands of our nation's most respected scientific and engineering minds," said Bill LaPlante, senior vice president for the MITRE National Security Sector.

IBM is under fire for refusing to patch critical vulnerabilities in its Data Risk Manager product until exploit code was publicly disclosed. In what seems a shortsighted move, when a proactive approach may have been better, Big Blue turned down a privately disclosed report of flaws in its enterprise security software - only to issue fixes after details of the holes emerged online.

The percentage of companies admitting to suffering a mobile-related compromise has grown, despite a higher percentage of organizations deciding not to sacrifice the security of mobile devices to meet business targets. A business mobile security solution needs to have a clear set of minimum abilities or features for securing devices and the information stored on them, and for enabling IT and security teams to remotely manage them easily.

According to a recent² study, 23% of cybersecurity leaders said their organization has experienced an increase in cyberattacks since employees started working from home due to COVID-19. Following a zero trust model will ensure that security leaders are accounting for any potential risks that may have arisen due to remote work.

Cynet, the creator of the autonomous breach protection platform, has now integrated its Cynet Detection Engine into VirusTotal. First, Cynet provides the VirusTotal partner network cutting-edge threat intelligence from its ML-based detection engine that actively protects the company's clients around the globe.

The annual Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report 2020, which gauges businesses' preparedness to combat cyber incidents and breaches, surveyed 5,569 professionals from the US, UK, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Ireland who are responsible for their company's cyber security, between December 24, 2019, and February 3, 2020. A leader in cyber spending: The US shared the top spot for cyber spending, alongside Ireland.

This shift to working from home has exposed new security risks and has left nearly 50% of those employees worried about impending cyber threats in their new home office settings. The rapid shift to working from home has also changed the ways many organizations do business from moving face-to-face meetings to video conferencing calls to adding new collaboration tools-yet the survey showed many employees are lacking guidance, direction and policies.