Security News > 2020 > July
A new study from Juniper Research has found the total value of the CPaaS market will reach $25 billion in 2025; rising from $7 billion this year. The study identified the ability to make payments over services such as RCS and OTT messaging as a key future driver of global CPaaS revenue over the next five years.
Citrix Web App and API Protection is a new, cloud-delivered service that provides comprehensive security for applications and APIs in multi-cloud environments. "The flexible models for work and multi-cloud application deployment that companies must now support have greatly expanded the attack surface that IT needs to defend," said Mihir Maniar, Vice President of Product Management, Networking, Citrix.
Avast launched Avast Business Small Office Protection, a solution for small businesses that provides robust, real-time cyber protection that's easy to install and cost-effective. Small Office Protection by Avast Business is an all-in-one security solution for small businesses that protects all types of devices, protecting a maximum of 10 separate devices on any platform.
Mimecast has acquired eTorch, a messaging security provider with solutions designed to help stop social engineering and human identity attacks with the use of machine learning technology. The acquisition of MessageControl strengthens Mimecast's Email Security 3.0 strategy that is designed to improve cybersecurity at the email perimeter, inside the organization and beyond the perimeter.
Neal Krawetz, a computer forensics expert, has published details on how to detect Tor bridge network traffic that he characterizes as "Zero-day exploits"... which the Tor Project insists are nothing of the sort. Typically, users slide into the Tor network through a publicly listed entry relay, though they may choose to join via a bridge relay, or bridge for short, to avoid IP-based detection and censorship.
A security issue in popular video conferencing platform Zoom was disclosed this week, which could have allowed attackers to crack private meeting passcodes and snoop in on video conferences. The problem, which has already been fixed, stems from Zoom not having any check against repeated incorrect meeting password attempts.
Fireeye is reporting that a hacking group called Ghostwriter broke into the content management systems of Eastern European news sites to plant fake stories. The propagandists have created and disseminated disinformation since at least March 2017, with a focus on undermining NATO and the US troops in Poland and the Baltics; they've posted fake content on everything from social media to pro-Russian news websites.
Information security training and certification provider Offensive Security this week announced the acquisition of VulnHub, an open-source catalog of security training resources. Headquartered in New York City and active since 2007, Offensive Security offers security counseling and training, including penetration testing and digital forensics.
You can easily add a fingerprint reader to your computer if one isn't already built in. If you have a laptop without a built-in reader, or you want to add fingerprint recognition to your desktop PC, you can enlist the aid of a third-party reader.
TechRepublic's cheat sheet about the Facebook data privacy scandal covers the ongoing controversy surrounding the illicit use of profile information. Fallout from a confluence of factors in the Facebook data privacy scandal has come to bear in the last week of July 2018.