Security News

Insider Threat: Common Myths and Misconceptions
2018-07-02 11:46

Insider threat is a growing area of concern and confusion among security practitioners. Typically accustomed to concentrating their resources on combating external threats, many security teams are...

Conservation of Threat
2018-06-29 14:44

Here's some interesting research about how we perceive threats. Basically, as the environment becomes safer we basically manufacture new threats. From an essay about the research: To study how...

Threat Detection Firm Cynet Raises $13 Million
2018-06-28 14:27

Threat detection and response company Cynet on Wednesday announced that it raised $13 million in a Series B funding round, which brings the total raised to date to $20 million. read more

Identity-based Threat Detection Preempt Raises $17.5 Million
2018-06-28 12:56

San Francisco, Calif (HQ) and Ramat Gan, Israel (R&D) threat prevention firm Preempt has raised $17.5 million in a Series B funding round supported by ClearSky, Blackstone, Intel Capital and...

Threat X extends SaaS-Based WAF solution with threat detection
2018-06-27 21:14

Threat X announced the addition of capabilities to help global customers identify, profile, and intercept a wide range of threats, including DDoS, Bot and zero-day attacks while increasing...

Confidence wavers in face of evolving cybersecurity threats
2018-06-27 12:00

Webroot found that businesses in the U.S., U.K. and Australia are taking cybersecurity seriously – with almost 100 percent of respondents conducting some form of employee cybersecurity training....

Woman ruined, sent death threats after #PermitPatty shaming video goes viral
2018-06-27 11:21

The latest subject in a string of online shaming incidents was scrabbling to make amends this week as her business life fell apart and the death threats flooded in.

Behavioral Analytics and the Insider Threat
2018-06-26 20:18

Behavioral analytics have taken the fast lane from emerging tech to mature practice. And Mark McGovern of CA Technologies says the technology is being deployed in innovative ways to help detect...

Toxic Content, Insider Threats Lurk in Business Collaboration Tools: Report
2018-06-26 18:16

A new report quantifies what every manager instinctively knows: private messaging within collaboration tools can hide worrying content sent between employees. This can include confidential and...

The top 5 security threats posed by ICO projects
2018-06-25 13:23

If your business wants to get involved with ICOs, be aware that 100% of ICO mobile apps contain vulnerabilities, according to a Postive.com report.