Tech Republic Security
JUNE 19, 2017
People are the largest security vulnerability in any organization. Here's some expert advice on how to make cybersecurity training more effective and protect your business.
Scary Beasts Security
JUNE 19, 2017
Google's Project Zero team was announced in July 2014. Since then, it has become very well known for publishing offensive security research of exceptional quality. This is especially welcome to defenders at a time where top quality offensive security research is drying up. For most important software targets, it's getting harder to find and exploit bugs.
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Tech Republic Security
JUNE 22, 2017
Banks have long been forced to the front lines of cybersecurity and at the 2017 Borderless Cyber event, the CISO of Wells Fargo explained how to pick your battles.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 22, 2017
Out of the box, secure shell is fairly secure. With the help of ssh key authentication, you can lock down secure shell so that only specific machines can log in. Here's how.
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How many people would you trust with your house keys? Chances are, you have a handful of trusted friends and family members who have an emergency copy, but you definitely wouldn’t hand those out too freely. You have stuff that’s worth protecting—and the more people that have access to your belongings, the higher the odds that something will go missing.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 20, 2017
Are artificial intelligence and machine learning just fancy risk vectors or will they drastically reduce risk across all categories? How are we programming machines to program the next line of defense? Is the singularity near?
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 21, 2017
IBM's Etay Maor believes businesses must rethink their approach to cybercrime and offers suggestions for how they can protect themselves
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Tech Republic Security
JUNE 23, 2017
A variant of Android malware Marcher has been spotted masquerading as a Flash update. Here's what you need to know about this dangerous, well-disguised threat.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 21, 2017
A drive-by malvertising attack known as AdGholas will infect victim machines with the Mole ransomware, without any action taken on behalf of the user.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 22, 2017
Researchers believe that under the right conditions anyone can be fooled by a spear-phishing message. Find out how they came to that conclusion.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 23, 2017
In an effort to put an end to catfishing and other abuses of stolen profile photos, Facebook has introduced a new photo guard and photo designs to deter misuse.
Advertiser: Revenera
In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it. As enterprises grow the use of open-source software, they face a new challenge: understanding the scope of open-source software that's being used throughout the organization and the corresponding exposure.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 18, 2017
Jesus Vigo went hands-on with the RansomWhere? app to see if it could outmaneuver ransomware threats and keep data safe on his Mac. Here's what he discovered.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 20, 2017
ProtonMail's new ProtonVPN is officially available to the general public. Here's how it works, and why the company thinks it's necessary.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 19, 2017
The fight against ransomware is getting tougher. Here are five basics everyone should know about it.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 23, 2017
In the US, controversy once again erupts between privacy groups and telemarketers. This time it's about ringless voicemail messaging and the ability to put messages onto mobile phones without calling.
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The healthcare industry has massively adopted web tracking tools, including pixels and trackers. Tracking tools on user-authenticated and unauthenticated web pages can access personal health information (PHI) such as IP addresses, medical record numbers, home and email addresses, appointment dates, or other info provided by users on pages and thus can violate HIPAA Rules that govern the Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 19, 2017
Increasing adoption of cloud, SaaS, and IoT business models are driving growth in the global endpoint market, according to a new report from Persistence Market Research.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 20, 2017
Monthly security bulletins are issued to make sure Android devices stay patched. But cybercriminals are betting that it won't happen.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 19, 2017
End users are the most vulnerable part of any network. What will it take to drastically reduce the supermajority of attacks caused by a user's bad digital hygiene and practices? What can we hope for, at best? What's realistic?
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 23, 2017
Ryan Brack, senior vice president of Mercury Public Affairs explains how the Global Cybersecurity Summit in Kiev, Ukraine united private sector, government, academic, and non-profit cybersecurity experts and ideas
Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera
Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 19, 2017
In a blog post, Google outlined four steps that it will take to combat terrorist content and redirect users to positive information.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 21, 2017
The tools for creating malware are getting easier to use as are the ways of buying and selling it. Terbium Labs' Emily Wilson discusses the evolving malware threat with TechRepublic.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 20, 2017
Fileless malware, a new and growing threat, can't be detected using conventional antivirus means. Here's a bit more about what it is.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 20, 2017
Trustwave's 2017 Global Security Report examines trends in cybercrime and enterprise security. Here are some top takeaways.
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Within the past few years, ransomware attacks have turned to critical infrastructure, healthcare, and government entities. Attackers have taken advantage of the rapid shift to remote work and new technologies. Add to that hacktivism due to global conflicts and U.S. elections, and an increased focus on AI, and you have the perfect recipe for a knotty and turbulent 2024.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 22, 2017
Evolving cyber defense to operate at machine speed rather than human speed is what the world needs to improve cybersecurity. Learn how it's happening and what's next.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 21, 2017
Cloudflare processes 10% of all requests on the web. CTO John Graham-Cumming discusses the growth of the business cloud and security solutions for a rapidly-evolving internet that includes mobile, IoT, and machine learning.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 22, 2017
Yakiv Smolii, First Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, explains how business development in Kiev has flourished in spite of cyberwar, kinetic war, and overt hacking designed to subvert the economy.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 20, 2017
The global business cost of a data breach dropped 10% from last year, but rose in the US, according to a new study from IBM Security and the Ponemon Institute.
Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.
When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 21, 2017
Statement follows Kaspersky filing an antitrust complaint against Microsoft with the European Commission earlier this month.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 22, 2017
Dmytro Shuval, head of GloBee - an international NGO that supports Ukrainian regional development - explains how strong cybersecurity policy can enhance economic growth
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 19, 2017
When it comes to fighting ransomware attacks, knowledge is power. Here are five things you need to know.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 22, 2017
AT&T's former cybersecurity chief Ed Amoroso used his keynote at the 2017 Borderless Cyber event to critique the Trump Administration's approach to cybersecurity, and offered some free advice.
Speaker: William Hord, Vice President of ERM Services
A well-defined change management process is critical to minimizing the impact that change has on your organization. Leveraging the data that your ERM program already contains is an effective way to help create and manage the overall change management process within your organization. Your ERM program generally assesses and maintains detailed information related to strategy, operations, and the remediation plans needed to mitigate the impact on the organization.
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