Antivirus and identity protection firm NortonLifeLock confirmed Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire its rival, Avast, for $8.1 billion to $8.6 billion.
There's another twist in the REvil ransomware saga: A decryption key released Friday on a Russian-language cybercrime forum unlocks files encrypted in the attack against Miami-based software developer Kaseya. Why it was released, however, is unknown, and its utility at this point is questionable.
The rise of ransomware as a criminal moneymaking powerhouse parallels the services offered by initial access brokers, who continue to offer affordable access to victims' networks - often via brute-forced remote desktop protocol or VPN credentials - to help attackers hit more targets in search of larger profits.
What if every endpoint deployed throughout your organization had a magic all-seeing eagle eye, watching and recording everything it saw? And at the first sign of trouble -at any part of your network, be it at the email, web proxy, firewall, IPS, DNS security or endpoint level, could automatically block the attack and...
Data-in-use encryption is considered by many as the next generation of encryption. It takes a new approach that ensures sensitive data is never left unsecured, regardless of lifecycle stage (at rest, in transit, or in use) source, or location (on premise, cloud, or hybrid).
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A group dubbed "ITG18," which apparently is linked to an Iranian advanced persistent threat group, deployed an Android backdoor it used to exfiltrate sensitive information from at least 20 reformists in Iran in the runup to the country's June 18 presidential election, IBM's Security Intelligence reports.
The FDIC has failed to properly update its policies for mobile device usage, conduct regular control assessments of its mobile device management solution or adequately log and monitor mobile cybersecurity practices, according to a new report from the Office of the Inspector General.
OT, IoT, IIoT - each has critical distinctions, and each is increasingly vital to protecting the world's critical infrastructure from crippling cyberattacks. In a panel discussion, cybersecurity leaders discuss what it takes to get the C-suite's attention to prioritize this new generation of risk.
Apple on Thursday unveiled a new system for detecting child sexual abuse photos on its devices. But computer security experts fear the system may morph into a broader privacy-busting tool.
The widely used NicheStack TCP/IP stack has 14 vulnerabilities that, if exploited, could allow for remote code execution, denial of service, information leaks, TCP spoofing or DNS cache poisoning, according to researchers at Forescout and JFrog. But patches are now available.
The U.S. needs to devise ways to counter Chinese cyber activity - including the theft of intellectual property and cyberattacks on government networks and critical infrastructure - that poses a direct threat to national security, according to those who testified at a Senate hearing this week.
Amid a surge in new international data privacy laws and regulations, it is becoming increasingly challenging for organizations to stay compliant. The first step: data classification. In this webinar, a panel of experts will explain how integrating data classification with necessary data protection tools such as DLP,...
Few industries have changed as dramatically as financial services (fiserv) in the last decade. Banking and financial transactions were
once an exclusively in-person process; now customers regularly conduct their financial affairs digitally, and employees of fiserv
companies increasingly rely on websites and cloud...
It’s a scene we’ve all seen before. There’s been a possible security incident and we need to investigate, fast! It’s only when trying to connect the dots that we realise there are some (very important) dots missing.
How can we as security practitioners know where the undetected malware is, where it came...
Amid a surge in new international data privacy laws and regulations, it is becoming increasingly challenging for organizations to stay compliant. The first step: data classification. In this webinar, a panel of experts will explain how integrating data classification with necessary data protection tools such as DLP,...
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