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Sekhar Kancherlapalli joins Riverbed as CIO

Riverbed announced the appointment and promotion of Sekhar Kancherlapalli to Chief Information Officer (CIO). In his new and expanded role, Kancherlapalli will oversee all IT …

Arctic Wolf appoints Bob Skelley as Senior Vice President of Global Channels

Arctic Wolf announced the addition of Bob Skelley as Senior Vice President of Global Channels. In this new role, Skelley will lead Arctic Wolf’s channel organization with a …

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Week in review: Windows zero-day exploited, Patch Tuesday forecast, selecting a compliance solution

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and articles: Git LFS vulnerability allows attackers to compromise targets’ Windows …

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November 2020 Patch Tuesday forecast: Significant OS changes ahead

November Patch Tuesday and the end-of-year holidays are rapidly approaching. Microsoft gave us a late release or maybe an early gift depending upon how you look at the new …

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Quantum computers: How to prepare for this great threat to information security

The race is on to build the world’s first reliable and truly useful quantum computer, and the finish line is closer than you might think – we might even reach it this …

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New infosec products of the week: November 6, 2020

Qualys Container Runtime Security: Defense for containerized applications Qualys Runtime Container Security, once instrumented in the image, will work within each container …

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What is ad fraud and how can advertisers fight against it?

According to HP Enterprise’s Business of Hacking report, ad fraud is the easiest and most lucrative form of cybercrime, above activities such as credit card fraud, payment …

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How fake news detectors can be manipulated

Fake news detectors, which have been deployed by social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook to add warnings to misleading posts, have traditionally flagged online …

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In Q2 2020, there was an average of 419 new threats per minute

McAfee released a report examining cybercriminal activity related to malware and the evolution of cyber threats in Q2 2020. During this period, there was an average of 419 new …

AppViewX selects Cryptsoft KMIP server to enhance its NetOps and SecOps products capabilities

Cryptsoft continues to extend its role as the premier supplier of Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) technologies to the global market by adding AppViewX to their …

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Paying a ransom to prevent leaking of stolen data is a risky gamble

Ransomware groups have realized that their tactics are also very effective for targeting larger enterprises, and this resulted in a 31% increase of the average ransom payment …

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Git LFS vulnerability allows attackers to compromise targets’ Windows systems (CVE-2020-27955)

A critical vulnerability (CVE-2020-27955) in Git Large File Storage (Git LFS), an open source Git extension for versioning large files, allows attackers to achieve remote code …

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