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“Tis the season for reflecting on another year’s success, kicking off 2014 planning and preparing for… security attacks? With Cyber Monday and the holidays …
E-sports to pay $1M to settle covert Bitcoin mining complaint
The New Jersey attorney general’s office announced today that on-line video gaming company E-Sports Entertainment, LLC, has entered into a $1 million settlement that …
Uncontrolled privileged access still a major issue
The NSA’s notorious insider breach has caused 52 percent of IT security professionals to reconsider their approach to user and systems administrator privileges, yet the …
IT pros unsure of security risks when using remote support tools
Research from Bomgar and Ovum surveyed 300 IT decision-makers across the UK, France and Germany, focusing on the challenges faced by enterprise companies that provide remote …
90% of workers in Britain cannot resist clicking on a web link
90% of UK workers surveyed have clicked on a web link embedded in an email with two-thirds (66%) admitting they very rarely first check to ensure the link is genuine, …
Python 3.3.3 fixes several security bugs
Python 3.3.3 fixes several security and a lot of overall bug fixes found in Python 3.3.2. This release fully supports OS X 10.9 Mavericks. In particular, this release fixes an …
Half of SMBs don’t see cyber attacks as a significant risk
Many SMBs are potentially putting their organizations at risk because of uncertainty about the state of their security and threats faced from cyber attacks. According to the …
New NETGEAR desktop NAS features advanced data protection
NETGEAR announced ReadyNAS 716 (RN716X). With a maximum capacity of 24TB (up to 84TB with expansion chassis), the six-bay ReadyNAS 716 enables storage and extreme throughput …
Mojave Networks unveils offering to protect mobile devices
Mojave Networks announced the availability of its cloud-based, enterprise-grade offerings to protect mobile devices starting at the network level. Using this approach, …
Privileged threat analytics to detect in-progress attacks
CyberArk announced the availability of Privileged Threat Analytics, an analytics solution to detect malicious privileged account behavior and disrupt in-progress attacks …
Travelers are exposing their data on public networks
While aware of the risks, U.S. travelers are not taking the necessary steps to protect themselves on public Wi-Fi and are exposing their data and personal information to cyber …
A look into the MongoHQ breach
A recent security breach in MongoHQ (a MongoDB cloud services provider) left the company working hard to patch up security holes. Unfortunately common, this breach was only …
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