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Companies unprepared for PSD2, stricter EU requirements will drive fraud to other regions
A new iovation report includes original research and analyzes the consequences for the global online payments market around the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2). By …

Urgent need for IT security legal framework in Europe
Information transmission, transport, industrial production, research, administration – hardly any area can manage without modern information and communication …

Researchers expose massive mobile adware and data stealing campaigns with 250 million downloads
Check Point Research has uncovered two massive mobile adware and data stealing campaigns, which have already had over 250 million downloads combined globally. Both target …

The threat of quantum computers and the solutions that can protect us today
In this Help Net Security podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2019, Avesta Hojjati, Head of R&D at DigiCert, talks about the threat of quantum computers and the solutions …

Network performance requirements grow in the era of 5G: Are your security processes ready?
The new generation of 5G cellular networks are beginning to be rolled out in leading countries like the U.S., bringing to life the promise of connecting everything from …

How susceptible are hospital employees to phishing attacks?
Cybersecurity threats are a rising problem in society, especially for healthcare organizations. Successful attacks can jeopardize not only patient data but also patient care, …

Data management challenges are having a severe impact on profitability
Global organizations are scrambling to gain a competitive advantage in today’s digital economy, but failure to effectively manage their data can end up costing them …

Exploitation of vulnerabilities in Moxa industrial switches could disrupt communication between ICS components
Positive Technologies experts Ivan Boyko, Vyacheslav Moskvin, and Sergey Fedonin have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Moxa industrial switches in the EDS-405A, …

What happened to trust and transparency in cybersecurity?
Today, we need proactive security measures that protect the organization responsibly, mitigate risk, and adapt to an ever-changing world. This can only be truly achieved with …

The reality of container escapes
In this Help Net Security podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2019, Brandon Edwards, Chief Scientist at Capsule8, talks about container escapes. Here’s a transcript of the …

IT managers can’t ignore endpoints because most cyberattacks start there
IT managers are more likely to catch cybercriminals on their organization’s servers and networks than anywhere else, according to the 7 Uncomfortable Truths of Endpoint …

Researchers unveil February 2019’s most wanted malware
Coinhive has once again led Check Point’s Global Threat Index for the 15th consecutive month, despite the announcement that its services have been shut down from March …
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