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Week in review: DevOps security, macOS root password bug, and the evil of vanity metrics
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Stealthy in-browser cryptomining continues even after you close window Hackers are …
To protect your network, you must first know your network
A sobering statistic regarding commonly used security controls was highlighted in a recent report. “Software and hardware inventory and valuation” was the least …
Credit card fraud down 29% for the first time
Iovation released data collected from its retail and e-commerce subscribers from the 2017 holiday weekend (Nov. 24 – 27, 2017). For the first time in recent years, …
How organizations across industries create and manage policies
MetricStream evaluated 260+ organizations across 15 industries to understand the ways in which organizations create, manage, and communicate policies, the challenges they …
The evil of vanity metrics
With the fast-paced evolution of tools and connectedness in business operations, the amount of network and log data has exploded. However, organizations have largely failed to …
Enterprise security incident response trends to watch in 2018
Resolve Systems shared the top trends to watch in 2018 relating to incident response and automation. The list of predictions are founded on the company’s insight into the …
AWS allows customers to manage and protect IoT devices
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced six significant services and capabilities for connected devices at the edge. AWS IoT 1-Click, AWS IoT Device Management, AWS IoT Device …
75% of insider breaches are accidental
Approximately 25% of insider threats are hostile with the remaining 75% due to accidental or negligent activity, according to NTT Security. This graph represents the top …
Deloitte launches Threat Hunting-As-A-Service powered by Sqrrl
Deloitte CyberSOC EMEA Center, SL. closed a strategic agreement with Sqrrl to provide Managed Threat Hunting Services to clients in the EMEA region using Sqrrl’s threat …
Cut the FUD: Why Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt is harming the security industry
Although the acronym is close to a century old, FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) has come to be closely associated with the technology industry since the 1970s. FUD is a …
Are your connected devices searchable on the Internet?
Despite being a hub for technology talent, Berliners are leaving themselves wide open to cyberattack through poor security practices that are exposing millions of cyber …
Surge in exposed credentials puts companies at risk
The volume of credential exposures has increased to 16,583 from April to July 2017, compared to 5,275 last year’s analysis by Anomali. 77% of the FTSE 100 were exposed, with …