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Employees working while on holiday open orgs to security risks
Many workers will feel the need to check-up on work emails while they are away from the office and enjoying a well-earned vacation. Unfortunately, by doing that, they can open …

Self-service perimeter security for the hybrid cloud
Skyport Systems, a secure hyperconverged infrastructure provider for the hybrid enterprise, announced at the Black Hat USA 2017 conference the release of new self-service …

Defensive AI system implements strategies from the best analysts
Champion Technology Company, developer of DarkLight, an AI expert system for active cyber defense and trusted information sharing, today released their latest technology …

Photo gallery: Black Hat USA 2017
Black Hat USA 2017 is underway at Las Vegas, and here are a few photos from the Business Hall and the Arsenal. Featured companies: Forcepoint, Qualys, LookingGlass, Vectra …

NanoCore RAT creator pleads guilty
26-year-old Taylor Huddleston, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, pleaded guilty today to charges of aiding and abetting computer intrusions. According to the statement of facts filed …

90% of consumers think security should be built into smart devices
90% of consumers polled from Brazil, China, Germany, India, UK and US believe it is important that a connected device has security built into the product, digital platform …

Win a security gap assessment from NTT Security at Black Hat
This year at Black Hat 2017, NTT Security is focusing on incident response readiness: one lucky show participant will win a thorough security gap assessment from the NTT …

Orchestrating security across multiple environments
In an effort to help organizations centralize their intelligence and security process management, ThreatConnect has expanded its security platform’s capabilities to …

Only 2% of “GDPR-ready” organizations are actually compliant
Only nine percent of UK organizations that believe they are prepared for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) actually are, new research from Veritas has found. In …

Secrets of successful threat hunters and SOCs
McAfee has polled over 700 IT and security professionals from a diverse set of countries, industries, and organization sizes about the role of threat hunting and the evolution …

Expected cyber threats over the next six months
With recent large-scale cyber attacks signaling a growing front in destructive threats and business impact, a new midyear report from iDefense, part of Accenture Security, …

CrowdStrike launches malware search engine
CrowdStrike launched CrowdStrike Falcon MalQuery, the first malware search and intelligence component of its CrowdStrike Falcon Search Engine for cybersecurity data. …
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