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SAP closes critical vulnerability affecting TREX
SAP closed a critical vulnerability for an issue that was exposed for almost two years. The vulnerability (SAP Security Note 2419592) affects TREX, a SAP NetWeaver standalone …

CLDAP reflection attacks generate up to 24 Gbps of traffic
Akamai researchers Jose Arteaga and Wilber Majia have identified a new Connection-less Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (CLDAP) reflection and amplification method. CLDAP …

Bracing for the Denial of Things
Turn out the lights in any major city in the developed world, and you know what? It’s not really all that dark. Unless you’ve managed to lock yourself in a broom closet (I …

Cybersecurity: To automate or not to automate?
There are seven vital automated IT security applications that will function as the stepping stones necessary to advance cybersecurity in the new world of artificial …

Similarities in partial fingerprints may trick biometric security systems
No two people are believed to have identical fingerprints, but researchers at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering and Michigan State University College of …

Network teams spend more time on data security amidst new threats
Enterprise network teams are expending more time and resources than ever before to battle security threats, according to Viavi Solutions, who surveyed 1,035 CIOs, IT …

Cyber insecurity is pervasive, citizens feeling concerned and vulnerable
More than three-quarters of U.S. citizens (79 percent) are concerned about the privacy and security of their personal digital data, and 63 percent say they would feel more …

Worldwide IT spending to grow 1.4 percent in 2017
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.5 trillion in 2017, a 1.4 percent increase from 2016, according to Gartner. This growth rate is down from the previous …

Compared to last month’s Patch Tuesday, April will be a light drizzle
March saw a sizable release from Microsoft after a missed Patch Tuesday. Any way about it, April will be a lighter month than March. Windows 10 1703 has officially released to …

Cloud IT infrastructure spend grew to $32.6 billion in 2016
According to IDC, vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew by 9.2% …

Week in review: Highest paying IT certifications, emergency iOS patch, and how attackers exploit whitelists
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Windows 10 Creators Update will come with clearer privacy options Nearly two years …

Threat intelligence sharing challenges: Understand the context of cyber events
A new McAfee report details the challenges facing threat intelligence sharing efforts. The growing complexity of the technology environment is a very important driver for …
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