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We must continue to hold the line, and we are, in this war on information security. We must continue to find our stride and take steps forward in regard to technology …

While most organizations fundamentally believe connecting people to the best technology is vital to business productivity, many struggle to achieve agility due to traditional …

Banking customers are hesitant to use mobile features due to fraud and security concerns, according to Kaspersky Lab and IDC Financial Insights. Their findings show that of …

In an election year, everyone asks the question about whether or not you are better off than you were four years ago. There are many ways to answer such a question, and …

The global cloud security market in the retail sector is expected to grow at a CAGR of close to 21% until 2020, according to Technavio. Cloud security is a technology designed …

Large businesses with a small amount of full-time security experts pay almost three times more to recover from a cyberattack than those businesses with in-house expertise, …

One of the best ways to reduce the risk of data breaches is employee training. This is particularly important during the fall “back to business” season when many …

Kaspersky Lab researchers discovered a new wave of targeted attacks against the industrial and engineering sectors in 30 countries around the world. Dubbed Operation Ghoul, …

Check Point’s research team has analysed the inner workings of Cerber, the world’s biggest ransomware-as-a-service scheme. Cerber execution flow Cerber is a ransomware …

On average, DNSSEC reflection can transform an 80-byte query into a 2,313-byte response, an amplification factor of nearly 30 times, which can easily cause a network service …

Organizations tend to have the mindset that their IT and security teams should play the role of First Responders on the scene of a security incident. They expect their IT and …

Unlike traditional malware, crypto ransomware doesn’t steal information. Instead, it encrypts a victim’s documents, spreadsheets, pictures, videos and other files, and then …