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Kazakhstan govt targeted journalists, political activists with spyware
Journalists and political activists critical of Kazakhstan’s authoritarian government, along with their family members, lawyers, and associates, have been targets of an online …

Dagah: Penetration testing for enterprise mobility programs
Shevirah Inc. will unveil at Black Hat USA 2016 the free version of dagah – a product that empowers security test teams to assess the security posture of their mobility …

Photo gallery: Black Hat USA 2016 Business Hall
Black Hat USA 2016 is underway at Las Vegas, and here are a few photos from the Business Hall. Featured companies: Cisco Talos, Qualys, Armor, IronScales, RiskIQ, Trend Micro.

Photo gallery: Black Hat USA 2016 Arsenal
Black Hat USA 2016 is underway at Las Vegas, and here are a few photos from the Arsenal, where the open source community demonstrates tools they develop and use in their daily …

ZeroFOX sets up research team to expose social media threats
ZeroFOX announced the formalization of the industry’s first security research team dedicated to exposing social media threats, driving innovative defensive technology and …

Why VoIP security is crucial for organizations
With more organizations turning to VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and cloud-based Unified Communications (UC) systems to underpin their commercial services and corporate …

Enterprises too complacent in the face of rising mobile threats
Enterprises continue to fall short when it comes to protecting corporate data on mobile apps and devices, according to the Mobile Security and Risk Review released by …

More than half of UK enterprises hit by ransomware attacks
A multi-country study that surveyed 540 CIOs, CISOs and IT Directors from companies with an average of 5,400 staff across the UK, US, Canada, and Germany and found that nearly …

Every third American has lost money to online criminals
With nearly half of Americans reporting they have been tricked or defrauded, citizens are concerned that the internet is becoming less safe and want tougher federal and state …

Utilizing hardware to stop attackers earlier and without disruption
Too often the defense community makes the mistake of focusing on the “what,” without considering and truly understanding the “why.” This mindset often leads to the development …

ThreatMarket: The world’s first security search engine
SecurityScorecard is previewing the world’s first security search engine, ThreatMarket, at Black Hat USA 2016. Comprised of patented and proprietary technology, …

Four high-profile vulnerabilities in HTTP/2 revealed
Imperva released a new report at Black Hat USA 2016, which documents four high-profile vulnerabilities researchers at the Imperva Defense Center found in HTTP/2, the new …
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