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Internet of Evil Things: The growing risks of connected devices
As risk and concern around connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices continues to grow, resources and visibility into such connected devices have stagnated despite the …

8 in 10 IT pros believe believe their data is safer in the cloud
Eight in 10 IT professionals and executives believe that when facing hardware malfunctions and environmental disasters, their organization’s data is safer in the cloud …

Correlate real-time data from mobile devices across the enterprise
OptioLabs announced the availability of OptioInsight for enterprises using OptioCore-secured devices. OptioInsight correlates real-time data from mobile devices across the …

Utilize any data source to see attacks on the inside
Niara, a provider of security analytics for attack detection and incident response, announced that the latest release of its security analytics platform analyzes any data …

Siemplify brings military intelligence capabilities to enterprise security operations
Transforming the way enterprises perform cyberthreat analysis, Siemplify emerged from stealth mode with the first security operations platform to employ the same cybersecurity …

Vera secures $17 million in series B financing
Vera, a top 10 finalist for the Innovation Sandbox competition at RSA Conference 2016, has closed $17 million in Series B financing, led by Sutter Hill Ventures, with …

Hacking hospitals: Cyber attacks can result in physical harm
Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) published a study that demonstrates security flaws to be pervasive within the healthcare industry. The research found that adversaries …

Mastercard’s Selfie ID: Playing Russian Roulette with consumer identities?
At this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, MasterCard announced it will accept selfie photographs and fingerprints as an alternative to passwords when verifying …

MouseJack: Remote exploitation via radio frequencies
Bastille has uncovered a massive vulnerability in wireless mice and keyboards that leaves billions of PC’s and millions of networks vulnerable to remote exploitation via radio …

Japanese critical infrastructure under targeted attack
Cylance revealed a multi-year, multi-attack campaign against the Japanese critical infrastructure. Their research uncovers how a well-organized and well-funded threat group, …

Attacker View exposes hidden cyber attack paths
Illusive networks launched illusive 3.0 with Attacker View, a technology that enables IT security professionals to view their corporate network from an attacker’s …

Mobile banking Trojan bypasses Google Play security
The Acecard malware is capable of attacking users of nearly 50 different online financial applications and services and is able to bypass Google Play store security measures, …
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