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Should a data breach be the kiss of death for the CEO?
The fact that CEOs have tendered their resignations in the aftermath of public breaches is a clear indication that the executive level is being held more accountable for the …
Five years of hardware and software threat evolution
McAfee Labs commemorates the five-year anniversary of the Intel-McAfee union by comparing what researchers thought would happen beginning in 2010 with what actually happened …
Who’s afraid of shadow IT?
One of the biggest disruptions in the IT world is the quantity and quality of SaaS tools. From email and storage, to phone systems and infrastructure, it has never been easier …
Hope is not a strategy, we need more healthy paranoia
35 percent of security experts believe leadership within their organization lacks a healthy paranoia, with 21 percent of leadership “relying on hope as a strategy” …
Should the removal of personal info posted online be a human right?
69% of online Americans agree that the ‘Right to be Forgotten’ should be a human right, 29% think it allows for censorship. Only 16% think the ‘right to be …
EMEA organizations are being pre-emptive about security
In EMEA, organisations are being pre-emptive about security due to the increasing threat posed by targeted attacks. These threats take the form of cyber-attacks that lie …
5 reasons Security Congress is the (ISC)2 member event of the year
The fifth annual (ISC)2 Security Congress, co-located with the 61st annual ASIS International Annual Seminar and Exhibits, is scheduled for September 28 through October 1 in …
The WhatsApp of Wall Street
On August 21, a pump and dump penny stock scam targeting US users, and spread using WhatsApp, drove the share price of Avra Inc, a digital currency company, by 640% from its …
Proactive real-time security intelligence: Moving beyond conventional SIEM
Surprisingly, discussions about security intelligence still focus primarily around conventional reactive Security Incident and Event Management systems (SIEM). However, in …
Network security firewalls approach $1 billion in 2Q15
The enterprise-class network security firewall market sales climbed more than 10 percent compared to the year-ago-period and approached a $1 billion quarterly run-rate during …
JetAudio and JetVideo media player vulnerability allows arbitrary code execution
An arbitrary code execution in the JetAudio Basic (v8.1.3) and JetVideo media players for Windows allows potential attackers to craft a malicious .asf file that could …
What drives employees to shadow IT?
While 94 percent of knowledge workers recognize the importance of collaboration and 83 percent use technology to collaborate, 59 percent are not satisfied with the tools they …
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