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The healthcare sector is ill-prepared for the new cyberage. Hospitals, clinics, trusts, and insurers are under attack from malicious online agents. The value of personal …

Attackers are using Joomla servers with a vulnerable Google Maps plugin installed as a platform for launching DDoS attacks. A known vulnerability in a Google Maps plugin for …

The National Crime Agency’s National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) worked with law enforcement colleagues in the Netherlands, Italy and Germany, co-ordinated through …

Well-known issues and misconfigurations contributed to the most formidable threats in 2014, according to HP Security Research. “Many of the biggest security risks are …

Although the frequency of a cybersecurity attack on a large scale is low, by 2018, 40 percent of large enterprises will have formal plans to address aggressive cybersecurity …

Enterprise adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) is starting to gain momentum, fueled by a mix of technological, political and social factors. The declining costs of …

Ordinary employees, privileged users and the supply chain – such as contractors and third party service providers – are all conduits for a traditional insider …

There is a lot to like in the $6 billion Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program being administered by the DHS across more than 100 federal civilian agencies. The …

McAfee Labs researchers found that mobile app providers have been slow to address the most basic SSL vulnerabilities: improper digital certificate chain validation. In …

ENISA issued methodologies for the identification of Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) services in communication networks. This study provides state of the art …

Already established as international best practice, the information security management standard ISO 27001 has become an effective weapon in the fight against cyber crime. It …

The U.S. crime rate continues to fall, according to the latest FBI’s release based on Uniform Crime Reporting from police departments, but researchers say those numbers, …