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macOS ransomware
Victims of Filecoder ransomware for macOS can now decrypt their files

Last week, researchers discovered and analyzed a new piece of ransomware targeting a specific subset of Mac users: those who are looking for ways to crack legal copies of some …

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Operatively-sourced threat intelligence: Using human awareness

In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2017, Mike Kirschner, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Advanced Threat Intelligence at InfoArmor, talks about the …

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With 1.2 million phishing attacks, 2016 was a success for cybercriminals

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) observed that 2016 ended as the worst year for phishing in history. The total number of phishing attacks in 2016 was 1,220,523. This …

cloud
Global cloud security market to reach $13.93 billion by 2024

The cloud infrastructure has witnessed a significant growth in recent years and its popularity can be attributed to the on-demand services, scalability and flexibility, and …

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Businesses still confused about GDPR

European businesses are still unsure about GDPR – almost 78% of IT decision makers at more than 700 European companies either lacked understanding about the impact of …

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ESET antivirus opens Macs to remote code execution

Like any other software, security software is sure to have some vulnerabilities that can be exploited by attackers. The latest in a long list of examples that prove this fact …

Vera
Friction matters: Data security lessons from Snapchat and Google

In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2017, Grant Shirk and Veliz Perez, Head of Product Marketing and Product Marketing Manager at Vera respectively, talk about how the …

Android
Germans, Czechs served with banking malware through SMS

German and Czech Android users are getting served with a banking Trojan directly through text messages, warns malware researcher Bart Blaze. The message claims that the user …

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Millions of smart devices in Spain are vulnerable to attack

Avast revealed the findings of its research experiment into smart devices, including public and private webcam vulnerabilities in Spain, and, specifically, in Barcelona. Avast …

Cybereason platform
Rewriting the rules on how to protect against evolving adversaries

Hackers are getting better at exploiting your organization’s increasingly complex IT environment. Adversaries are using highly customized attack campaigns to infiltrate …

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500,000+ devices have dangerous apps installed

At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017, connected cars, the future of smart homes and, of course, the newest handsets are top of the agenda. Intel Security’s latest findings show …

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Google releases details, PoC exploit code for IE, Edge flaw

As we’re impatiently waiting for Microsoft to patch vulnerabilities that were scheduled to be fixed in February, Google has released details about a serious …

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