Android apps based on Adobe AIR SDK send out unencrypted data
Developers using the Adobe AIR SDK should update to the latest version of the software development kit and rebuild the apps as soon as possible if they don’t want their …
Hack a Nexus from afar, get $200,000
Google has issued a challenge to bug hunters around the world: find a vulnerability or bug chain that achieves remote code execution on multiple Android devices knowing only …
Cyberattacks cost SMBs an average of $86,500
On average, a single cybersecurity incident now costs large businesses a total of $861,000. Meanwhile, SMBs pay an average of $86,500. To assess the state of the security …
Amex users hit with phishing email offering anti-phishing protection
American Express users are being actively targeted with phishing emails impersonating the company and advising users to create an “American Express Personal Safe …
68% of organizations don’t have an IoT test strategy
Capgemini and HPE examined the state of application quality and testing practices across multiple industries and 32 countries. They discovered that, despite 85% claiming that …
DDoS and web application attacks keep escalating
Akamai Technologies released its Second Quarter, 2016 State of the Internet / Security Report, which highlights the cloud security landscape, specifically trends with DDoS and …
6.6 million ClixSense users exposed in wake of site, company hack
If you’ve ever registered with ClixSense – and millions have – you can consider all your personal information shared with the service compromised. The …
GM recalls 3.6 million cars due to potentially fatal software defect
Last Friday, General Motors has announced that the owners of some 3.64 million of its vehicles will have to come in for a re-flash of their sensing and diagnostic module (SDM) …
Improve SecOps by making collaboration easier
There’s one word that we’ve consistently been hearing from information security pundits year after year: Collaboration. More often than not, they were talking …
GDPR: Are you prepared?
Many European and US businesses are ill-prepared for the recently agreed EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and are at risk of falling foul of its rules around the …
Ransomware usage explodes, as app, browser and plug-in vulnerabilities increase
Bromium conducted research on cyber attacks and threats affecting enterprise security over the last six months. The good news is while the number of vulnerabilities is …
Securing information in the age of external collaboration
A new Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) research study, which was completed by 200 senior IT and security professionals with influence over purchasing decisions, highlights the …
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