It’s official: The average DDoS attack size is increasing
New global DDoS attack data from Arbor Networks shows strong growth in the average size of DDoS attacks, from both a bits-per-second and packets-per-second perspective.The …
Information security governance practices are maturing
Information security governance practices are maturing according to Gartner’s annual end-user survey for privacy, IT risk management, information security, business …
Top obstacles to EMV readiness
By October 1, 2015, the majority of U.S. businesses must transition to EMV-capable technologies or become newly liable for any costs incurred from fraud using old magnetic …
Hacking Team’s RCS Android: The most sophisticated Android malware ever exposed
“As each day passes and researchers find more and more source code in the huge Hacking Team data dump, it becomes more clear what the company’s customers could do …
Proposed Wassenaar pact changes will harm cyber defenders instead of attackers
The comment period for the proposed amendments to the Wassenaar Arrangement regarding “cybersecurity items” has ended, and the overwhelming majority of the 150+ …
Microsoft plugs another Windows zero-day with emergency patch
Microsoft has released an emergency update that plugs a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2015-2426) that affects all supported versions of Windows and could allow …
How gamers can help improve critical software security
There’s now a game where sophisticated gamers can help improve security of the country’s critical software. SRI International, in partnership with the University of …
Hardware encryption market revenue to reach $36.4 billion by end of 2015
There are a variety of ways to secure data, either on the perimeter or within the LAN, but the most fundamental method in a defense-in-depth model is hardware encryption. The …
Free tools for detecting Hacking Team malware in your systems
“Worried that you might have been targeted with Hacking Team spyware, but don’t know how to find out for sure? IT security firm Rook Security has released Milano, …
Hackers hit UCLA Health, access medical files of 4.5 million patients
UCLA Health, the administrative structure which governs the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) hospitals, has suffered a data breach, and personal and medical …
Ashley Madison hacked, info of 37 million users stolen
Popular online cheating site Ashley Madison has been hacked, and personal information and financial records of 37 million of its users has apparently been compromised by the …
UK High Court declares emergency surveillance bill unlawful
On Friday, the UK High Court has declared Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (DRIPA) unlawful.DRIPA is an emergency legislation signed into law in July 2014, and its …
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