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Health insurance online threats revealed

Websites hosted by external providers, excessive mobile app permissions and third party code libraries represent the biggest risks to users of health insurance web and mobile …

Pre-loaded malware on new Android phones is on the rise

The danger of having your Android handset come preloaded with malware is rising, especially if you live in Asia and Africa and are on the market for a cheap, low-level phone. …

Researchers analyze destructive malware used in Sony hack

Who is behind the Sony Pictures Entertainment hack, and how extensive is it? These are two questions to which we still don’t know the answers, but new leaks and hints …

Internet of Things predictions for 2015

IDC provides organizations with insight and perspective on long-term industry trends along with new themes that may be on the horizon. IoT and the cloud. Within the next five …

Best practices in knowledge-based authentication

Knowledge-based authentication (KBA) is a methodology gaining increasing recognition for providing the identity proofing part of user authentication. A group of senior IT pros …

Google simplifies CAPTCHAs down to a single click

Tired of solving CAPTCHAs? Google has just the thing for you. The company has introduced the latest iteration of its reCAPTCHA tool, and it most cases, it will allow users to …

Sony breach: More leaks expose employees’ salaries, personal data

The fallout from last week’s breach of Sony Pictures Entertainment networks continues to increase, as the attackers leaked more stolen data on Pastebin on late Monday …

2015 predictions: Cyber attacks aimed at critical infrastructure, Attacks as a Service

In 2014, we witnessed the rise of POS malware and ransomware, more targeted, advanced evasion by both cyber crooks and hackers backed by nation states, and government grade …

New LusyPOS malware is a cross between Dexter and Chewbacca

A new piece of Point-of-Sale RAM scraping malware has been submitted to VirusTotal and analyzed by researchers, who found that it’s a cross between two older and …

Firefox 34 comes with critical security updates

Firefox 34 includes eight security updates, three of which are Critical, three High and two moderate. MSFA-2014-91 Privileged access to security wrapped protected objects …

The 2014 Firewall Buyers Guide

NOTE: This whitepaper is no longer available, thanks for your interest. Make an informed decision on the right firewall for your business with this guide from Palo Alto …

FBI issues warning on destructive malware

Last week’s breach of Sony Pictures Entertainment networks and the disabling of employees’ computers has likely been the incident that spurred the FBI to release a …

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