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Risk gaps between companies and their vendors

Organizations are failing to adequately address information technology and security risks that emerge from outsourcing and partnering with third-party vendors, according to a …

Free encrypted mobile messaging app for iOS

SRD Wireless launched PQChat, a free app for iOS designed to make communications between people and businesses as safe, secure and private as possible. NTS protects data using …

Google adds new security features to Google Apps

Here is some welcome news for Google Apps Business, Government and Education customers: the company has implemented three new security features to protect them from phishing, …

Five Chinese military hackers charged for spying on US firms

A grand jury in the Western District of Pennsylvania indicted five Chinese military hackers for computer hacking, economic espionage and other offenses directed at six …

Researchers discover critical flaws in the Chip and PIN system

A group of researchers from Cambridge University have discovered two critical flaws in the “Chip and PIN” (EMV) smart card payment system that can be misused to …

Record month for Linux Trojans

If you think that you are protected from malware if you use Linux, think again, warn researchers from AV manufacturer Dr. Web, who identified and examined a record-high number …

Law enforcement targets users of BlackShades malware

During two days of operations taking place in more than 10 countries worldwide, coordinated by Eurojust in The Hague and supported by the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at …

Industrial wireless blackout looms

With the intention of preserving bandwidth, the telecommunications industry has written a harmonized standard that does not allow industrial wireless control systems to …

NIST to revise Industrial Control Systems security guide

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued for public review and comment a proposed major update to its Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) …

Week in review: Forged SSL certs in the wild, NSA allegedly backdoors network devices, (IN)SECURE Mag special issue released

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: Bitly breach details revealed Bitly has released more details about the …

Google, Facebook combat tech support advertising scams

TrustInAds.org, a new organization founded by AOL, Facebook, Google and Twitter aimed at protecting people from malicious online advertisements, has issued a report that …

Tech companies and privacy practices: Who has your back?

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published its fourth annual “Who Has Your Back” report that aims to show which major technology companies are good at …

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