French company fined 250,000 euros for a data leak
CNIL, the French data protection authority, has decided to impose a 250,000 euro fine on Optical Center, a French company selling eye and hearing aids, because it failed to …
How employee behavior impacts cybersecurity effectiveness
A recent OpenVPN survey discovered 25 percent of employees, reuse the same password for everything. And 23 percent of employees admit to very frequently clicking on links …
With the GDPR, companies face new era of compliance and transparency
A new Avecto survey explored IT and security’s role in helping companies achieve compliance with the new guidelines for the collection and processing of personal …
Protecting consumers from mobile and IoT threats
A new report by Allot Communications revealed a dynamic and automated threat landscape in which consumers lack the security expertise to effectively protect themselves. Mobile …
Worldwide server revenue grew 33.4% in Q1 2018
The growth at the end of 2017 continued for the worldwide server market in the first quarter of 2018 as worldwide server revenue increased 33.4 percent and shipments grew 17.3 …
How third-party risk affects your GDPR compliance
In this podcast, Darron Gibbard, Chief Technical Security Officer EMEA at Qualys, discusses third-party risk and how it affects the GDPR compliance of your organization. …
Week in review: Zip Slip, GDPR and the US, why creativity is key to security
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: VPNFilter malware targets new devices, can deliver exploits to endpoints Cisco Talos …
Wi-Fi phishing attacks discovered around Atlanta City Hall
As Atlanta continues to fully recover from March’s ransomware attack, new evidence discovered today by Coronet reveals hundreds of active Wi-Fi phishing attacks …
Facebook confirms bug messed with 14 million users’ sharing settings
Facebook has admitted that, between May 18 and 27, posts by some 14 million users were automatically set to be shared with the public. “Every time you share something on …
Adobe releases fix for actively exploited Flash Player zero-day
If you’re still using Flash Player, it’s time to update it again – and quickly: Adobe has just patched a critical zero day vulnerability (CVE-2018-5002) …
New infosec products of the week: June 8, 2018
Symantec launches new features for the modern workforce Symantec announced new innovations and enhancements to its Network Security for the Cloud Generation solution, designed …
Cryptomining malware digs into nearly 40% of organizations worldwide
Check Point published its latest Global Threat Index for May 2018, revealing that the Coinhive cryptominer impacted 22% of organizations globally – up from 16% in April, an …
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