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Quantifying cyber exposure: Attackers are racing ahead

Cybercriminals have a median seven-day window of opportunity during which they can exploit a vulnerability to attack their victims, potentially siphoning sensitive data, …

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CIOs are forced to compromise between faster innovation and perfectly working software

An independent global survey of 800 CIOs revealed that 73% of organizations say the need for speed in digital innovation is putting customer experience at risk. The study …

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Week in review: VPNFilter, hacking BMW cars, verifying data processing for privacy and GDPR

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: The percentage of open source code in proprietary apps is rising The number of open …

Microsoft
Microsoft will extend GDPR rights to customers worldwide

Microsoft has announced it will extend the rights that are at the heart of GDPR to all of their consumer customers worldwide. “Known as Data Subject Rights, they include …

Apple
European users can request a copy of the data Apple keeps on them

Apple has set up a Data and Privacy portal where users can make a request to download all the data Apple has on them, correct their personal information, deactivate or delete …

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New infosec products of the week​: May 25, 2018

Prioritizing open source security alerts WhiteSource launched its next-generation Software Composition Analysis solutions – Effective Usage Analysis. The technology …

Bitcoin
How security pros see the future of cryptocurrencies and cryptomining

Data gathered by Lastline at RSA Conference 2018 reveals security professionals’ perspectives on the future of cryptocurrencies and cryptomining, response to ransomware …

bomb
Fraud data shows 680% spike in fraudulent mobile app transactions

The number of fraudulent transactions originating from a mobile app during the first quarter has increased by 200 per cent since 2015, according to RSA Security. Analysis from …

healthcare
1 in 10 healthcare organizations paid a ransom within the last year

More than one in three healthcare organizations have suffered a cyberattack within the last year, while almost one in 10 have paid a ransom or extortion fee, according to …

world
VPNFilter malware compromises over 500,000 networking devices around the world

Cisco Talos researchers have flagged a huge botnet of small and home office routers and NAS devices, capable of collecting communications and data and launching cyber attacks. …

password
Password pattern analysis: Risky, lazy passwords the norm

Dashlane announced the findings of an analysis of over 61 million passwords. The analysis was conducted with research provided by Dr. Gang Wang, an Assistant Professor in the …

danger
Pressures impacting security pros are up, threats are turning up the heat

Trustwave released the 2018 Security Pressures Report based on a global survey of 1,600 full-time IT professionals who are security decision makers or security influencers …

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