Distributed denial of service attacks that take advantage of misconfigured NTP servers were up 276 percent last quarter compared to the same time last year, reaching a new record high, according to a new report.
Part of the reason for the increase …
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Cloud-based filesharing, collaboration and social networking applications are common vectors for malware infections, a large portion of of which are ransomware delivery vehicles, according to a report released today.Javascript exploits and droppers,…
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Cross-site scripting and SQL injection attacks are well-known threats for public-facing Web applications, but internal systems can be attacked as well. For example, about half of network management systems studied had these vulnerabilities, accordin…
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A CEO said that his controller had just received an email, ostensibly from him, asking her to process an urgent outgoing payment.Everything about the letter looked legit.”It has my display name, spelled correctly,” said Kevin O’Brien, co-founder and…
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Smartphone infection rates nearly doubled during the first half of this year, from 0.25 percent to 0.49 percent compared to the second half of 2015, according to a report released today by Nokia.Nokia provides endpoint malware detection services to …
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Think that your new EMV-compliant chip-reading point of sale terminal will keep crooks from stealing your customer credit card info?Think again.Researchers have spotted a website setting EMV skimmers — at www.emvskimmer.com, if it hasn’t already be…
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Deception technologies such as honeypots are becoming increasingly popular with enterprises as the products get more flexible and the tools allow security analysts swamped with incident reports to zero in on cases of actual ongoing infiltration.
Ac…
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In the wake of continued security problems, NASA’s CIO is sending a no-confidence signal to Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which received a $2.5 billion contract in 2011 to address problems with the agency’s outdated and insecure information technology…
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In the wake of continued security problems, NASA’s CIO is sending a no-confidence signal to Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which received a $2.5 billion contract in 2011 to address problems with the agency’s outdated and insecure information technolog…
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Skyhigh announced today that it has received a patent for its technology, which moves that encryption gateway into a hosted environment.
Enterprises looking to protect sensitive data stored in cloud services can funnel user traffic through on-premises encryption gateways that allow them to keep control of their encryption keys.
Moving the encryption process to Skyhigh’s servers allows for easier access by remote employees, mobile users, business partners, or customers, said Rajiv Gupta, Skyhigh’s CEO. He says the company offers these encryption gateways in various locations, allowing customers to comply with data residency and privacy laws.
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Brazil just can’t catch a break. We’ve already seen flesh-eating bacteria in the water, athletes getting robbed on the streets, and police officers holding up a “welcome to hell” sign at the airport. Plus a wide variety of cybercrime, including phi…
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The fast-growing Cerber ransomware earned nearly $200,000 in July despite a payment rate of just 0.3 percent as a result of its affiliate distribution model, according to a new report by Check Point and IntSights Cyber Intelligence.That puts it on t…
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The major mobile networks account for 90 percent of all legitimate text message traffic — but only 38 percent of blocked spam messages. The rest of the spam messages is dominated by network unaffiliated virtual operators, according to a new report …
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Security researcher Salvador Mendoza demonstrated a flaw in Samsung Pay at Black Hat last week, in which the tokens used to secure transactions could be predicted, and used to authorize fraudulent payments.Samsung responded with a statement calling …
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Almost half of all companies have been the victims of a ransomware attack during the past 12 months, according to a new report. And while globally, 40 percent of them have paid the ransom, 97 percent of U.S. companies did not.
Specifically, 75 perc…
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