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School of Cyberthreats: 3 Attacks Impacting Today’s Schools
Educational institutions are data-rich gold mines. From student and employee records to sensitive financial information, schools contain a plethora of data that can be obtained…
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Twitter Hack hit 130 accounts, company ‘embarrassed’
Twitter says the hack that compromised the accounts of some of its most high-profile users targeted 130 people. The hackers were able to reset the…
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Attack Surface Area Larger Than Most Businesses Believe
Workers are not the only outside-the-perimeter security risk. Companies have a variety of vulnerable Internet-facing resources exposing their business to risk, study finds. Companies focused…
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‘Malware-free’ attacks now most popular tactic amongst cybercriminals
More than half of attacks last year leveraged fileless or “malware-free” techniques, as hackers increasingly turn to stolen credentials in their efforts to breach corporate…
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Meet the white-hat group fighting Emotet, the world’s most dangerous malware
For more than a year, a group of security researchers and system administrators have banded together to fight back against Emotet, today’s most active and…
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Cyber Kill Chain – Lockheed Martin
Security incidents are events that may indicate that an organization’s systems or data have been compromised or that measures put in place to protect them…
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How to better protect your organization’s most valuable data
Many organizations underestimate the value of their data to skilled and organized cybercriminals, said security provider eSentire. Keeping up with cybercriminals can be a never-ending…
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Cloud security is too important to leave to cloud providers
As cloud rises to encompass to more corporate applications, data and processes, there’s potential for end-users to outsource their security to providers as well. The…
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