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Cloud Security

One of the most effective steps you can take to protect your cloud account is to make sure you are using two-step verification. In addition, always be sure you know exactly whom you are sharing files with. It is very easy to accidently share your files with the entire Internet when you think you are only sharing them with specific individuals.

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Australian banks targeted by DDoS extortionists

Hackers are sending emails to banks asking for large payments in Monero, and threatening DDoS attacks if their demands aren't met.

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Report: Shadow IoT Emerging as New Enterprise Security Problem

Much of the traffic egressing enterprise networks are from poorly protected Internet-connected consumer devices, a Zscaler study finds.

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RSAC 2020: Blockchain is ‘Garbage In’, Voting Needs Paper Ballots

The annual cryptographer's panel took on issues of privacy and how new crypto-technologies apply to it in today's digital world.

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Stalkerware infections grew by 60% in 2019, says Kaspersky

Kaspersky says 67,500 unique users had stalkerware apps installed on their phones in 2019.

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Stalkerware infections grew by 40% in 2019, says Kaspersky

Kaspersky says 67,500 unique users had stalkerware apps installed on their phones in 2019.

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Ensure Your Cloud Security Is as Modern as Your Business

Take a comprehensive approach to better protect your organization. Security hygiene is a must, but also look at your risk posture through a data protection lens.

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Google Patches Chrome Browser Zero-Day Bug, Under Attack

Google patches zero-day bug tied to memory corruptions found inside the Chrome browser's open-source JavaScript and Web Assembly engine, called V8.

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Google Adds More Security Features Via Chronicle Division

Order out of chaos? The saga of Chronicle continues with new security features for the Google Cloud Platform.

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RSAC 2020 Keynote: Changing the World’s False Perception of Cybersecurity

The reality of the cybersecurity industry is starkly different than what's perceived by the rest of the world.

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KnowBe4 At BlackHat

KnowBe4 at BlackHat

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Cybersecurity Industry: It's Time to Stop the Victim Blame Game

There are far more ways to be helpful than adding to the noise of what a company probably did wrong.

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Wendy Nather on How to Make Security 'Democratization' a Reality

Ahead of her keynote at the RSA Conference, Cisco's head of advisory CISOs outlines to Dark Reading a unique paradigm that asks security teams to stop fighting their users, and start sharing control with them.

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Sen. Schumer Pushes for TSA Employee Ban on TikTok App at Work

The Department of Homeland Security and two U.S. military branches already had discontinued use of the app based on concerns over Chinese data-security and censorship practices.

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McAfee Acquires Light Point for Browser Isolation Tech

Company plans to integrate Light Point Security's technology into the McAfee Secure Web Gateway and its Mvision UCE platform.

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Firefox for Mac and Linux to get a new security sandbox system

Firefox's new RLBox sandbox system to ship to Linux users in Firefox 74 and Mac users in Firefox 75.

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UK financial watchdog admits to leaking confidential consumer data

A Freedom of Information Act request published on the FCA website revealed more than it should.

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McAfee acquires Light Point Security team to bring browser isolation tech to MVISION UCE

McAfee’s aim is to improve browser protections by isolating potentially malicious code in virtual environments.

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Google patches Chrome zero-day under active attacks

This is the third Chrome zero-day discovered being exploited in the wild in the past year.

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Mozilla enables DOH by default for all Firefox users in the US

The rollout begins today and will continue over the next few weeks to confirm no major issues are discovered as DoH is enabled for Firefox's US-based users.