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NotPetya Cyber Attacks Point to a Need for Comprehensive Risk Management
Earlier this week, Ukrainian police seized servers belonging to accounting software provider Intellect Service as part of an investigation into last month’s massive NotPetya ransomware attack, which hit the country’s…
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Top 11 Cyber Security Technologies
At the recent Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2017, company analysts predicted that the following 11 technologies will be the top solutions in information security in the coming…
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Almost Half of All Third-Party Software Components Are Outdated, Insecure
A recent Synopsys study of 128,782 software applications found that almost 50 percent of the third-party software components of those applications are more than four years old, with a more…
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Malware Behind Ukraine Blackout Analyzed
Researchers at Dragos Security and ESET have released in-depth analyses of the cyber attack that caused a massive blackout in Kiev, Ukraine on December 17 and 18, 2016. Dragos…
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WannaCry Ransomware Hits U.S. Critical Infrastructure
A Department of Homeland Security official told Reuters earlier this week that some U.S. critical infrastructure operators have been affected by the recent WannaCry ransomware campaign. The official didn’t provide…
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WannaCry Ransomware Lives On Despite Kill Switch, Microsoft Patches
Following last Friday’s worldwide outbreak of the WannaCry ransomware, which has now infected over 165,000 computers, Microsoft quickly released security updates for several operating systems the company no longer officially…
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Federal Agencies Pay Cyber Security Personnel $7,000 Less Than the Private Sector
U.S. government agencies would need to increase the annual salaries of information security personnel by approximately $7,000 to equal the annual salaries of their private sector counterparts, a recent survey…
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Massive Ransomware Outbreak Spreads to 74 Countries
On Friday, a version of the WannaCry ransomware hit tens of thousands of computers in 74 countries worldwide in a matter of hours, according to Kaspersky researchers. “It’s important to…
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181 Third-Party Vendors Access the Average Company’s Network Each Week
On average, 181 vendors are granted access to a company’s network in a given week, a recent Bomgar survey of 608 IT professionals found. Eighty-one percent of respondents said they’ve…
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Over 80 Percent of Americans Are More Worried About Privacy, Security Than a Year Ago
More than 80 percent of Americans are more concerned about their online privacy and security today than they were a year ago, a recent AnchorFree survey [PDF] of more than…
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