A new survey published by Accenture shows that the twin security conundrums of increasing security breaches despite increased security spending, and high security confidence despite a high level of breaches, are both alive and well. These conclusions are drawn from a survey of more than 2,000 enterprise security practitioners across 15 countries in organizations with annual revenues in excess of $1 billion.
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Containers Can’t Fence Dirty COW Vulnerability
The Dirty COW vulnerability in the Linux kernel that was revealed late last month can’t be mitigated with the help of containers, security researchers have discovered.
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Belkin WeMo Devices Expose Smartphones to Attacks
Researchers Find Vulnerabilities in Belkin WeMo Home Automation Products
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Electronic Voting: The Greatest Threat to Democracy
The dumpster fire that is the 2016 presidential election is thankfully almost behind us. But in its final throes, it is currently belching a peculiar pollution.
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UK in $2.3 Billion Plan to ‘Strike Back’ at Hackers
Finance minister Philip Hammond on Tuesday warned Britain will "strike back" against states hacking into strategic networks in order to avoid a military showdown, as part of a new cyber-defense plan.
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Security Firm Discloses Unpatched Flaws in Schneider HMI Product
A cybersecurity startup has disclosed a couple of unpatched denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerabilities affecting a human-machine interface (HMI) product from Schneider Electric.
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Windows Zero-Day Exploited by Russia-Linked Cyberspies
The Windows zero-day vulnerability disclosed this week by Google has been exploited by the Russia-linked cyberespionage group known as Strontium. Microsoft has been working on a patch and expects to release it on November 8.
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DDoS-Capable IRCTelnet IoT Botnet Emerges
A new malware family targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices to ensnare them into distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnets has emerged.
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Symantec Unveils Evolutionary Update to Endpoint Protection Offering
Symantec Unveils Symantec Endpoint Protection 14 With Multi-Layered Protection
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Vulnerability Impacts Web-Exposed SAP Systems
A recently detailed 0-day SAP vulnerability that was patched in September impacts over 900 SAP systems that are exposed to the Internet.
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