The 1999 hit movie “Analyze This” can teach us a lot about the future of information security. In the movie, the main character, Paul Vitti (played by Robert DeNiro) notices a series of changes in, or departures from, his expected behavior. To get to the crux of the issue, Vitti enlists the help of Psychiatrist Ben Sobel (played by Billy Cry
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Russia-Linked Cyberspies Target Google Accounts
The notorious cyberespionage group Pawn Storm has targeted a significant number of Google accounts belonging to individuals in Russia, the United States, Europe and former Soviet Union countries.
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New X25519 Cipher Throws Enterprise Surveillance for a Loop
Latest Skirmish in Consumer Privacy vs. Enterprise Security War
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Researchers Disrupt Iranian Cyberespionage Campaign
Researchers at Palo Alto Networks have managed to disrupt an Iran-linked cyberespionage campaign targeting governments and businesses from all around the world.
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Critical Flaws Expose Symantec Customers to Remote Attacks
Symantec has released updates for more than two dozen of its products to address several critical vulnerabilities that can be exploited by remote hackers for arbitrary code execution.
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The Great Analyst Debate Over Consumer IAM
Analysts typically are pretty close in their opinions. They’re analyzing the same markets and pool of vendor solutions, so it stands to reason that they wouldn’t depart much from each other. So it can be entertaining when they disagree, except that as a practitioner, eventually you will have to make a decision on which one is right.
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Mining Industry Increasingly Targeted by Threat Actors
A report published on Tuesday by Trend Micro analyzes cyber threats faced by the mining industry and the motivations of different types of actors for targeting this sector.
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Germany Puts Spy Service on Tighter Leash After NSA Scandal
Germany on Tuesday approved new measures to rein in the activities of its foreign intelligence agency after a scandal over improper collusion with the US National Security Agency.
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Photo-Stealing Android App Uses Time-Delay Attack
A malicious mobile application targeting Android users managed to trick the Google Bouncer protection system and slip into the Google Play marketplace by employing a time-delay attack technique, Symantec researchers warn.
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LevelDropper Autorooting Malware Spotted in Google Play
Google has been long touting the security measures that allowed it to diminish malware instances in Google Play, but malicious applications are still able to avoid these and slip into the storefront.
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