With the coming new year comes new strategies to implement, new budgets to work with, and new threats to prevent from harming your business. I’ve personally seen a shift in the past year where more organizations are moving beyond the basic understanding of what threat intelligence is and moving into a planning and implementation process to start benefitting from the value that good intel can provide.
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Malwarebytes Replaces Antivirus with New Version 3.0
Antivirus is a misnomer. Antivirus companies are no longer just antivirus; but the name has stuck. Everybody accepts that antivirus alone is no longer enough to keep computers and networks safe — but because of the misnomer, new next-gen machine learning endpoint protection vendors have been able to take center stage as antivirus replacement products.
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Georgia Tech’s $17 Million Rhamnousia Project and the Difficulty of Attribution
The Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech, has been awarded a $17.3 million contract to develop a scientific method for cyber attack attribution.
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ThyssenKrupp Hit by Hackers Eyeing Industrial Secrets
German heavy industry giant ThyssenKrupp said Thursday it fell victim to a hacking attack in which the perpetrators sought to steal company secrets.
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August Stealer Uses PowerShell for Fileless Infection
A new information stealing piece of malware called "August" is using Word documents containing malicious macros and is abusing PowerShell for a fileless infection, Proofpoint security researchers warn.
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Hacker Holiday Havoc
It’s that time of year again…when consumers, retailers and manufacturers need to understand and be alert to the latest cyber attacks that threaten to dampen the spirit and excitement of the holidays. This year we’re seeing two twists on some tried and true tactics that are cause for concern among the online gaming industry and retailers.
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Experts Propose Cybersecurity Strategy for Nuclear Facilities
Institutionalizing cybersecurity, reducing complexity, active defenses and transformative research should be a priority in reducing the risk of damaging cyberattacks at nuclear facilities, according to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).
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Cryptography Expert to Audit OpenVPN
VPN service provider Private Internet Access has contracted cryptography expert Matthew Green to conduct a comprehensive audit of the open-source VPN application OpenVPN.
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PoS Malware Activity Spiked on Thanksgiving: Report
Some malware families targeting Point-of-Sale (POS) systems did not take a vacation this Thanksgiving, but instead were hard at work stealing payment card data, Proofpoint security researchers say.
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Petya Variant Goldeneye Emerges
A variant of the Petya ransomware has emerged recently, which has been renamed to Goldeneye, but shows almost no differences when compared to the original, security researchers warn.
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