Breaking down silos created by individual security products and streamlining collaboration between security and IT operations remains the biggest cyber risk management challenge facing organizations. This finding is based on feedback from leading security executives during a recent multi-city tour organized by the CISO Executive Network.
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Millions of iOS Users Install Adware From Third-Party App Store
Millions of iOS users have unwittingly installed adware on their devices after downloading popular applications from a China-based third-party app store.
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Passive Behavioral Authentication Startup UnifyID Emerges from Stealth
UnifyID Uses Machine Learning and Behavioral Characteristics to Authenticate Users
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Critical MySQL Zero-Day Exposes Servers to Attacks
A security researcher has decided to disclose a critical zero-day vulnerability in the MySQL open-source database software after Oracle failed to release a patch in more than 40 days after being informed of its existence.
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Alleged Operators of DDoS Service Arrested in Israel
Two Israeli nationals suspected of operating a highly profitable DDoS service were arrested last week in Israel following an investigation conducted by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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Cybersecurity Isn’t the Only Kind of Security SOCs Must Deal With
Successful Attacks Can Blend Both Cyber and Physical Elements Seamlessly to Compromise an Enterprise
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U.S. Government Targeted With GovRAT 2.0 Malware
Malware developers recently launched version 2.0 of GovRAT, a cyberespionage tool that has been used to target government and other types of organizations in the United States.
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Hackers Can Disrupt 911 Services With Small Smartphone Botnet
Researchers have demonstrated that a botnet powered by only 6,000 smartphones is enough to cause serious disruption to the 911 emergency services of a U.S. state via what is known as a telephony denial-of-service (TDoS) attack.
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Android 7.0 Packs Re-Architected Mediaserver, Other Security Enhancements
Google has re-architected the Mediaserver component in Android 7.0 Nougat and included other security enhancements in the new platform release.
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NAS Devices Used to Spread Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
Sophos has conducted a detailed analysis of a piece of malware designed to abuse infected computers for cryptocurrency mining and discovered that the threat leverages network-attached storage (NAS) devices to spread.
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