Three of today's biggest IT evolutions are digital transformation; a move from binary-based to probability-based security; and the search for a single seamless fabric for related areas of security. In new announcements its Oktane16 conference today, identity firm Okta seeks to cover all three within access management.
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Site of BitTorrent App “Transmission” Again Used to Deliver OS X Malware
The official website for the BitTorrent client Transmission has once again been abused by cybercriminals to deliver a piece of malware designed to target OS X systems.
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Researcher Finds Whitelist Bypass on Google Login Page
Google’s login page is plagued by a whitelist bypass vulnerability that could allow an attacker to redirect users to arbitrary pages or trick them into downloading malicious code, security researcher Aidan Woods claims.
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Kaspersky Confirms Lurk Gang Developed Angler Exploit Kit
Kaspersky Lab has confirmed that the Lurk cybercrime gang, whose members were arrested by Russian police this summer, developed and rented the notorious Angler exploit kit, which disappeared from the scene shortly after the arrests.
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Unmodified USB Devices Allow Data Theft From Air-Gapped Systems
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Continue readingRussian Hackers Attack Two U.S. Voter Databases: Reports
Russian-based hackers may have been responsible for two recent attempts to breach US voter registration databases in two states, raising fears Moscow is trying to undermine November's presidential election, US media said Monday.
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What’s the Real Value of “Cost of Breach” Studies?
The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) published The cost of incidents affecting CIIs – a review ‘of studies concerning the economic impact of cyber-security incidents on critical information infrastructures’.
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The Top 3 Threats to Industrial Control Systems
Adversaries are getting smarter, more efficient, and consequently more successful at penetrating industrial networks. Statistics from a recent Booz Allen Hamilton survey reinforce this fact. The firm surveyed 314 organizations operating Industrial Control Systems (ICS) around the world, and revealed that 34 percent were breached more than twice in the last 12 months. In 2015, ICS operators reported more security incidents to U.S.
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FBI Warns of Attacks on State Election Systems
A flash alert issued by the FBI earlier this month warns that unknown threat actors targeted the board of election systems of two U.S. states using widely available security testing tools.
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Kelihos Botnet Triples in Size Overnight
The Kelihos botnet has kept a low profile following takedown attempts a few years ago when it was highly active, but has shown significant spikes in activity recently, MalwareTech warns.
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