Fortinet Unveils New Security Fabric and Firewalls Designed to Tackle Challenges of Encrypted Network Traffic
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Industry Reactions to Bangladesh Bank Hack: Feedback Friday
Cybercriminals stole millions of dollars from Bangladesh’s central bank and they managed to cover their tracks by using custom malware that targeted the SWIFT interbank messaging system.
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Mobile Malware Market Increasingly Competitive
Mobile malware developers are competing for market share by creating highly sophisticated products or low-cost alternatives to existing offerings.
An analysis of the mobile malware marketplace conducted by IBM X-Force researchers showed that cybercriminals looking to make a profit by targeting smartphone users have plenty of products to choose from.
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Malware Leverages Windows “God Mode” for Persistency
Researchers from Intel Security recently discovered that a piece of malware dubbed "Dynamer" is taking advantage of a Windows Easter Egg called “God Mode” to gain persistency on an infected machine.
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Slack Tokens Leaked on GitHub Put Companies at Risk
Many developers unknowingly expose sensitive data, including business-critical information, when they publish code containing their Slack access tokens on GitHub.
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Encrypted Network Traffic Comes at a Cost
SSL/TLS Encrypted Network Traffic Brings Privacy for Users and Headaches for Security Teams
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New Dridex Malware Campaign Shifts to U.S.
Researchers at F5 Networks Security Operations Center (SOC) are warning of a new campaign of the Dridex web fraud malware. Previous campaigns had recently focused attacks on financial institutions in the United Kingdom, but among the new campaign’s malware configurations, only 6 percent of the targeted institutions are UK brands, versus 80 percent in the US and 5 percent in Canada.
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Stronger Together: How Sharing Orchestration Models Makes for Better Cyber Defense
Security collaboration has, and still is, generating significant attention: How can we join forces and use crowd intelligence to employ better security defense strategies against growing cyber-attack threats?
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Serious Flaw Exposed Microsoft Office 365 Accounts
Researchers discovered a severe cross-domain authentication bypass vulnerability that could have been exploited by malicious actors to gain access to Office 365 accounts, including email and files. Microsoft patched the issue within 7 hours after learning of its existence.
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Google Patches High Security Flaws in Chrome 50
Google on Thursday released an updated version of Chrome 50 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, to resolve 9 security vulnerabilities in the popular web browser.
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