GE-owned Wurldtech, a provider of cyber security products and services for operational technology (OT) environments, announced new services this week designed to help customers protect their industrial networks from cyber threats.
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US Keeps Apple Encryption Battle Alive in Drug Case
The US government on Friday kept its encryption battle with Apple alive, pressing the high-tech giant to help crack an iPhone in a drug case in New York.
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55 Million Exposed After Hack of Philippine Election Site
A cyber-attack on the website of the Philippines Commission on Elections (Comelec) has resulted in personally identifiable information (PII) of roughly 55 million people being leaked online.
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Lookout Expands Mobile Security Capabilities With Acquisition of Bluebox Security
Enterprise mobile security startup Bluebox security has agreed to be acquired by Lookout, a provider of mobile consumer and business mobile security products.
While Lookout started with a focus on consumer mobile security, the company has expanded its portfolio to target the enterprise technology market.
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Industry Reactions to Panama Papers: Feedback Friday
Hackers breached the systems of Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca and leaked a large number of documents that appear to show how politicians, businessmen and other public figures from across the world used offshore companies to hide their income and avoid paying taxes.
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Researchers Devise Scalable Attack Against Google, Facebook reCaptcha
A group of security researchers has discovered vulnerabilities in the reCaptcha systems of Google and Facebook, and have created an attack that is highly successful at automatically bypassing the protection system.
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Good News! You Already Have Next-Gen AV
It has become customary for tech vendors to self-categorize their solutions as “next-gen” in the hope that customers used to buying the “last-gen” can be persuaded to upgrade. They try to muscle analyst firms like Gartner into recommending “next-gen” so they can cast market leaders into the bin of history.
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Cisco Releases Critical Security Updates
Cisco published six new security advisories this week, with four rated as 'high impact' and two as 'critical impact'. Released on Wednesday, in the order of publication, they are:
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Cloud App Security – Microsoft’s Very Own CASB
Ask any chief information security officer (CISO) what worries him most about cloud migration and he is likely to reply, 'visibility'. When data goes into the cloud, visibility into the data is usually lost; and what you cannot see, you cannot control. This visibility issue explains the two biggest concerns about cloud: security and compliance.
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Authorities Disrupt Mumblehard Linux Botnet
Mumblehard, a botnet comprised of servers running Linux and FreeBSD operating systems, was taken down on February 29, 2016, as part of a cooperation between ESET, the Cyber Police of Ukraine, and CyS Centrum LLC.
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