IBM has completed its acquisition of Resilient Systems, a privately-held company that offers an Incident Response Platform (IRP) that helps organizations prepare, assess, manage, and report on privacy breaches and security incidents.
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Nitol Botnet Fuels 8.7 Gbps Layer 7 DDoS Attack
A recent layer 7 distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack managed to break all previous known records in terms of bandwidth consumption, peaking at 8.7 gigabits per second (Gbps), cyber security solutions provider Imperva warns.
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Quanta Routers Plagued by Many Unpatched Flaws
A researcher has identified numerous serious vulnerabilities in routers built by Quanta Computer, a Taiwan-based hardware company that is said to be the largest original design manufacturer (ODM) of notebook computers in the world.
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Reservoir Rogues: Hooked on a’ Stealing
“What’s the cut, Papa?”
“Juicy, Junior. Real juicy.”
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Adobe to Patch Actively Exploited Flash Zero-Day
Adobe informed users on Tuesday that it’s preparing a patch for a Flash Player zero-day vulnerability that has been actively exploited by malicious actors.
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Businesses Doubtful That Vendors Would Disclose a Breach: Survey
Companies in the United States aren’t confident that third-party vendors (or providers hired by their vendors) would inform them about breaches involving sensitive and confidential information, a recent survey from the Ponemon Institute reveals.
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WhatsApp Toughens Encryption After Apple-FBI Row
The popular messaging service WhatsApp said Tuesday it had implemented "full end-to-end encryption," a move which steps up privacy but may lead to conflicts with law enforcement agencies.
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ENISA Calls for Cyber Crisis Management Framework
ENISA Calls for Action on Cyber Crisis Management
European Union cybersecurity agency ENISA has urged decision makers in the EU to take action and create a cyber crisis management framework before a major incident occurs.
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Tunisia e-site in Panama Papers Hacked, Goes Offline
Inkyfada, an electronic magazine investigating Tunisian involvement in the so-called Panama Papers, came under attack by hackers on Tuesday just hours after its first postings on the scandal.
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Undisclosed Security Vulnerabilities Exist US Passport/Visa Database: Report
A report has claimed that there are vulnerabilities in the US Consular Consolidated Database (CCD) that contains personal details from everyone who has applied for a US visa over the past twenty years.
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