Cisco announced this week the launch of Umbrella, a cloud-based Secure Internet Gateway (SIG) solution designed to provide visibility and protection for devices on and outside the corporate network.
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Hundreds of Arby’s Restaurants Hit by Card Breach
Arby’s Restaurant Group, one of the largest fast food sandwich restaurant chains in the United States, admitted this week that its payment processing systems had been breached by cybercriminals.
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Unanet Backdoor Allows Unauthenticated Access
A backdoor found in the default configuration of the Unanet web application allows an unauthenticated attacker to login and manipulate user accounts and the roles they maintain.
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jQuery Mobile Can Expose Websites to XSS Attacks
A Google security engineer discovered that jQuery Mobile can expose websites to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks if an open redirect vulnerability is also present.
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Hackers Using RDP Attacks to Install CRYSIS Ransomware
CRYSIS, a ransomware family that emerged last year, is being distributed via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) brute force attacks worldwide, Trend Micro security researchers warn.
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Cybersecurity: Learning from the Future
Cybersecurity demands the impossible: that we look into the future to see where hackers are heading and what tactics they are brewing up. Of course there is no such crystal ball, so instead we focus on strategies hackers have carried out in the past and try to make predictions about future moves.
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Firms Increasingly Interested in Cyber Insurance: Study
Companies in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany are increasingly interested in taking out cyber insurance, according to a new study commissioned by insurance provider Hiscox.
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AthenaGo RAT Uses Tor2Web for C&C Communication
A newly observed Remote Access Trojan (RAT) targeting Windows systems is using Tor2Web proxies for communication with the command and control (C&C) server, Cisco Talos security researchers warn.
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Sometimes It’s Best to Avoid “Cupid’s” Arrow
Valentine’s Day is fast-approaching and the story goes that if Cupid hits you with his golden arrow you’ll fall madly in love. And who doesn’t want to fall madly in love? But there are other actors taking aim at you on Valentine’s Day whose arrows you need to avoid as the outcomes aren’t nearly as desirable.
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Government Contractor Indicted Over Theft of Secret Documents
Harold Thomas Martin III, the former U.S. government contractor arrested last year for theft of classified material, was indicted on Wednesday by a federal grand jury.
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