In 2013 I wrote a Security Week column on how security automation and orchestration was a vital and foundational feature in a cloud
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“Vaccine” Available for CTB-Locker, Locky, TeslaCrypt
Users can now “vaccinate” their computers to prevent getting infected by a series of ransomware families, including CTB-Locker, Locky and TeslaCrypt.
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Chinese High Rollers Moved Stolen Bangladesh Millions to Philippines: Witness
Two Chinese men were responsible for moving $81 million stolen by hackers from Bangladesh's foreign reserves into Philippine casinos, an inquiry in Manila heard on Tuesday.
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FBI Unlocks iPhone of Attacker, Ending Apple Battle
FBI Gets Into iPhone of San Bernardino Attacker
The FBI has unlocked the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, officials said Monday, ending a heated legal standoff with Apple that had pitted US authorities against Silicon Valley.
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The Case for a Virtual Security Box
The abundance of security solutions flooding the market (and IT racks) has not resulted in any a strong confidence for preventing cyber-attacks.
To support that notion, here are a few stats that provide an interesting perspective on the current state of cybersecurity:
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Zen Cart Patches Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities
Zen Cart on Friday released an updated version of the popular online open source shopping cart application to address multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.
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Data Breach Reveals Expat Details in Thailand
The personal details of thousands of foreign nationals living in southern Thailand were briefly leaked online in what the site's developer admitted Monday was a data breach during a test for police.
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PowerWare Ransomware Abuses PowerShell, Office Macros
A new fileless ransomware family has been discovered, which abuses Windows’ PowerShell for nefarious activities, a novel approach to ransomware, Carbon Black researchers warn.
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Iran Denies Supporting US Bank Hacking
Iran on Saturday denied supporting cyber attacks against the United States after a New York court indicted seven Iranians over hacking dozens of American banks and a major dam.
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Belgium’s Nuclear Plants Face Threat of Cyber-attack: EU Counter-terror Chief
Belgium's network of nuclear power plants and other major infrastructure face the threat of a cyber-attack over the next five years, the European Union's counter-terror chief said in an interview published Saturday.
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