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Cybercriminals add telephonic DoS attacks to their bag of tricks
While not as well-known as DDoS attacks, telephonic DoS attacks can prevent companies from receiving legitimate phone calls from customers.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 25, 2016 -
Report offers ideas for improving federal cybersecurity
The nonprofit ACT-IAC group asked industry, government and academia for ideas on how to improve federal security efforts.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 25, 2016 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlineIT Security
Security strategies benefit from nimbleness as companies respond to high-profile vulnerabilities and support internal talent gaps.
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Criminals changing tactics as $54 million lost in cyberattack
Cybercriminals reportedly targeted FACC AG's accounting department.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 24, 2016 -
Federal employee background checks to move from OPM to new Defense-backed agency
The Obama administration is organizing a new Defense Department-backed bureau to handle the task.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 24, 2016 -
FireEye acquires iSight Partners in $200M security deal
The deal combines companies that focus on different aspects of cybercrimes.
By Randy Lilleston • Jan. 22, 2016 -
Intel, Chinese firms partner for server chips
The partnership is designed in part to address concerns raised by the Chinese government in the enormous market.
By Randy Lilleston • Jan. 22, 2016 -
16 states working with ACLU to pass uniform privacy legislation
While the federal government fights legislative gridlock, states have worked to set standards for data security and consumer privacy.
By Naomi Eide • Jan. 22, 2016 -
Oracle releases record 248 patches
The company’s largest release of patches at one time were primarily for Java SE.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 21, 2016 -
'123456' and 'password' again top 'Worst Passwords' list
Also included on this year’s list are terms like “football,” “baseball” and “dragon.”
By Naomi Eide • Jan. 20, 2016 -
Cisco: Smaller companies tend to use fewer cyber defenses
The company’s annual security report found small and mid-size organizations often employ fewer cyber defense measures, potentially putting enterprise customers at risk.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 20, 2016 -
Legislators propose new national technology commission
The task force would address the debate over encryption technology and privacy.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 20, 2016 -
Unisys offers enterprise cloud security solution
At a time when attacks on the cloud are increasing, Unisys created a micro-segmentation solution on AWS Cloud to help companies improve security and reduce costs.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 20, 2016 -
US and EU failure to reach new data agreement could impact businesses
The parties have been negotiating a new pact since October.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 19, 2016 -
IBM purchases analytics company to enable real-time fraud detection
Few banks can detect payment fraud in real-time, study finds.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 19, 2016 -
State CIOs group to ask Congress for help with cybersecurity, regulatory issues
NASCIO says states need the federal government’s help protecting critical infrastructure.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 19, 2016 -
Five US cities targeted significantly more by malware than others
Little Rock, Tampa, St. Louis, Orlando and Denver saw more malware per-capita than other cities in 2015, but researchers aren’t sure why.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 18, 2016 -
LabMD CEO pushes back on FTC's data security enforcement efforts
In the past, the Federal Trade Commission has sued companies for inadequate protection of customer data. But are they authorized to do so?
By Justine Brown • Jan. 15, 2016 -
Defense contractors face challenges in commercial cybersecurity market
In 2015, Raytheon merged its cyber products business with private equity-owned Websense to help break into the commercial cybersecurity market.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 15, 2016 -
Tableau adding data center in Europe
Changes in European data privacy laws have more tech companies opening data centers overseas.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 14, 2016 -
Cisco: Shadow IT use up dramatically in last six months
CIOs do not realize how often employees use outside cloud computing services to 'supplement' their company's IT, according to Cisco.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 13, 2016 -
FCC latest federal agency moving to adopt cloud
The FCC enlisted AT&T to help the agency transition and modernize its technology.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 13, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Study: Priority disparities causing enterprise security gaps
A survey from BMC and Forbes Insights shows the security consequences of misalignment across organizations.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 12, 2016 -
Popular content management system Drupal to move to HTTPS
Reported weaknesses that could have caused data interceptions during updates has the company moving to a more secure standard.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 12, 2016 -
Survey: Enterprises plan to increase security spending in 2016
However, most budgets will only slightly increase.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 12, 2016 -
BBC DDoS attack may be biggest ever recorded
Experts say a combination of on-premises and cloud-based solutions may be the best protection against a growing number of DDoS threats.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 10, 2016
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