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Review: vArmour flips security on its head

March 6, 2017 admin IDG Insider, Security

Credit to Author: John Breeden II| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 04:45:00 -0800

Almost every cybersecurity program these days does some sort of scanning, sandboxing or traffic examination to look for anomalies that might indicate the presence of malware. We’ve even reviewed dedicated threat-hunting tools that ferret out malware that’s already active inside a network.

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Would killing Bitcoin end ransomware?

March 3, 2017 admin Data Security, IDG Insider, Security

Credit to Author: Ryan Francis| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2017 12:51:00 -0800

Ransomware is running rampant. The SonicWall GRID Threat Network detected an increase from 3.8 million ransomware attacks in 2015 to 638 million in 2016. According to a Radware report, 49 percent of businesses were hit by a ransomware attack in 2016. Quite often the attacker asks for some amount of cybercurrency – usually Bitcoin – in exchange for providing a decryption key.

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7 Wi-Fi vulnerabilities beyond weak passwords

February 22, 2017 admin IDG Insider, Network Security, Networking, Security, Wireless Networking

Credit to Author: Eric Geier| Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 03:00:00 -0800

To keep private Wi-Fi networks secure, encryption is a must-have — and using strong passwords or passphrases is necessary to prevent the encryption from being cracked. But don’t stop there! Many other settings, features and situations can make your Wi-Fi network as much or even more insecure as when you use a weak password. Make sure you’re not leaving your network vulnerable by doing any of the following.

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Why you need a bug bounty program

February 21, 2017February 21, 2017 admin Application Development, IDG Insider, Security

Credit to Author: Mary Branscombe| Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 12:50:00 -0800

Every business needs to have a process in place for handling security vulnerability reports, but some organizations take a much more proactive approach to dealing with security researchers.

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Tips for negotiating with cyber extortionists

February 17, 2017 admin Data Security, IDG Insider, Security

Credit to Author: Jaikumar Vijayan| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 04:51:00 -0800

Paying ransom to a cyber extortionist holding enterprise data hostage might seem like a poor idea in principle but sometimes it might the best, or even only, option for extricating your organization from a crisis.

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Should security pros get special H-1B visa consideration?

February 16, 2017 admin IDG Insider, IT Careers, Security

Credit to Author: Stacy Collett| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 04:29:00 -0800

New U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions may disagree about whether there is a shortage of skilled IT workers in America, as he has asserted at hearings over the past two years, but talk to most CISOs and they will confirm that when it comes to cybersecurity talent in particular, the skills shortage is very real.

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Study: 62% of security pros don’t know where their sensitive data is

January 30, 2017 admin Data Privacy, Data Security, IDG Insider, Security

Ask organizations today about the value of data and you’re likely to hear it measured in terms of competitive advantage, customer experience and revenue generation. As Dante Disparte and Daniel Wagner put it in a December 2016 HBR article, data is “becoming a centerpiece of corporate value creation.”

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