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Daily Security News from @trustpath - Jul 18, 2017
Daily Security news from @trustpath.
Google’s federal foe in gender-discrimination pay battle slammed by judge
Noting recent data breaches in U.S. Office of Personnel Management and during the U.S. presidential election, plus a recent ransomware attack at the … more.
MySpace Nukes Massive Security Loophole (But Go Delete Your Stuff Anyways)
LeakedSource reported that it was considered one of the biggest data breaches in history. It seems Myspace wants us all to take security into our own … more.
IBM’s New Mainframe Release Should Be Growth Catalyst For Many Years
The timing of the release of IBM’s (NYSE:IBM) new mainframe called IBM Z couldn’t have come at a better time, as data breaches around the world … more.
IBM Unveils New Encryption Technology to Combat Data Breaches
IBM has rolled out its newest mainframe, IBM Z, which delivers new data encryption capabilities. The system aims to bring significant advances in … more.
Google Scores in Data Battle With Labor Department
He stressed the importance of privacy and potential data breaches in his order and said that ordering Google to offer contact information on its … more.
New Password-Stealing Malware Spreads Rapidly Thanks To Rock-Bottom Pricing
They can check out log files from each infected machine, sift through stolen credentials, and even request tech support from Ovidiy Stealer’s creator, … more.
Researchers Create Framework to Evaluate Endpoint Security Products
The two spent five months building a business case for an endpoint protection system. Their goal was to better understand problems and create test … more.
Google Says It Doesn’t Have A Gender Pay Gap. For Some Reason, The Feds
GOOD Magazine But citing concerns over potential data breaches, Steven Berlin, the judge in the case, ruled Friday that the data the OFCCP requested was … more.
Awake Security Unveils Advanced Security Analytics
Proactive Threat Hunting: Awake provides analysts with investigative starting points by highlighting notable entities exhibiting anomalous behavior. more.
Hundreds flock to Sandy to talk online privacy
We (at Secrity Metrics) specifically see data breaches increasing where people steal credit card and medical records and then put them on the black … more.
Mastercard to buy AI outfit Brighterion
… technologies, used in homeland security, AML and cross-channel fraud prevention, data breach detection, marketing, trading and healthcare. more.
Has your bank account had a mysterious $26000 increase? Customers’ shock as
Daily Mail People are claiming large sums of money have been deposited into their bank accounts following a report of data breaches and an attempted tax … more.
Smart Cities and Buildings: The Emergence of the Cyber Safe Building
The stolen credentials of the HVAC vendor enabled access to Target’s application dedicated to vendors. Through a series of hacking activities, the … more.
As security AI explodes, lack of efficacy comparisons leaves CSOs flying
CSO Australia Malwarebytes, for its part, recently complemented its endpoint-protection tools with the Anomaly Detection Engine a ML layer that the company says … more.
Contact Center Analytics Market Worth 1483.6 Million USD by 2022
According to a new market research report “Contact Center Analytics Market by Component (Software and Services), Application (Log Management, … more.
Google scores key victory in fight with Labor Department over equal pay
Anyone alive today likely is aware of data breaches surrounding this country’s most recent Presidential election, he wrote, per the Washington Post. more.
Tax return fraud: Melbourne couple receive $26000 from ATO, but it’s not
The Sydney Morning Herald In some cases the ATO may assign a relationship manager, to assist management of data breaches within an accounting practice. Recommend the … more.
Awake Security Unveils Advanced Security Analytics
Network Traffic Analysis: Awake’s entity-centric view lets analysts see all network traffic, with devices fingerprinted and tracked across IP addresses. more.
IBM Processor Claims New Level of Data Encryption
LAKE WALES, Fla. IBM claims its new z14 microprocessor is the fastest in the world, enabling encryption of “all-data all-the-time.” Encryption … more.
Politicians need to get digitally literate and fast
NHS data breaches, WannaCry ransomware attacks, ATMs hijacked, fake news, violent jihadist content on YouTube. The challenges posed by today’s … more.
A Reminder of Cloud Security Best Practices: Millions of Verizon Customers’
eSecurity Planet Last fall, an AlertSec survey found that 97 percent of U.S. residents said data breaches unsettle them and result in negative brand perception. more.
Half of ex-employees still have access to corporate applications
“This should be a cause for concern among business leaders, especially considering how many data breaches are caused by ex-employees. more.
Wellbeing’s Impact On Offices Too Fundamental To Ignore
If companies have technology to monitor employees’ biometric data and personal health information there are serious, mounting data breaches. more.
IBM Goes All Out On Encryption With New ‘IBM Z’ Mainframe
According to a recent study, extensive use of encryption in a company is one of the top factors in reducing the cost of data breaches. That makes sense … more.
4 Wi-Fi Services That Will Delight Customers
… secure Wi-Fi to their guests they need protect their brand reputations, especially since there have been so many major data breaches in the news … more.
Responsive Machine Learning: The Necessary Evolution of Endpoint Security
This changes, though, when it comes to endpoint protection that is, actually protecting businesses and user machines from malware. Maintaining … more.
At Mid-Year, US Data Breaches Increase at Record Pace
SAN DIEGO and PROVIDENCE, R.I., July 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ – The number of U.S. data breaches tracked through June 30, 2017 hit a half-year … more.
Myspace Security Flaw Allows For Easy Account Takeover (Yes, Myspace)
Information about an estimated 427 million Myspace users was reportedly leaked in 2016, making it one of the biggest data breaches in history. more.
Dow Jones is the latest company to expose customer records on a cloud
SiliconANGLE News (blog) That doesn’t simply mean ‘educate your employees’ that’s important, but human error is always going to play an outsized role in data breaches. more.
OneLogin: ‘Ex-employees pose threat to businesses’
Alvaro Hoyos, Chief Information Security Officer at OneLogin, said: The sheer level of data breaches revealed by our study, coupled with the … more.
DisrupTV: Amazon Prime Day, AI, and data breaches
From “Black Friday in July,” to conference after conference, and a not-so-small data breach, this week was packed with news and announcements … more.
US data breaches surge, businesses and healthcare organizations hit hardest
The number of US data breaches tracked through June 30, 2017 hit a half-year record high of 791, according to recent numbers released by the … more.
IBM wants businesses to encrypt everything with its new mainframe
Encrypting everything, and restricting access to the keys, is one way to reduce the risk and impact of data breaches - it can reduce the threat surface by … more.
Mimecast Eases Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) Compliance for Email
Introduction. On the 13th February 2017, the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable … more.
IBM debuts universal encryption mainframe to combat hackers
The number of data breaches within the U.S. is on the rise. IBM purports universal encryption the encryption of everything may be a sufficient way … more.
Preserving the Right to Cognitive Liberty
… against the unauthorized collection of those data. Breaches of privacy at the neural level could be more dangerous than conventional ones because … more.
Enterprise Mobility: The Time For Mobile-Only Is Now
… for transformation is driven by the employee, but in doing so, creates the conundrums associated with mobile security and potential data breaches. more.
Sophos’ Dan Schiappa On The Importance Of Being Predictive, Not Reactive,
CRN “I think where endpoint protection is going in the future has to be coupled with where the attacks are going,” he said. “I think the big change is that we … more.
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