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Daily Security News from @trustpath - Aug 2, 2017
Daily Security news from @trustpath.
Forcepoint Simplifies Cybersecurity Through Cloud-Based Behavior Analytics
The firm expects by 2018 80 percent of endpoint protection platforms will include user activity monitoring and forensic capabilities up from less than … more.
Dropbox, Microsoft Vet Named Carbon Black’s Chief Revenue Officer
Carbon Black is red hot, sweeping up some $191 million in funding and publicly gunning for endpoint protection competitors like Cylance, Crowdstrike … more.
Breach at Third Party Contractor Affects 18000 Anthem Members
… on July 24 to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, which keeps track of data breaches per 2009’s HITECH Act. more.
Scam Report: Comparing costs: ransomware, CEO-targeting fraud
There are different ways to monetize all this phishing data, and it looks like the bad guys have got that down too, from selling the stolen credentials to … more.
Anomaly Detection Market Worth 4.45 Billion USD by 2022
Network behavior anomaly is a sudden and short-lived deviation from the … The Network Behavior Anomaly Detection (NBAD) solution is used in … more.
FireEye Looks To Revamp Pricing, Go-To-Market Strategy With Partners
The timing for these updates is key, Mandia said, as FireEye looks to deliver the remaining pieces of its HX endpoint protection platform, continue its … more.
The NHS Must Prioritise Quality To Prevent Further Data Breaches
With the Health Service Journal reporting that the NHS has suffered a data breach, resulting in hundreds of junior doctors’ personal details being … more.
Anthem reports 18500 members involved in new data breach
Security issues involving third-party vendors have been a primary reason for data breaches and is an area companies of all sizes must examine, … more.
Appeals court allows lawsuit against CareFirst to advance
CareFirst was among a slew of health care entities that endured data breaches in recent years. D.C.-based Children’s National Health System faced a … more.
Experts say more work needed on cybersecurity in public and private sectors
… for the majority of data breaches, so there should be more awareness of it. As defenses and cybersecurity training grow more sophisticated, though, … more.
Singapore:Data protection watchdog proposes mandatory notification for
Asia Insurance Review (subscription) Overall, this will enable the PDPC to better oversee the level of incidences and management of data breaches at the national level. Mindful not to … more.
Clinic Discovers Lengthy Intrusion Post-Ransomware Attack
That federal website lists reports to OCR of major health data breaches affecting 500 or more individuals. Peachtree Neurological did not immediately … more.
Black Hat 2017: Insightful, but too much hype
This goes for threat hunting, as well. 9. Enough about machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI)! Note to cybersecurity technology vendors: … more.
The 10 Biggest Data Breaches Of 2017 (So Far)
Data breach activity continued to accelerate in the first half of 2017, with the number of breaches jumping 29 percent to 791, according to a report from … more.
Cyber Security: How To Prevent Breaches In Your Business
… to succeed, you must guard against such threats, and here are several cyber security ideas to implement for your business to prevent data breaches. more.
Qualys to Acquire Assets of Nevis Networks
The transaction aims to bolster Qualys’ efforts in network traffic analysis and speeds up its move into the endpoint attack-mitigation and incident … more.
HBO hacked: Games of Thrones spoilers and other episodes leaked
Systems like network traffic analysis can monitor for data theft, even when it leaves the organization in a low and slow fashion. The risks are high, and … more.
National briefs: Bill Cosby’s defense lawyer wants out before November
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette … technical method to protect the data a method that should be audited by outsiders and is likely vulnerable to hacks or other data breaches. more.
Dumfries and Galloway Council under investigation after kid report bungle
In August 2015, the council admitted four serious data breaches including publishing the details of redundancy payments to named employees on the … more.
‘Real people’ DO need encryption despite what Amber Rudd says
All these data breaches we hear about show our privacy is regularly being breached by hackers, so the action suggested by the home secretary would … more.
Risk and Resilience: What the C-Suite Needs to Know about the Latest Tax
FEI Daily Organizations that have been defrauded will likely do what so many others have done in the wake of other data breaches: offer free credit monitoring … more.
FireEye Q2 Revenue, Profit Beat, Q3 View In-Line, Raises Year Outlook
The Helix platform combines our network and endpoint detection and prevention technologies, our award-winning MVX engine, FireEye iSIGHT … more.
Why ex-employees may be your company’s biggest cyberthreat
“Removing ex-employees’ access to systems is a critical step to mitigate risks of future data breaches or other security incidents,” said Forrester … more.
Six Ways to Curb the Costs of a Data Breach
While there are many considerations for companies transitioning to chip cards, CFOs should factor reduced damages from data breaches into their … more.
Shark or not? 3 real-life security scenarios and how to tell which will
Help Net Security Hackers then harvest and use the stolen credentials to access the employees’ actual Outlook OWA accounts, and use those accounts to send … more.
iRobot May Sell Floor Plans Gathered by its RoombasBut Who Owns that Data?
Frankly, I’ve already had bank cards, shopping chain credit cards, and health information lost due to data breaches at major institutions and retailers. more.
Are you ready to comply with Australia’s new data privacy law?
The new Australian Data Privacy (Notifiable Data Breaches) regulation starts in February 2018. This requires that corporations protect data and … more.
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