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Security myths

Security Myths Debunked

According to the National Cyber Security Center, the cyber arm of Great Britain’s GCHQ, these are the two most common myths concerning network security.
Bleichenbacher attack

Bleichenbacher—the man, the legend, the TLS attack

A new cryptographic attack allows attackers to intercept data believed to be secure through TLS. The researchers who identified it have dubbed it ROBOT, an acronym for Return of Bleichenbacher’s Oracle Threat.
Insurance policy lapse

You won’t want to let this policy lapse

Many analysts believe the current cyber insurance market will double in the next 18 months, from $4 billion to $8 billion in premiums.
Exciting technology

But it’s just so exciting!

Like a kid on Christmas morning, many organizations are so excited about implementing the latest and greatest technology that they're getting ahead of themselves.
Technology arms race

The technology arms race was just amped up

On Monday, the DOJ held a press conference to announce that it is seeking criminal charges against Huawei, China’s mobile manufacturing giant.
Cyber attackers

Apparently, cyber attackers also consider imitation to be the sincerest form of flattery

An ambitious, but apparently unoriginal, cybercrime gang is taking responsibility for a rash of malware attacks that began just prior to the Christmas holidays. They’ve named it Phobos, ostensibly taken from the name given to the personification of fear in Greek mythology.
Warning cyber attack

Last week’s DHS “alert” upgraded to "an emergency directive”

Last week, the DHS issued an alert concerning repeated DNS hijacking attacks. Yesterday, it was significantly upgraded to an emergency directive due to a spate of recent DNS hijacking incidents that have originated in Iran.
databreach

The Collection #1 Data Breach─sit down first; the numbers are pretty scary

“Collection #1” is one of the largest security breaches of all time and includes 773 million unique email accounts and almost 25 million associated passwords.
U.S. Government

Government shutdown affects more than workers

As the government shutdown enters its fourth (4th) week, which marks the longest of its kind in U.S. history, the list of ill effects left in its wake now includes IT security. Yay! Like the impasse between the Trump administration and Democrats that’s at the heart of the shutdown—the border