Cyber Security

Google has been hit by a record-breaking $5 billion antitrust fine by the European Union regulators for abusing the dominance of its Android mobile operating system and thwarting competitors.That's the largest ever antitrust penalty.Though…
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  How to Positively Use Compliance Mandates to Drive your Security Standards Seems like every year there’s a new/modified cybersecurity regulation, standard, or compliance framework that thrusts itself to the forefront of our collective…
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Data breaches are getting more expensive. That’s one of the findings of a new global study by the Ponemon Institute that examines the financial impact of a corporate data breach. So what is the actual cost of a data breach? Well, obviously…
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In June 2018, the UK Government, in collaboration with NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre), produced a new security standard that all Government “Departments,” including organisations, agencies, arm’s length bodies, and contractors must…
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Organizations can reap huge rewards by switching to a DevOps software development model. Some enterprises don’t know how to make the change. Recognizing that fact, I’ve spent the past few weeks discussing the benefits of a DevOps model,…
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Microsoft today launched a new bug bounty program for bug hunters and researchers finding security vulnerabilities in its "identity services."Hacking into networks and stealing data have become common and easier than ever but not all data…
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1. Is ransomware as big a threat as the media claims it is? Ransomware is a variant of malware that we are seeing as the next wave of quick compromise attacks. What that means is quick entry and quick exit. No longer do the bad guys need to…
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Intel has paid out a $100,000 bug bounty for new processor vulnerabilities that are related to Spectre variant one (CVE-2017-5753).The new Spectre-class variants are tracked as Spectre 1.1 (CVE-2018-3693) and Spectre 1.2, of which Spectre…
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Cybersecurity experts are urging government agencies to protect their data with up-to-date, foundational security controls, and agencies are listening. But how can they determine where exactly to focus their efforts to maximize efficiency…
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Facebook has been fined £500,000 ($664,000) in the U.K. after the country's data protection watchdog concluded that its data-sharing scandal broke the law, making it as the social network's first fine over the Cambridge Analytica…
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