Data Protection
A Microsoft researcher has discovered what some believe could be an intentional backdoor in the popular Socan networking utility.The vulnerability, whose existence was brought...
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Artificial Intelligence
TRACE was developed by AMD, Intel, Microsoft, OPAQUE, and TII and contributed to the Linux Foundation.
Compliance
Dutch Data Protection Authority said it is imposing a fine of 825 million euros because Uber violated the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.
Data Protection
Google Cloud outlines its roadmap to full post-quantum cryptography readiness, with key milestones targeted for 2027 and 2028.
Application Security
The previous GPG signing subkey was inadvertently added to a GitHub repository and Mozilla decided to revoke it.
Data Protection
Encrypted communication is making law enforcement and counterterrorism investigations more difficult, but fears of "going dark" are overblown, a study said Monday. The report...
Data Protection
Like leg warmers, data loss prevention (DLP) is back. Unlike leg warmers, DLP is actually cool, increasingly sophisticated, and something, to steal from Tim...
Cloud Security
Broadly shared files represent a high security risk for organizations, as 1 in 10 contain sensitive corporate data, Blue Coat’s Shadow Data Report for...
Data Protection
In 2014, we consumers were beset with news of breaches at eBay, Home Depot, and J.P. Morgan Chase. By designating 2014 as “The Year...
Data Protection
Do You Have a Security Policy for "IoT" Gadgetry in the Office?
Data Protection
Windows 10 devices have built-in disk encryption that is turned on out of the box, offering additional data protection, but the recovery keys are...
Data Protection
A misconfigured database whose owner has yet to be identified exposes the personal details of 191 million U.S. voters, researcher Chris Vickery has warned.
Data Protection
Chris Vickery, the researcher who identified tens of misconfigured databases that exposed the credentials of millions of users, reported finding more vulnerable databases.
Compliance
Stolen medical information is an issue that affects 18 out of 20 industries, making the problem more widespread than previously believed, Verizon’s 2015 Protected...
Cybersecurity Funding
Digital Guardian, a Waltham, Mass.-based data protection solutions firm, today announced that it has secured $66 million in additional financing. The funding will be...
Data Protection
An increasing number of poorly configured MongoDB databases are exposed online, Shodan founder John Matherly revealed on Tuesday.
Data Protection
A researcher claims to have identified leaky databases that exposed user data associated with roughly 25 million online accounts.
Data Protection
Google this week announced Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for Gmail, designed to help Google Apps for Work customers keep their sensitive information secure.
Data Protection
Hashcat, the popular password recovery utility advertised as the world’s fastest password cracker, has been released as open source.
Data Protection
BitLocker, the disk encryption solution implemented in the Windows operating system starting with Windows Vista, does not require sophisticated tools or exploits to be...
Data Protection
Misty-eyed old-timers are mourning the passing of one of the world’s most elegant encryption algorithms. RC4 was designed by Ron Rivest in the late...
Data Protection
US tech giant Microsoft has put new data centers in Germany under the control of Deutsche Telekom, the companies said Wednesday, in a move...
Data Protection
Microsoft announced on Monday that has signed an agreement to acquire privately-held Israeli data protection firm Secure Islands for an undisclosed sum. Based in...
Application Security
Hackers breached the systems of anti-adblocking solutions provider PageFair and used the access to deliver malware via the publishers that rely on the company’s...
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