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Researchers claim they can trick Cylance’s AI-based antivirus into believing a malicious file is benign by appending certain strings to it. The vendor has launched an investigation. [Read More]
Russian-made FaceApp, which allows users to see how they will look as they age, found itself in the eye of a political storm in the US Wednesday, with one senator urging an FBI investigation into its "national security and privacy risks". [Read More]
UK data watchdog says it intends to fine British Airways £183.39 million ($230 million) for the 2018 data breach that impacted 500,000 of its customers. [Read More]
D-Link agrees to implement a comprehensive security program to settle FTC charges claiming that the company failed to secure its cameras and routers. [Read More]
Medtronic, DHS and FDA warn that some Medtronic insulin pumps are vulnerable to hacker attacks that can have serious consequences for their thousands of users. [Read More]
Finite State finds many potential backdoors in Huawei equipment, and says the Chinese company’s products are less secure compared to other vendors. [Read More]
A new Senate report highlights the decade-long failure of several federal agencies to secure their systems and protect sensitive and personal information. [Read More]
Some U.S. government agencies still rely on knowledge-based identity verification despite the fact that the OPM and Equifax breaches have made this system insecure. [Read More]
Facebook has partially restored the View As feature abused by hackers last year in a massive data breach that affected 29 million accounts. [Read More]
ZombieLoad, RIDL and Fallout: Intel processors are vulnerable to more speculative execution side-channel attacks that can allow malware to obtain sensitive data. [Read More]
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FEATURES, INSIGHTS // Audits
To communicate about our metrics, we need ways that we can ground our experience in terms of “normal” for us; Otherwise, we really can't communicate our metrics effectively with anyone who isn't in a similar environment.
Security is a creature of habit. Security likes things to stay the same. Change brings chaos. Chaos is bad for security. But, we can help control the security of our environment by following good security habits.
A new amendment to Texas' breach notice law is designed to make it easier for Texas entities to comply with Texas law by giving those entities the choice of notifying under Texas law or the law of residents of other states.
While regulations and ensuing IT audits go beyond firewalls and firewall policies, these devices are often a good place to start when it comes to becoming "audit-ready" and gaining continuous visibility of what's going on in your network.
Santa doesn’t care if you were naughty or nice on Christmas Eve – what matters is how you did all year. Security is much the same.
For most CISOs, the pain of an audit is part of the job, but it doesn’t have to be the nightmare that most of the IT community envisions.
Too many IT and risk managers are surprised by security breaches, compromised keys or operational failures that occur from sheer neglect that result when you leave your valuable keys as exposed as a password on a post-it. Hefty, potential fines for failing to comply with regulations are risk enough, but the risks of ignoring these vulnerabilities extend even further.
The vast majority of ISVs are focused on prospecting and lead generation while overlooking potential sales funnel leakage due to piracy. Any vendor that is serious about its longevity needs to know if it has a software piracy problem.
Enjoy this selection of top picks for 2010, listed in no particular order. Happy New Year!
SecurityWeek Daily Briefing
- Mozilla Hardens Firefox Against Injection Attacks
- California Attorney General Outlines How State Will Enforce Upcoming Privacy Law
- Critical Flaw in Sophos Cyberoam Appliances Allows Remote Code Execution
- Why All Security Disciplines Should Use the Intelligence Cycle
- Alleged Hacker Arraigned on $1.4 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud Charges
- Majority of Simjacker Attacks Aimed at Mobile Phones in Mexico
- Thoma Bravo to Acquire Sophos for $3.9 Billion
- Compromised AWS API Key Allowed Access to Imperva Customer Data
- Amazon Calls for Government Regulation of Facial Recognition Tech
- 'Attor' Cyber-Espionage Platform Used in Attacks Aimed at Russia
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