To comply with GDPR, Facebook has notified Ireland's data privacy watchdog about the massive breach it has suffered, resulting in 50 million accounts being exposed. But Irish authorities have signaled that Facebook has failed to share all of the information they would have expected to see.
As attackers become more adept at evading "reactive" security controls and alert mechanisms, proactively analyzing the behaviors of people and systems is critical to detecting malicious activity, says Gartner's Kelly Kavanagh.
Facebook says that whoever hacked 50 million user accounts, putting the privacy of those users' personal data at risk, did so by abusing its "View As" privacy feature. Facebook says the attack successfully targeted three separate bugs in its video-uploading functionality.
Endpoint management, while broad from a technology standpoint, is moving in a definitive direction - the ability to centrally discover, provision, deploy, update, and troubleshoot endpoint devices within
an organization. The proliferation of laptops, desktops, and more will propel the worldwide market for
unified...
Cryptojacking has erupted onto the cybercrime scene in recent months, thanks to the surge in value during 2017 of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Monero, and Ethereum.
Crooks are aggressively targeting servers and even whole networks in order to mine for cryptocurrency on other people's computers. Simply put, you...
With 83% of IT managers agreeing that cyber threats are getting harder to stop, it's time to move from point products to a connected cybersecurity system.
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How a connected cybersecurity system enables you to stay ahead of the hackers
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Exploits are commonly used in cyber attacks: upwards of 90% of reported data breaches involve an exploit at one or more points in the attack chain. Including exploit prevention as part of a comprehensive lineup of security defenses is clearly valuable.
Almost every major security vendor can claim some level of...
Businesses MUST address the proliferation of mobile devices in the workplace, whether authorized or not. For every laptop, there is a mobile phone, literally doubling the attack surface for hackers to breach your business and cause harm to you and/or your customers. While protection for traditional devices has long...
Facebook revealed Friday that it had discovered a breach that affected almost 50 million user accounts. Attackers exploited a vulnerability that enabled them to steal "access tokens," digital keys that keep users logged in so they don't need to re-enter their password.
Several days after the Port of San Diego was hit by a crypto-locking ransomware attack, incident response efforts remain underway and many port systems remain offline. Port officials say the attacker has demanded a ransom, payable in bitcoin, for the promise of a decryption key.
Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: The reaction to the recently released White House cybersecurity strategy. Also featured: A discussion of GDPR's impact on class action lawsuits.
In harmony with a wave of global privacy and security legislation, Canada has its own new breach notification requirements going into effect on Nov. 1. Attorney Ruth Promislow says these standards will force organizations to shift from a reactive to a proactive approach to incident response.
Ryan Duquette, an independent forensics examiner who formerly was a criminal investigator in law enforcement, offers insights on public/private partnerships and how investigators can work better with enterprises in the event of a breach.
For too many organizations, software vulnerability management is just about "patch Tuesday." But Alejandro Lavie of Flexera says organizations need to adopt a new strategy focusing on visibility, prioritized response and mitigation.
It may seem silly to wonder how safe your backups are; backups are rarely
thought of as being at risk. It stems back to a time when backups were on
tape - a medium that would be tough for even skilled developers to hack. But
today's backups are stored (whether on-premises or in the cloud) on disk or,
more...
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