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How Your Partners Are Equipped to Protect Their Proprietary Economic Knowledge?
Jan 29, 2015endor relationships are critical to an organization’s supply chain both upstream and downstream, but how can an astute executive management team understand how their partners are equipped to protect their proprietary economic ...
Tags: affiliates, subsidiaries, business connections, Electrical
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An Israel-Based Startup Has Been Bought by Google
Feb 18, 2014An Israel-based startup specializing in using sounds instead of passwords for logging in said Monday it has been bought by Google. SlickLogin did not disclose financial terms of the deal, and Google did not respond to an AFP request for ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Google
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Arbor Networks Has Released Its 9th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report
Feb 13, 2014Arbor Networks has released its 9th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report, which has found a 36 percent increase in organisations targeted by Advanced Persistent Threats. Based on survey data provided by service provider, ...
Tags: Infrastructure Security
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The Target Credit and Debit Card and Personal Information Breach
Jan 20, 2014The Target credit and debit card and personal information breach, which last week was revealed to have affected more consumers than originally thought and which may be linked to attacks on other retailers, is expected to prompt U.S. ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Security, Protection, Target credit card, debit card
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Smarter, More Efficient Electricity Meters Aim to Revolutionise Energy Distribution
Jan 2, 2014Smarter, more efficient electricity meters aim to revolutionise energy distribution but WA researchers fear hackers could easily exploit numerous security flaws and wreck havoc on power grids. Smart meters measure a customer's electricity ...
Tags: electricity meters, energy distribution, power grids, security flaws
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Cybercriminals and Nation States Are in Possession of as Many as 100 Zero-Day Flaws
Dec 10, 2013On any given day cybercriminals and nation states are in possession of as many as 100 zero-day software exploits known only to them, NSS Labs has calculated using the commercial vulnerability market as a baseline. NSS Labs research ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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A New Type of Trojan Horse Computer Virus Could Result in Mass Attacks on Banks
Nov 28, 2013A new type of Trojan horse computer virus could result in mass attacks on banks, exposing the personal details of an unprecedented number of online banking customers. Discovered by security software provider Kaspersky Labs, the Neverquest ...
Tags: warning, mass, Trojan, attack, against, online, bank, customer
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The UK's Biggest Companies Are Not Considering Cyber Risks in Their Decision
Nov 27, 2013The UK's biggest companies are not considering cyber risks in their decision making, according to a new survey from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The survey, dubbed the cyber governance health check, was sent by the ...
Tags: UK, FTSE, cyber risks, Government
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FBI Has Offered Large Rewards for Information
Nov 19, 2013The FBI has offered large rewards for information that could help them catch a clutch of alleged cyber-criminals. They include an El Salvadoran national accused of selling a Trojan designed to spy on husbands or wives believed by their ...
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Malicious Software Aimed at Stealing Online Banking Credentials Surged
Nov 19, 2013Malicious software aimed at stealing online banking credentials surged in the third quarter of this year to a level not seen since 2002, according to a new report from Trend Micro. The security vendor said it counted more than 200,000 new ...
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Security Researchers Have Uncovered Two Unpatched Vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer
Nov 19, 2013Security researchers have uncovered two unpatched vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE) which have been exploited by attackers in an unusual “watering hole” campaign launched from a U.S.-based website that specialises in ...
Tags: IE, zero-day, hacker, watering hole
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It's Not Possible for an Organisation to Be Aware of and Secure Every Mobile Device
Nov 7, 2013It's not possible for an organisation to be aware of and secure every mobile device on the network, not matter how much the IT department tries, because staff will always connect their own smartphones and tablets to the office wireless ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, network
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Collecting More and More Unstructured Data May Well Lead to Attackers Seeing Value
Nov 6, 2013“Collecting more and more unstructured data will open up another whole degree of attractiveness and may well lead to attackers seeing value in a form not previously recognised by the organisation that owns the data.” So ...
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There's a Shortage Computer Hackers Willing to Fight Back Against Cyber Criminals
Oct 16, 2013There's a shortage computer hackers willing to fight back against cyber criminals on behalf of government and businesses, a former White House security chief has warned. "As with anything, it really comes down to human capital and there ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, web security
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Kaspersky Has Discovered 'icefog'
Oct 7, 2013Kaspersky has discovered 'Icefog', a hacking campaign that targets the supply chains of Western companies, a report by the security and anti-virus software solutions provider has revealed, as it warns about the growing threat of ...
Tags: Kaspersky, software, Computer Products