A new 4IQ report found that 12,449 data breaches occurred in 2018, which is a staggering increase of 424% compared to the year before. However, the number of records exposed per breach was 4.7 times …
New law lets Russia jail people who ‘disrespect’ the government online
The lower house of the Russian parliament on Wednesday approved a new law that will allow the government to fine or imprison people who post online content criticizing Russian officials or otherwise …
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Organizations still ignoring a large piece of their cybersecurity defense
A new survey by BAE Systems sheds light on the incident response capabilities and readiness of small and large organizations. The research found that 71% of cybersecurity breaches involve phishing, …
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Huawei Opens Brussels Security Lab in Bid to Reassure EU
Huawei has inaugurated its Cyber Security Transparency Centre in Brussels, the political capital of the European Union. The move is seen as an attempt by the Chinese tech firm to convince European …
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All Intel chips open to new Spoiler non-Spectre attack: Don’t expect a quick fix
An international team of security researchers has found a major flaw that affects Intel CPU chips. Spoiler, as researchers have dubbed the attack, is similar to the critical Spectre and Meltdown flaws …
Chinese Hackers Targeted 27 Universities to Steal Maritime Research, Report Finds
According to research by iDefense that was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, a hacking group with ties to the Chinese government is trying to steal information on military maritime technology …
Survey: Cybersecurity Threats from Careless Insiders and Foreign Governments Reach All-Time Highs
The fifth annual Federal Cybersecurity Survey by SolarWinds identifies careless/untrained insiders and foreign governments as the top cybersecurity threats to US federal agencies. The two threat …
The public sector is a cyberattack magnet, manual processes are to blame
New research[PDF] by Tenable and Ponemon shows that a whopping 88% of organizations in the public sector experienced at least one damaging cyberattack over the past two years, while 62% of …
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NSA releases cybersecurity tool to the public
The National Security Agency has made its custom reverse-engineering tool known as Ghidra available for download to anyone with an Internet connection. The move is intended to make it easier for …
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Attack traffic increased by 32 percent in 2018
F-Secure observed a 32% increase in attack traffic last year compared to 2017, and the second half of 2018 saw four times more attack traffic than the first half. Moreover, the security company found …
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