Monthly Archives: February 2020
CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™ Coalition is Trailblazing the Path to Workplace Integration!
Las Vegas, NV – Issues of prejudice and bias in the workplace are making headlines across the country. The national discourse on these topics are reaching a fever pitch, and […]
Coronavirus-themed Attacks Target Global Shipping Concerns
Last week attackers exploited Coronavirus fears by sending malicious health information emails aimed at Japanese-language speakers. This week Proofpoint researchers uncovered new Coronavirus-themed email attacks that focus on concerns around disruptions to […]
RSA Conference 2020 Expands Education Programs
Bedford, MA – Feb 11, 2020 RSA Conference, the world’s leading information security conferences and expositions, today announced the addition of the RSAC Security Scholars Poster Pitch-Off to its RSAC AdvancedU programming. RSAC AdvancedU is a […]
Millions of devices at risk due to flaws in implementations of Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)
A set of vulnerabilities in the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) exposes tens of millions of devices to the risk of cyber attacks. Researchers at IoT security firm Armis discovered a […]
ForgeRock 2020 Predictions
By Eve Maler, Interim CTO, ForgeRock Healthcare patients will be able to share and redact their data in 2020. 2020 will be the year healthcare IT moves from data privacy […]
A Terrifying Diagnosis: Cybercriminals are attacking healthcare (but we can fight back)
Cyberattacks have become a way of life these days. People almost expect to hear news about some new vulnerability or breach that affects everything from banking to aviation, or devices […]
Balbix 2020 Predictions
By Gaurav Banga, CEO, and founder, Balbix In light of the ever-growing cybersecurity skills gap, and an exploding attack surface, infosec leaders will shift their focus from increasing headcount to […]
Protect Your Digital Services From Threats and Fraud With XTN
XTN develops Behavioral-based Fraud and Threat Protection solutions designed to defend digital businesses. Our security solutions are Cognitive,using proprietary AI algorithms. We also employ behavioral biometric analysis, both to guarantee […]
Facebook fixed a WhatsApp bug that allowed hackers to access local file system
Facebook addressed a critical issue in WhatsApp that would have allowed attackers to read files from a user’s local file system, on macOS and Windows. Facebook has addressed a critical […]
Armis Discovers 5 Zero-day Vulnerabilities in Cisco’s Discovery Protocol Impacting Tens of Millions of Enterprise-grade Devices
Vulnerabilities Allow An Attacker to Remotely Take-over Devices such as IP Phones Found Almost Everywhere from Conference Rooms to Trading Floors to Government Offices Palo Alto, Calif., Feb. 5, 2020 […]
RSA Conference Reveals RSAC Launch Pad 2020 Participants
Bedford, MA – Feb 05, 2020 Three Emerging Cybersecurity Startups Take the Stage to Launch Game-Changing Industry Solutions RSA® Conference, the world’s leading information security conferences and expositions, today revealed […]
Record-Breaking $550 million Settlement in Principle of Biometric Privacy Lawsuit Reached by Law Firms Edelson, Robbins Geller and Labaton Sucharow and Facebook
Largest ever privacy related cash recovery for Facebook users who claimed the company’s facial recognition “Tag Suggestions” feature violated Illinois privacy law SAN FRANCISCO (January 29, 2020) – In what […]
Toll Group shuts down some online systems after ransomware attack
The Australian transportation and logistics giant Toll Group has suffered a ransomware attack that forced it to shut down part of its services. The Australian transportation and logistics giant Toll […]
2020 Industry Predictions
By Peter Goldstein, CTO, and co-founder, Valimail Email security will prove to be the weakest link in election security. Email is implicated in more than 90 percent of all cybersecurity […]
Seven Security Predictions for 2020
By Corey Nachreiner Each year, the WatchGuard Threat Lab research team examines the top emerging threats and trends across the information security landscape to develop predictions for the coming year. […]