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The 10 Coolest New Cybersecurity Tools And Products Of 2020 (So Far)

The 10 Coolest New Cybersecurity Tools And Products Of 2020 (So Far)

The 10 cybersecurity tools and products making noise in the market have emphasized workflow automation, asset protection and downtime minimization to better safeguard clouds, endpoints and mobile devices.

08/07/2020

Entry-Level Career Advice for Aspiring Cybersecurity Professionals

Entry-Level Career Advice for Aspiring Cybersecurity Professionals

The bar for “entry-level” is considered to be higher in cybersecurity than in other lines of work, however the opportunities are plentiful.

08/07/2020

The Official Cyber Security Summits Are Going Virtual for 2020

The Official Cyber Security Summits Are Going Virtual for 2020

Ranked in the “Top 50” information security events globally, Cyber Security Summit has moved its entire calendar of events to a virtual trade show platform.

08/07/2020

4 Evolving Technology Areas Of Smart Cybersecurity

4 Evolving Technology Areas Of Smart Cybersecurity

The surge in digital connectivity and more sophisticated cyber-threats has promulgated the need for smart cybersecurity.

08/07/2020

Boost Your Cyber Security Skills with PAM Expertise

Boost Your Cyber Security Skills with PAM Expertise

With Privileged Access Management the primary CIO priority, cyber experts with PAM experience are at the top of the hiring wish list.

08/07/2020

K2 Cyber Security Partners with GuardSight to Secure Critical Web Applications and Container Workloads

K2 Cyber Security Partners with GuardSight to Secure Critical Web Applications and Container Workloads

K2 and GuardSight partner to secure customers' web applications and container workloads against sophisticated attacks, including OWASP Top 10

26/05/2020

Thousands of enterprise systems infected by new Blue Mockingbird malware gang | ZDNet

Thousands of enterprise systems infected by new Blue Mockingbird malware gang. https://www.zdnet.com/article/thousands-of-enterprise-systems-infected-by-new-blue-mockingbird-malware-gang/

Hackers are exploiting a dangerous and hard to patch vulnerability to go after enterprise servers.

22/04/2020

Hackers have breached 60 ad servers to load their own malicious ads | ZDNet

Hackers have breached 60 ad servers to load their own malicious ads | ZDNet

Why buy legitimate ad slots to deliver malvertising when you can just hack the server instead.

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09/04/2020

Cyber Attacks Against Hospitals Have ‘Significantly Increased’ As Hackers Seek To Maximize Profits

Cyber Attacks Against Hospitals Have ‘Significantly Increased’ As Hackers Seek To Maximize Profits

INTERPOL cautions that cyber-attacks against hospitals have significantly increased and could directly lead to deaths

09/04/2020

These hackers have been quietly targeting Linux servers for years | ZDNet

These hackers have been quietly targeting Linux servers for years

Researchers at Blackberry detail a newly uncovered hacking campaign that has been operating successfully against unpatched open-source servers for the best part of a decade.

Researchers at Blackberry detail a newly uncovered hacking campaign that has been operating successfully against unpatched open-source servers for the best part of a decade.

09/04/2020

Hackers targeting hospitals, people working from home | How to protect yourself

“We’re seeing that there are hospitals that are still being targeted with ransomwares, with distributed denial of service attacks," explained Levine. "We have confirmed that there are attacks in states that are heavily affected with COVID-19”

'To lock down a hospital, is potentially putting people in danger.'

09/04/2020

Email provider got hacked, data of 600,000 users now sold on the dark web | ZDNet

The data of more than 600,000 Email.it users is currently being sold on the dark web, ZDNet has learned following a tip from one of our readers.

Italian email provider Email.it confirms security breach.

07/02/2020

FBI ‘Drive-By’ Hacking Warning Just Got Real: Here’s How This Malicious New Threat Works

FBI ‘Drive-By’ Hacking Warning Just Got Real: Here’s How This Malicious New Threat Works

A hard-hitting new report exposes a vulnerability in the simplest of connected devices—the smart lightbulb. But that is just the tip of a very dangerous iceberg.

14/12/2019

New Orleans Declares State Of Emergency Following Cyber Attack

New Orleans Declares State Of Emergency Following Cyber Attack

The City of New Orleans has suffered a cybersecurity attack. Mayor LaToya Cantrell has declared a state of emergency.

02/12/2019

24/11/2019

1.2 Billion Records Found Exposed Online in a Single Server

1.2B records exposed on cloud server

Here's the next jumbo data leak, complete with Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn profiles.

11/11/2019

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04/11/2019

Use Chrome? Update Your Browser Immediately

Use Chrome? Update Your Browser Immediately

Two high severity zero-day vulnerabilities allow the Chrome browser to be hijacked, but Google released a software update today to close the security holes.

14/10/2019

China’s horrifying new app is spying on 100 million Android users

China’s horrifying new app is spying on 100 million Android users

It lets the Chinese government see a user’s photos, internet history, messages, contacts, and information from 960 other apps. Oh, and they can turn on your smartphone’s flashlight, too.

26/08/2019

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) – Ashburn Cyber Security Training

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) – Ashburn Cyber Security Training

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)December 15, 2018Ashburn Cyber SecurityUncategorized Course Introduction 9m Domain 1 – Information Security and Risk Management 3h25m Information Security and Risk Management Mainframe Days In the Good Old Days – Who Knew? Today’s Envi...

15/07/2019

Top 10 Digital Transformation Trends For 2020

Top 10 Digital Transformation Trends For 2020

Exploring the most significant digital transformation trends that will impact business and our lives in 2020

05/07/2019

Is Machine Learning Cybersecurity’s Silver Bullet?

Is Machine Learning Cybersecurity’s Silver Bullet?

Learn more about current state of AI and ML in this whitepaper, plus what you should opt for when it comes to building a reliable and strong cybersecurity defense with high detection rates and a low number of false positives.

05/07/2019

AI Is Being Increasingly Employed To Keep Us Safe Online and Offline

AI Is Being Increasingly Employed To Keep Us Safe Online and Offline

From IBM's Watson to new innovations in building security, AI is being used in many ways to help improve security around the world.

05/07/2019

Getting up to speed with AI and Cybersecurity

Getting up to speed with AI and Cybersecurity

Andrew Walenstein on how cybersecurity developments with AI

04/07/2019

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13/06/2019

All the Ways Google Tracks You—And How to Stop It

https://www.wired.com/story/google-tracks-you-privacy/

Google knows more about you than you might think. Here's how to keep it from tracking your location, web browsing, and more.

07/06/2019

5 security problems that annoy CIOs and CISOs the most

5 security problems that annoy CIOs and CISOs the most
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/5-security-problems-that-annoy-cios-and-cisos-the-most/

CIOs and CISOs continue battling with security issues in the enterprise, but improving staff tech skills isn't the only solution, according to Exabeam.

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17/05/2019

Cybersecurity's Week From Hell

Cybersecurity's Week From Hell

Multiple flaws - all serious, exploitable and some already being actively exploited - came to light this week. Big names - including Cisco, Facebook, Intel and Microsoft - build the software and hardware at risk. And fixes for some of the flaws are not yet available. Is this cybersecurity's new norm...