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2017 Singapore ICS Cyber Security Conference Call for Papers is Open! (APAC)
February 01, 2017 Added by:Mike Lennon
The official Call for Papers (presentations) for SecurityWeek's 2017 Singapore Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Cyber Security Conference, being held April 25–27 at the Fairmont Singapore is now open.
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Android Trojan Downloads Google Play Apps onto SD Cards
February 01, 2017 Added by:Ionut Arghire
A newly discovered Android Trojan can download applications from Google Play, but saves them onto the SD card instead of installing them, to keep this malicious activity hidden from the user.
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FriendFinder Breach Highlights the Need for Better Practice in Password Security
January 31, 2017 Added by:Donato Capitella
The FriendFinder Network breach is a perfect example of how poor password storage can exacerbate the impact of a breach and expose accounts to further exploitation.
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New Year’s Resolution 2017: Build Better Security Programs
January 30, 2017 Added by:Steve Durbin
Enterprise risk management must build on a foundation of preparedness to create risk resilience by evaluating threat vectors from a position of business acceptability and risk profiling.
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Alan Turing, Undecidable Problems, and Malware
January 23, 2017 Added by:Kenneth Geers
In order to keep workers happy and productivity high, sometimes you have to run untrusted code. But that code should be run in quarantine, where it cannot damage your IT infrastructure.
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The Forgotten Security Frontier: The Phone Call
January 23, 2017 Added by:Myk Konrad
The reality is that office voice communications are not going away any time soon. In fact, with the popularity of UC, we’re seeing the role of the UC mobile client increase to handle live video, text messages and more.
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SAP Cyber Threat Intelligence Report – January 2017
January 13, 2017 Added by:Alexander Polyakov
SAP's first set of SAP Security Notes for 2017 includes 23 security patches, one considered Hot News (assessed 9.8 by CVSS base score v.3.0).
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Neutrino Bot Distributed in Post-Holiday Spam Run
January 12, 2017 Added by:Ionut Arghire
A spam distribution campaign spotted just after the holiday season has ended is distributing the Neutrino Bot via a linked malicious Office document, Malwarebytes Labs security researchers warn.
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Why Simply Increasing Cybersecurity Staffing Won’t Resolve All of Today’s Issues
January 12, 2017 Added by:Nathan Wenzler
Any security program can benefit immediately by reviewing internal policies, improving the metrics used to measure their program's success, and consulting with legal counsel to ensure proper insurances and other risk mitigation plans are in place.
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Using Artificial Intelligence for Security Automation, Orchestration and Response
January 11, 2017 Added by:Nathan Burke
When a new threat is uncovered, an artificially intelligent system is able to apply its newly-found knowledge to all other systems in its network, launching investigations to find out whether other machines exhibit evidence of the threat or threat type.