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80 Percent of Organizations Experienced a Cyber Security Incident in 2015
According to the results of a recent Spiceworks survey of 197 IT professionals, 80 percent of respondents acknowledged having experienced a cyber security incident …
Cisco plans to buy security-as-a-service provider OpenDNS
Cisco Systems plans to pay $635 million in cash to buy OpenDNS, a company that leverages the Domain Name System (DNS) to provide security …
Safari address-spoofing bug could be used in phishing, malware attacks
From the department of things that aren’t what they seem, researchers have demonstrated a new address-spoofing exploit that tricks Safari users into thinking they’re …
Fewer than 1% of Android devices affected by potentially harmful apps
Based on data collected by Google, less than one percent of Android devices had a potentially harmful application installed last year. This includes devices …
New malware used to attack energy companies
A new malware program is being used to do reconnaissance for targeted attacks against companies in the energy sector. The program, dubbed Trojan.Laziok by …
Six clicks: How hackers use employees to break through security walls
No one wants to think about the idea of their company’s customer data, infrastructure, IP or network security as the full-time target for hired-gun …
Ransomware delivered via fake Chrome and Facebook emails, tied to PayPal phishing
Researchers with Trend Micro are seeing upgraded CTB-Locker ransomware being delivered in fake Google Chrome and Facebook emails as part of an attack that …
ICANN Hacked
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recently acknowledged that it was hit in late November 2014 by a spear phishing attack, …
Phishing email contains Word doc, enabling macros leads to malware infection
After an employee with PhishMe was targeted by a phishing email, researchers with the company had the opportunity to analyze a sneaky attack that …
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