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Cyber-attacks take many forms, from cybercrime, to hacktivism, to cyber warfare, and espionage. We’re all used to hearing about phishing attacks and the threat of malware, but organized cyber-attacks perpetrated by groups with political motivations, and sometimes affiliated with foreign governments, are on the rise, and they could represent a much graver threat. Major concerns about the threat of state-sponsored cyber-attacks on U.S. military and infrastructure have been raised repeatedly longfalse

Cybercriminals are employing more sophisticated techniques all the time and far too many companies and organizations still don’t have the protection they really need to safeguard their systems. The prevalence of targeted attacks and advanced persistent threats (APTs) is disturbing. The risk is that security is breached, typically through manipulation of employees using a technique such as spear phishing, and existing security systems are unable to detect the attack. Data can be harvested forfalse

Researchers have spotted the first in-the-wild apps to exploit a critical Android vulnerability allowing attackers to inject malicious code into legitimate programs without invalidating their digital signature. The two apps, distributed on unofficial Android marketplaces in China, help people find doctors and make appointments, according to a blog post published Tuesday by researchers from security firm Symantec. By exploiting the recently disclosed "master key" vulnerability—or possibly a false

Great information in SC Magazine’s latest whitepaper report, ‘Four steps to respond and recover from sophisticated security attacks’, it discusses the four proactive steps that you can – and should – take now to help keep your organization safe. Click here to view more details: http://bit.ly/131uu2J As we all know, cyber-attacks are becoming more sophisticated every year. At the same time, IT resources are moving outside the firewall and enterprises are distributing their applications and datafalse

The overwhelming advantages of cloud-based file storage are not in dispute. You have an automatic backup of your files, which can be accessed on any device, at any time. Small amounts of storage are generally free, and large swathes of server space are coming down in price all the time. They absolve your business from the headache of backup management, disaster recovery, and bandwidth for instant anytime access. Convenient? Yes, most definitely. Safe and suitable for the enterprise? Well ...false

Remember last week, Facebook leaked email addresses and phone numbers for 6 million users, but that it was really kind of a modest leak, given that it's a billion-user service? OK, scratch the "modest" part. The researchers who originally found out that Facebook is actually creating secret dossiers for users are now saying the numbers don't quite match up. The number of affected users Facebook noted in a posting on its security blog is far less than what they themselves found, and Facebook isfalse

Check out Search Security's article - "HIPAA Omnibus Rule, PPACA challenge enterprise compliance management", where our own Natalie Kmit and the Information Security Summit 2013 are highlighted:

Many companies have embraced the BYOD trend. They may even have developed applications that enable employees to have 24/7 access to business data and tools. The benefits can be counted in productivity boosts and flexibility, but there is a real and present danger that is being ignored all too often. How many of these enterprise apps have undergone security penetration testing? Could the mobile apps your business uses be jeopardising your data security or even regulatory compliance?

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