Network Security

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Vulnerabilities in several Corel programs allow attackers to execute malicious code

The risks of a big man-made IT disaster are on the rise

IT services are but one human error away from a spectacular failure, and there's very little evidence to suggest that we've found a way to stop people from making mistakes.

Obama calls for data breach notification law, privacy bill of rights

Why Obama is tackling cybersecurity in his State of the Union address

Mentioning anything tech-related in the State of the Union is completely unprecedented—but so is the threat.

Lessons from the Sony breach in risk management and business resiliency

The recent Sony attack and countless other examples point to the need for board members and executives to consider cybersecurity under the concept of risk management and business resilience.

Exploit allows Asus routers to be hacked from local network

Vectra Networks correlates odd bits of user behavior that signal an attack in progress

Behavioral analysis is used to identify and correlate incidents that, taken individually, might be ignored.

Akamai predicts more cheap hacking toolkits, political attacks next year

We'll be seeing more severe vulnerabilities like Shellshock and Heartbleed in 2015

CryptoWall ransomware variant has new defenses