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New year’s resolution for IoT vendors: Start treating LANs as hostile

The prevalence of insecure default configurations for embedded devices suggests that vendors don't account for LAN-based threats

Dec 29, 2016 9 mins

Computers and Peripherals Internet of Things Networking

It’s 2017 and changing other people’s flight bookings is incredibly easy

The security of online travel booking systems are stuck in the 1990s, according to security researchers

Dec 29, 2016 5 mins

Security

5 signs we’re finally getting our act together on security

Despite all the bad news in information security in 2016, some positive developments may finally shift momentum

Dec 29, 2016 10 mins

Internet of Things Security

What to do if your data is taken hostage

Find out how to respond to ransomware threats

Dec 29, 2016 5 mins

Backup and Recovery Security

Critical flaw in PHPMailer library puts millions of websites at risk

The vulnerability could allow attackers execute arbitrary shell commands on web servers

Dec 28, 2016 4 mins

Security

Thwarting cybersecurity threats with behavioral analytics in 2017

Software that detects and alerts companies to anomalous behavior are on CIOs' purchase lists for the New Year, when spending on cybersecurity tools is expected to increase.

Dec 28, 2016 5 mins

Analytics Cybercrime IT Leadership

9 technologies that IT needed but didn’t get in 2016

In 2016 IT departments received technology that disappointed, didn’t deliver, took the wrong direction or didn’t arrive at all. Here’s what your IT team is still waiting for as we head into 2017.

Dec 28, 2016 9 mins

Cloud Computing Hybrid Cloud Servers

Encryption in 2016: Small victories add up

The move from SHA-1 to SHA-2, a Congressional victory over backdoors, and the rise of encrypted communications are leading us toward a more secure world

Dec 28, 2016 10 mins

Security

Ransomworm: the next level of cybersecurity nastiness

2017 could see further evil innovations of ransomware.

Dec 27, 2016 5 mins

Security

Will networks and security converge in 2017?

We went rummaging through our fortune cookies and came up with this Yoda-like prediction for 2017: security shall networking become

Dec 27, 2016 6 mins

Cloud Security Network Security SDN