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SWIFT warns of malware attack on another of its customers

Funds transfer network SWIFT has warned banks to be on the alert for attempts to replicate an attack that tried to net $1 billion from Bangladesh Bank

May 13, 2016 3 mins

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DHS Inspector General lambasts TSA’s IT security flaws

TSA typically has not managed security equipment in compliance with departmental guidelines regarding sensitive IT systems, according to OIG report.

May 12, 2016 4 mins

Careers Security Servers

Lawmakers probe large data breaches at US bank insurance agency

The FDIC saw about 160,000 personal bank records leave the agency on removable media in recent months

May 12, 2016 3 mins

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US House of Representatives bans Yahoo Mail and Google App Engine over malware concerns

The bans are in response of cybercriminals abusing those services to spread ransomware and malware

May 12, 2016 3 mins

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Popular messaging apps present real enterprise threat

CIOs and other IT professionals need to strategically manage the use of today's popular consumer messaging apps in the enterprise. While that process can be a challenge, it's possible to protect your business without blocking all rogue IT.

May 12, 2016 4 mins

Mobile Apps Mobile Device Management Small and Medium Business

The sport of threat hunting, and who should be in the game

Though the strategy of threat hunting has been around for over a decade, don’t feel compelled to jump head first into cyber security’s latest fad

May 12, 2016 7 mins

Cybercrime IT Skills and Training Security

After smashing two Atoms, Intel sees mobile future in atomic research

Weeks after abandoning work on two Atom mobile processors, Intel is teaming up on future mobile technologies with researchers from a French atomic energy lab

May 12, 2016 2 mins

Internet of Things Mobile Small and Medium Business

Mozilla wants US to disclose to it first any vulnerability found in Tor by government hackers

Mozilla says it wants to check if the vulnerable code is found in Firefox code

May 12, 2016 3 mins

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Smartphone tracking apps raise security, privacy and legality questions

Tracking apps can be useful in a variety of ways, such as, letting consenting spouses know each other’s locations. However, location data from mobile devices can be highly personal

May 11, 2016 8 mins

Enterprise Applications Google Small and Medium Business

Old SAP vulnerability scares Homeland Security

Attackers exploit a weakness that SAP patched six years ago

May 11, 2016 4 mins

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