Brought to you by InformationWeek, Dark Reading covers top stories in information security. Topics include attacks/breaches, app sec, mobile and threats. In this recent article, Kelly Sheridan highlights 8 books every security professional should read. Considered true classics in the cyber security industry, Kelly's top pics lay out the basics about hacking, defense, cryptography and more.Read More...
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Fallout from Reports of Russian Hacking from CIO.com
Serving Chief Information Officers (CIOs), other IT leaders, as well as the ecosystem that surrounds and interacts with them, CIO.com offers expert reviews on security software, firewalls, encryption, spam blockers, and ad blockers. CIO.com also offers their readers informative cyber industry articles. In this recent article, Maria Korolov covers the fallout from the reported Russian hacking scandal.Read More...
What CSPs Can Learn from the Latest DDoS Attacks
Few people realize that on October 21st, of this year, there was a major DDoS attack that affected many large sites in the United States. The outage came in the form of a major denial of service attack (DDoS). This is a popular form of attacking, where cyber Monkey-Wrenchers send an overwhelming number of requests, from multiple sources at the same time, to unsuspecting sites. This instant increase in traffic to various sites across the web, has a devastating effect on the Internet infrastructure as a whole, as we saw Friday with slow downs around the world. The office of Homeland Security News Wire published this article detailing what we can learn, to prevent future attacks.Read More...
7 Scary Ransomware Families
Steve Zurier has more than 30 years of journalism and publishing experience, most of the last 24 of which were spent covering networking and security technology. Steve is based in Columbia, Md. In his latest post for DarkReading.com, a respected cyber security industry information site, Steve discusses the recent increase in ransomware activity by cybercriminals.Read More...
Do you know where your sensitive documents are?
Technology is taking over many aspects of our lives and businesses. Data at your fingertips cuts time, though how often do you think about security? Nobody wants to see their sensitive information made public, especially business or trade secrets, though this is happening at an alarming rate. This article takes a hard look at data security and how well the industry is dealing with data breaches.
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Sophos Intercept X: CryptoGuard Anti-Ransomware in 60 Seconds
Sophos, a leading IT security firm, tackles an industry in a constant flux. Digging deep for details, Sophos never disappoints. Check out their latest post on ransomware.Learn More