Month: May 2017

  • An Optimistic Take on Cybersecurity from Qualcomm’s Alex Gantman

    Gadgets’ increasing complexity baffles even their designers, but not so much that it dooms cybersecurity efforts Photo: IEEE Awards Qualcomm’s Alex Gantman addresses the IEEE Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit The bad news: Read full news article on Spectrum  

  • New Standard Designed to Enhance EMV

    Payments New Standard Designed to Enhance EMV Payments Expert Roger Applewhite Says Chip Advances Are on the Way Tracy Kitten (FraudBlogger) • May 31, 2017 Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Credit Eligible Get Permission A new open payments standard coming out soon from the Secure Remote Payments Council aims to not only enhance card security but also…

  • A stolen Trump-Duterte transcript appears to be just one part of a larger hacking story

    A leaked transcript of a phone conversation between President Donald Trump and his Philippine counterpart was available online for weeks before surfacing in news reports, and it now appears to be just one of a series of sensitive Philippine government documents acquired by a hacker group with suspected ties to the Vietnamese government, according to research conducted…

  • #HPEDare2Compare with HPE SimpliVity’s New Data Protection Stats

    Over the past few weeks, I’ve shared the results of a recent TechValidate data protection survey. These results demonstrate HPE SimpliVity’s dedication to data protection, disaster recovery, and peak and predictable performance for even the most mission-critical workloads. Read full news article on DABCC  

  • From botnet to malware: a guide to decoding cybersecurity buzzwords

    Words like worm, trojan horse and zombie may seem like the stuff of science fiction, but they’re part of the reality of life online. Now that we communicate, work and entertain ourselves on the internet, these familiar terms start to take on new meaning. Read full news article on The Conversation  

  • The cost of cyber attacks will rise to $8 trillion in five years

    Cyber attacks will cost businesses across the world $8 trillion in the next five years, according to a new Juniper Research report. Just to put things in perspective, India’s entire GDP crossed $8 trillion two years ago. Read full news article on BetaNews  

  • “Mastering the Power of Connectivity”: Udo Helmbrecht speaks about 5G infrastructure & connectivity at the Connected Citizens Summit 2017

    The summit, which was co-hosted by newspapers Politico and Welt, gathered more than 100 participants from private and public sectors; European institutions, national ministries, international organizations, city governments, civil society organizations and companies across major sectors. Udo Helmbrecht together with MEP Pilar del Castillo, joined the discussion on infrastructure and answered the question “Are we equipped…

  • Google says its machine learning tech now blocks 99.9% of Gmail spam and phishing messages

    Google today said that its machine learning models can now detect spam and phishing messages with 99.9 percent accuracy. While this still means that one out of a thousand messages gets through (so Barrister Jon Price still has a decent chance of getting to inform you of that random online lottery winning of £552,000,00 you weren’t expecting),…

  • Inside Google’s Global Campaign to Shut Down Phishing

    It’s not easy keeping billions of devices safe from phishing attacks. Here’s how Google pulls it off. Read full news article on Wired – Threat Level  

  • Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) – A Detailed Explanation

    Data aggregation:Log management aggregates data from many sources, including network, security, servers, databases, applications, providing the ability to consolidate monitored data to help avoid missing crucial events. Correlation: Read full news article on GBHackers  

  • Google adds security features to Gmail

    Google is adding some new security features to Gmail, including improved phishing detection that relies on a dedicated machine learning model. Anywhere from 50 to 70 percent of messages received in Gmail are spam, but machine learning techniques help Google bock spam and phishing messages with more than 99.9 percent accuracy, the company says. Read…

  • Citrix: Building a Software-Defined Network

    At his Citrix Synergy keynote, Citrix CEO Kirill Tatarinov mentioned that IT “needs a software defined perimeter (SDP) that helps us manage our mission critical assets and enable people to work the way they want to.” The concept is not a new one, having been around for several years. Read full news article on DABCC…

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