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While data breaches destroy customer confidence, impact revenues, attract large regulatory fines and cost C-levels their jobs, 76% of data security professionals believe in the maturity of their data security strategy, according to a new study. Despite heavy investments in a variety of data security tools as part of their strategy, 93% report persistent technical challenges in protecting data. “The Data Security Money Pit: Expense In Depth Hinders Maturity,” a January 2017 study conducted by...

Corero Network Security’s (LSE: CNS) today introduced SmartProtect, a new program to enable DDoS Protection-as-a-Service (DDPaaS) for hosting providers and  internet service providers (ISPs) to deliver to their customer base. With SmartProtect, providers take advantage of Corero’s SmartWall® Network Threat Defense (TDS) solution to successfully offer their downstream customers a managed DDoS security service that delivers advanced DDoS protection for these businesses and in turn, drive new service revenue. “Corero SmartProtect is a new program designed...

Android phones are still vulnerable to SMS-based attacks according to researchers at Context Information Security. One of the bugs found by Context in older models of Samsung Galaxy devices could be triggered remotely and rendered the device unusable until a factory reset was performed, leaving users open to ransomware attacks. The vulnerability was triggered by the type of SMS messages sent by manufacturers and network operators for configuring carrier and other device configuration settings.  ...

55 talented amateurs chosen from a nationwide search for the next generation of cyber professionals today begin a ten-week course to fast-track them into the cyber security industry. The students will begin the intensive ten-week course and learn in-demand cyber skills as part of a Government drive to help businesses defend themselves against the growing cyber threat. The candidates, including a former bartender, a psychiatrist and a journalist, will be trained by leading industry practitioners....

O2 has joined forces with global defence and security leader BAE Systems to provide an all-encompassing ‘device to cloud’ cyber security proposition for enterprise customers. The flexible service can align easily to a customer’s network and processes either as a stand-alone security solution or in conjunction with the O2 Gateway proposition, the UK’s first truly integrated network that brings together mobile, fixed and Wi-Fi networks on a single platform. This new partnership will provide O2...

AlienVault®, the leading provider of Unified Security Management™ (USM™) and crowdsourced threat intelligence, today announced the appointment of Marcus Bragg as the company’s chief revenue officer (CRO). In this newly created role, Bragg will lead AlienVault’s field operations and oversee all sales, customer support, customer experience and strategic partnership efforts. “Over the past few years, we’ve built a world-class velocity sales organization that works hand-in-hand with our dedicated customer success and support teams,” said Barmak...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) today published its fourth annual State of Security Operations Report 2017, which provides deep analysis on the effectiveness of organizations’ security operations centers (SOCs), and best practices for mitigating risk in the evolving cybersecurity landscape. With increased pressure to rapidly innovate and align security initiatives with business goals, a SOC provides the foundation for how organizations protect their most sensitive assets, and detect and respond to threats. However, findings from this...

Research has found that UK IT departments are some of the most likely in Europe to identify security and compliance as the biggest challenge they are currently facing and, as a result, they are also some of the most likely to host their applications internally. For Claranet, as security fears inhibit risk taking and, by extension innovation, organisations must work to alleviate their concerns if they wish to remain competitive in their market and innovate...

Internationally recognized security researcher Kyle Wilhoit is joining DomainTools to lead its threat research team. Wilhoit will spearhead DomainTools' efforts to do primary research on DNS-related exploits, investigate current cyber threats, and explore attack origins and threat actors. Wilhoit brings more than a decade of experience leading research teams to deliver timely and organized threat intelligence to internal and external customers. Before joining DomainTools, Wilhoit was a threat researcher for Trend Micro, where he was responsible for identifying,...

  McDonald's has been caught by Dutch security expert Tijme Gommers running an insecure website that could lead to users passwords being stolen.  According to Gommers, by abusing an insecure cryptographic storage vulnerability (link) and a reflected server cross-site-scripting vulnerability (link) it is possible to steal and decrypt the password from a McDonald's user. Besides that, other personal details like the user's name, address & contact details can be stolen too. Security experts share their views on...