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Lastline Co-Founder and CTO, Giovanni Vigna, has been awarded a $100,000 “Security, Privacy and Anti-Abuse” award from Google, Inc., for his research work “related to Cybercrime Understanding and Innovative Malware Detection Techniques,” which he performed at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB). Giovanni Vigna, Ph.D, has a long history of excellence in publishing research and software related to malware detection. Dr. Vigna, together with Dr. Christopher Kruegel, also of UCSB, and Dr. Engin Kirda...

ForeScout Technologies, Inc., a pioneer in agentless cybersecurity, today announced the findings of its new “European Perceptions, Preparedness and Strategies for IoT Security” survey. The research revealed that while the majority of respondents acknowledge the business opportunity presented by the Internet of Things (“IoT”), and the growing number of IoT devices connected to their enterprise networks, their organisations lack understanding of how to properly secure them. “The staggering growth of IoT is creating both value...

Augmented reality, fueled most recently by the Pokémon GO sensation, and virtual reality gaming opportunities are beginning to really open up on mobile platforms. According to IDC, the number of smartphone and tablet gamers should increase to more than 1.9 billion in 2020. Millions of mobile device users are predicted to play these types of games within a few years, and the workplace is not immune. According to a new report, “It’s Not All Fun...

Cybercrime isn’t slowing down anytime soon. This quarter, cybercriminals were increasingly more ingenious, using innovative technologies and new tools to spread their wares. This is confirmed by the 18 million new malware samples captured by PandaLabs in this quarter alone, an average of 200,000 each day. The Evolution of Cybercrime  Measuring cybercrime is very complex. Cybersecurity professionals who combat these threats on a daily basis understand its mass and know that it is an industry...

As one of the world’s leading cyber security companies, Symantec spends a lot of time focusing on where the most damaging cyber attacks will be in the future. Since it’s an election year, we decided to analyse the ecosystem of an election, from electronic voting machines to data transfers, vote tabulation and finally, broadcasting the results. To get started, we purchased actual direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting machines off an online auction site and other equipment...

An increase in connected devices as part of organisations’ hardware footprint, combined with increasingly inventive attack methods from cybercriminals, has brought firmware security into the spotlight. A new study from global business technology and cybersecurity association ISACA reveals that while organisations are increasingly aware of the growing importance of firmware security, most businesses don’t have comprehensive programs in place to address firmware vulnerabilities within their infrastructure. The study, Firmware Security Risks and Mitigation, Enterprise Practices and...

Over half (52%) of records and information managers at local authorities feel that security breaches are “accidents waiting to happen" as a consequence of time pressure and resource constraints. The safety of confidential and highly sensitive information – from employee records and legal files through to school admissions and social care records – could be at risk, with two thirds of senior managers (67%) believing inadequate information management will cause a significant data breach sooner rather...

Veracode today released the findings in its annual State of Software Security Report (SoSS). The seventh edition of the report presents metrics drawn from code-level analysis of billions of lines of code across 300,000 assessments performed over the last 18 months. The report revealed that the continued and persistent use of components in software development is creating systemic risk in our digital infrastructure. However, the report also found that companies achieve accelerated benefits when their...

Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), a global software company that provides critical communications and enterprise safety applications to help keep people safe and businesses running, supported communities and businesses across Florida and throughout the southeastern United States as catastrophic Category 4 Hurricane Matthew wreaked havoc over the weekend of October 7-9th. As residents were forced to evacuate their homes and counter unprecedented rainfall, wind, power outages, road closures and other incidents, the Everbridge critical communications system was used...

Businesses in the UK could face up to £122 billion in regulatory penalties for cybersecurity breaches when new EU legislation comes into effect in 2018, according to new findings from the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC). According to a government survey, in 2015, 90% of large organisations and 74% of SMEs reported suffering a security breach1, leading to an estimated total of £1.4 billion in regulatory fines. In 2018, new EU legislation will set...