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By Troy Gill, manager of security research at AppRiver Self-employment in the UK is currently at its highest level since records began according the Office of National Statistics, with 4.6 million people working for themselves. Many are preparing to make a tax payment on account ahead of the 31 July deadline. And that means phishers are casting their lines in the hope to catch one or two. The days before the deadline phishers will often...

Fred Touchette, manager of security research at AppRiver, gives advice for individuals and businesses on what a macro is, why they're a threat and what can be done about them. For more information, check out AppRiver's blog: www.blog.appriver.com @IT_SecGuru

Bromium Threat Report Identifies Security Risks of Popular Websites and Software News and entertainment websites unknowingly host more than 50 percent of malvertisments; Flash exploits increase 60 percent and ransomware increases 80 percent since 2014 Bromium®, Inc., the pioneer of threat isolation to prevent data breaches, today announced the publication of “Endpoint Exploitation Trends 1H 2015,” a Bromium Labs research report that analyzes the ongoing security risk of popular websites and software. The report highlights that...

In today's news: a new report from Cisco security has revealed that hackers have started to hide malicious codes in passages from Jane Austen's debut novel, Sense and Sensibility. More IT Security news at www.itsecurityguru.org @IT_SecGuru

Jonathan French, security Analyst at AppRiver, explains to us just how the OPM breach actually happened, as well as how advanced it was and what the attacker(s) incentives were. For more information, check out AppRiver's blog: www.blog.appriver.com @IT_SecGuru

New offering integrates social sharing, big data analytics to power and scale crowd-sourced threat intelligence community   AlienVault™, the leading provider of Unified Security Management™ and crowd-sourced threat intelligence, today announced the general availability of an updated version of Open Threat Exchange (OTX), its open threat intelligence community that enables collaborative defense with actionable, community-powered threat data. The latest OTX offering, in beta since April 2015, is modeled on social sharing technologies, enabling security practitioners...

By Mike Smart, Security Strategist at Proofpoint Cyber threat awareness is not limited to an obscure crowd of coding geeks—and hasn’t been for a long time. In fact, just earlier this year, U.S. intelligence director James Clapper announced that cyber attacks top the list of threats facing the U.S. The sheer number of breaches reported is testimony to the fact that IT teams are struggling to detect and fight off attacks despite increased efforts to...

In today's news: 95% of Android devices are able to be remotely accessed by hackers with the receipt of just one malicious video message, that users don't even need to open for hackers to find their way in! More IT Security news at www.itsecurityguru.org @IT_SecGuru

  Renowned ‘whistleblower’ to present his views LIVE via satellite to Andrew Neil, on the state and future of national cyber security   Renowned former NSA employee Edward Snowden will deliver a keynote speech this year at Europe’s number one IT event, IP EXPO Europe 2015, taking place at London’s ExCel. Joining the event live via satellite on Wednesday 7th October, Snowden will share his views on the implications of national cyber security today. Famous...

Websense customers can leverage Skyfence visibility and risk assessment to derive greater value from their secure web gateway investments Imperva, Inc., (NYSE: IMPV), committed to protecting business-critical data and applications in the cloud and on-premises, and Raytheon|Websense (formerly Websense), a global leader in protecting organizations from the latest cyber attacks and data theft, today announced an agreement to facilitate safe and productive use of cloud apps for organizations of all sizes. The technology licensing and...