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Summer Breach Season Claims Canadian Credit Union
Credit Union Times, June 24, 2019, with comments from Willy Leichter;
The credit union reports “an ill-intentioned employee” swiped data of 2.9..

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Through a $40M LockerGoga Cyber Attack, Norsk Hydro Keeps its Good Reputation, Fights Back
From Execs who were transparent and employees who gave their all to get systems back online, Norsk Hydro sets a rare stellar example
This spring, the..

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Dark Web Becomes a Haven for Targeted Hits
Dark Reading, June 10, 2019 with comments by Ray DeMeo;
Malware on the Dark Web is increasingly customized to target specific organizations and..

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Death, taxes….and cyber threats
In 1789, Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter, “Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that..
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Annual FBI Internet Crime Report Shows Cyber Crimes Climbed, Costs Hit $2.7 Billion in 2018
Crimes reached $2.7 billion across victims of all ages, primarily over age 50
Near the end of April, the FBI released the annual report – The..

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EternalBlue reaching new heights since WannaCry outbreak
Attack attempts involving EternalBlue now number in the hundreds of thousands daily
WannaCry (aka WannaCryptor) struck two years ago. EternalBlue..
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Similar to Spectre Yet Different, Spoiler Is a New Threat Impacting All Intel Chips;
No Quick Fix for Chip Flaw in Sight;
A year following the revelation of Spectre and Meltdown chip flaws, a new flaw – Spoiler - has been discovered..

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In our Prediction blog series for 2019, we’ve outlined in 12 blogs 12 troubling areas where we expect cyber threats to expand this year.
The..
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Prediction Series #12: Moving WAFs to the Cloud Means Dialing Down App Security
As the Cloud Takes Over, Many Organizations Consider WAF Replacement;
Different from a traditional firewall that monitors traffic between servers, a..

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Priorities for servers, apps, and cloud workloads are shifting
Nothing has changed the business and technology world more than the cloud. The cloud..