The number of mobile ransomware victims across the globe has increased fourfold compared to a year ago, suggests a Kaspersky Lab report released last week.Kaspersky software protected 136,532 users targeted by ransomware from April 2015 to March 2016 -- up from 35,413 in the … [Read more...] about SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY Mobile Ransomware Has Mushroomed: Report
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SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY Civil Rights Office Issues Ransomware Guidance
Ransomware infections are on the rise, and healthcare organizations are ripe targets, which may be why the federal government addressed the subject last week.Ransomware attacks have risen from about 1,000 a day last year to 4,000 a day this year, Symantec has reported.Many of … [Read more...] about SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY Civil Rights Office Issues Ransomware Guidance
SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY Congress to Bureaucrats: Trust No One
Congress earlier this month lowered the hammer on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in a report on the massive data breach that resulted in the theft of 4.2 million former and current government employees' personnel files, as well as 21.5 million individuals' security … [Read more...] about SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY Congress to Bureaucrats: Trust No One
SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY To Protect Enterprise Data, Secure the Code
Responsibility for securing enterprise applications has been moving down the development lifecycle, and for good reason. It not only makes the enterprise more secure, but also saves companies time and money.For example, the average time to fix a vulnerability in IBM's application … [Read more...] about SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY To Protect Enterprise Data, Secure the Code
SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY Old Tech Can Create New Security Woes
"Patch your systems in a timely manner" is a mantra of security experts, but what happens when the patch well runs dry because a product's maker no longer supports it? That is a situation many large enterprises find themselves in, and it's one that poses security risks.Between 30 … [Read more...] about SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY Old Tech Can Create New Security Woes