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Cybersecurity startup firm PolySwarm has officially launched at this year’s RSAC. It describes itself as a ‘VirusTotal replacement’, and is an innovative malware detection marketplace based on blockchain contracts and virtual currency payments.
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Fileless attacks are increasing and are more likely to succeed than traditional file-based malware. Most defenses seek to detect them by recognizing anomalous behavior on the network — but this is basically an after-the-event approach.
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Continue reading Virsec Launches Application Memory Firewall
5,558 IT professionals from more than 150 countries involved in DevOps self-identified their level of maturity. What emerged from a subsequent survey was a close correlation between elite DevOps and DevSecOps — there is a marked shift left for securit… Continue reading Security Shifts Left to be Part of Software Development Best Practice: Report
A new survey of senior security leader attitudes and practices concentrates on ‘anticipating the unknowns’. It’s a clever choice of words. ‘Anticipating’ implies getting ahead of and being prepared for the unknowns — which is different and more accura… Continue reading Cisco Publishes Annual CISO Benchmark Study
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that it requires Thales to divest its General Purpose Hardware Security Module (GP HSM) business before it can proceed with the proposed purchase of Gemalto for $5.67 billion. This condition is in line … Continue reading U.S. Government Says Thales Must Divest HSM Business Before Acquiring Gemalto
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), headed by the Commissioner for Data Protection, Helen Dixon, has published its first annual report since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018. It shows that Europeans are … Continue reading Ireland’s Data Protection Commission Reports Multiple GDPR Investigations on Tech Giants
The Dow Jones Watchlist, a dataset of 4.4 Gigabytes, was found exposed in an unprotected Elasticsearch database on an AWS server. The Watchlist is used by many of the world’s largest organizations as part of their due diligence for both large and small… Continue reading Dow Jones Watchlist Found Exposed to Open Internet
On February 19, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) published the ETSI TS 103 645 V1.1.1 — or more simply, a high-level outcome-focused standard (PDF) for cybersecurity in the consumer-oriented Internet of Things (IoT).
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Entrust Datacard and Thales have signed a definitive agreement for Entrust to acquire the nCipher general purpose hardware security module (GP HSM) division of Thales. Financial details have not been disclosed.
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Continue reading Entrust to Acquire Hardware Security Module Maker nCipher
Latest Developments in Mueller and Russian Electoral Meddling
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Continue reading Roger Stone Allegedly Communicated With Mysterious Hacker Guccifer 2.0