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2017-11-27 17:37:39 | Thoma Bravo Acquires Barracuda Networks for $1.6 Billion (lien direct) | Private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo has entered an agreement to acquire security company Barracuda Networks for $1.6 billion in cash. Barracuda shareholders will receive $27.55 for each share of common stock they hold, which exceeds the average stock price of $22.49 for the ten days leading up to November 27 by more than 22 percent. | Guideline | ||
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2017-10-18 14:16:23 | Duo Security Raises $70 Million at More Than $1 Billion Valuation (lien direct) | Duo Security, a cloud-based provider of identity and access management solutions, today announced that it has raised an additional $70 million in funding led by Meritech Capital Partners and Lead Edge Capital. | Guideline | ||
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2017-10-09 11:56:52 | Flawed BIOS Implementations Lead to Intel Boot Guard Bypass (lien direct) | Poor firmware implementation can lead to the bypass of advanced technologies created to protect Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) BIOS, such as Intel Boot Guard, from illegal modifications, security researchers have discovered. | Guideline | ||
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2017-09-10 11:55:40 | Best Buy Drops Kaspersky Products Amid Russia Concerns (lien direct) | US electronics retailer Best Buy has stopped selling products by leading computer security firm Kaspersky Lab amid concerns the company has links to Russian intelligence, the two companies confirmed Friday. | Guideline | ||
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2017-08-31 16:41:59 | Former Columbia Sportswear IT Worker Admits to Illegally Accessing Company Network (lien direct) | A former employee of Columbia Sportswear pleaded guilty on Wednesday to intentionally accessing the Columbia Sportswear IT network without authorization. | Guideline | ||
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2017-08-21 14:23:49 | Tech Leaders Warn Against "Pandora\'s Box" of Robotic Weapons (lien direct) | Elon Musk is leading demands for a global ban on killer robots, warning technological advances could revolutionise warfare and create new "weapons of terror" that target innocent people. | Guideline | ||
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2017-08-14 18:43:40 | British Researcher Pleads Not Guilty to Creating Malware (lien direct) | British cybersecurity researcher Marcus Hutchins, known online as “MalwareTech,†has pleaded not guilty in a U.S. court to charges related to creating and selling a banking Trojan named Kronos. | Guideline | ||
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2017-08-09 11:37:47 | Kenya Opposition Claims Vote Has Been Hacked (lien direct) | Hackers broke into the database of Kenya's electoral commission and manipulated the results of the election, the leader of the country's opposition coalition alleged on Wednesday. | Guideline | ||
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2017-07-27 13:55:12 | NanoCore RAT Author Pleads Guilty (lien direct) | A Hot Springs, Arkansas man this week pleaded guilty to creating two malicious programs, including the NanoCore RAT (Remote Access Trojan). | Guideline | ||
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2017-07-24 08:37:39 | Briton Pleads Guilty to Mirai Attacks in German Court (lien direct) | A British man pleaded guilty last week in a German court to launching a cyberattack that resulted in more than one million customers of telecommunications provider Deutsche Telekom experiencing Internet disruptions. | Guideline | ||
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2017-07-18 14:51:58 | How to Overcome Cyber "Insecurities" (lien direct) | Being a CISO is not an easy job. It takes a certain type of person who has the right mix of passion, discipline, technical knowledge and business acumen to be able to lead their organization in the right direction. Whether they come from a technical, business or even military background, all CISOs experience a number of personal and professional roadblocks on a daily basis that challenge the ultimate success of their company's security. | Guideline | ||
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2017-07-06 15:15:47 | Russia Jails Head of Notorious Hacker Group (lien direct) | A Moscow court on Thursday jailed the leader of a notorious hacking group for two years for breaking into the accounts of high-ranking Russian officials. | Guideline | ||
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2017-06-29 19:25:44 | Group Pushes For Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security Testing Standards (lien direct) | There is a pressing need for technical assurance standards for industrial control systems (ICS). This is the conclusion and recommendation of a new paper from CREST (a leading UK accreditation body), and is supported by the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). | Guideline | ||
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2017-06-27 13:39:57 | Ukraine Central Bank Says Cyberattack Hits Lenders (lien direct) | Ukraine's central bank on Tuesday said a cyberattack hit several lenders in the country, hindering operations and leading the regulator to warn other financial institutions to tighten security measures. | Guideline | ||
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2017-06-16 17:03:38 | Hacker Admits Stealing Satellite Data from DoD (lien direct) | A British man from Sutton Coldfield on Thursday pleaded guilty to stealing user accounts from a U.S. military communications system, the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) announced. | Guideline | ||
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2017-06-13 19:13:42 | Next-Gen Security\'s Rip and Replace Problem (lien direct) | As we move through the first half of 2017 we begin to look to the future - security organizations are planning their end of year programs and 2018 budgets, and responsible security leaders are searching for ways to further strengthen their protection. They quickly realize that deciding what to do isn't easy. | Guideline | ||
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2017-05-18 12:31:31 | Google Chrome Bug Leads to Windows Credential Theft (lien direct) | An issue with the manner in which Google Chrome and Windows handle specific file types can lead to credential theft even on up-to-date systems, a DefenseCode researcher has discovered. | Guideline | ||
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2017-05-10 00:32:19 | Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey (lien direct) | 
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired his FBI director James Comey, the man who leads the agency charged with investigating his campaign's ties with Russia -- a move that sent shockwaves through Washington.
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2017-05-08 12:21:42 | Debunking the Deep & Dark Web: Four Myths That Can Inhibit Threat Intelligence Strategy (lien direct) | Beware of Myths and Misleading Claims in the Market for Threat Intelligence Offerings Pertaining to the Deep & Dark Web | Guideline | ||
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2017-03-29 11:43:00 | US-CERT\'s Warning on SSL Interception vs. Security is a False Dichotomy (lien direct) | Sometimes a headline succinctly and cleverly captures the essence of a simple situation. Note last week's headline about the apprehension of a nearly naked suspect: “Man in Boxers Leads Police on Brief Chase.†| Guideline | ||
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2017-03-29 07:38:41 | Russian Pleads Guilty to Role in Linux Botnet Scheme (lien direct) | Maxim Senakh, 41, of Velikii Novgorod, Russia, pleaded guilty on Tuesday before a U.S. judge to charges related to an international scheme involving the Linux botnet known as Ebury. | Guideline | ||
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2017-03-22 16:25:48 | Citadel Botnet Author Pleads Guilty (lien direct) | A Russian national has pleaded guilty in a United States court to charges related to the development and distribution of the Citadel malware. | Guideline | ||
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2017-03-01 13:11:57 | The Importance of Speaking the Same Language in Security (lien direct) | Security Leaders Must Speak the Language of the Audience They Are Trying to Communicate With | Guideline | ||
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2017-02-15 18:51:58 | Cyber Skills Shortage May Require Employers to Change Course: Report (lien direct) | The cyber security skills gap is known and documented, and empirically understood by all enterprise security leaders. It was recently quantified by job site Indeed.com, which measured the difference between available positions and market interest in them. | Guideline | ||
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2017-02-13 09:19:39 | Turkish Man Sent to Prison in U.S. for $55M Cyber Heist (lien direct) | Turkish citizen Ercan Findikoglu, aged 35, was sentenced on Friday by a New York court to 8 years in prison for his leadership role in a cybercriminal organization that caused significant losses to banks worldwide. | Guideline | ||
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2017-02-06 07:55:41 | New York Man Admits to Role in Cybercrime Operation (lien direct) | Vyacheslav Khaimov, a 55-year-old man from Brooklyn, New York, has admitted taking part in an international cybercrime scheme and pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. Khaimov was initially charged with conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, money laundering conspiracy, and money laundering. | Guideline | ||
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2017-01-18 14:23:51 | Cyber Skills Gap Quantified in Terms of Supply and Demand (lien direct) | Gaining and retaining security talent is a major headache for almost all security leaders -- indeed, the consensus is that the world is suffering under a chronic security skills gap. But most of the evidence for this skills gap is empirical; there is little hard evidence in facts and figures. | Guideline | ||
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2017-01-12 18:22:49 | EyePyramid Malware Unsophisticated But Effective: Researchers (lien direct) | The EyePyramid malware used to steal information from Italian politicians, bankers and business leaders is not very sophisticated, but, as many successful espionage operations have shown, it doesn't need to be. | Guideline | ||
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2017-01-11 17:25:27 | Italian Siblings Arrested Over Long-running Cyber Espionage Campaign (lien direct) | Italian siblings Giulio Occhionero and Francesca Maria Occhionero have been arrested in Rome, charged with conducting a long-running cyber espionage campaign against leading Italian politicians, businessmen and Masons. | Guideline | ||
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2017-01-11 14:40:06 | RIG Grabs 35% of Exploit Kit Market in December (lien direct) | The RIG exploit kit (EK) managed to grab nearly 35% of the overall EK activity during the last month of 2016, retaining the leading spot in the landscape for the fourth month in a row, Symantec reports. | Guideline | ||
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2017-01-10 17:02:32 | Adobe Patches 42 Flaws in Reader, Acrobat, Flash (lien direct) | Adobe informed users on Tuesday that updates released for Acrobat, Reader and Flash Player patch a total of 42 vulnerabilities, including many that could lead to arbitrary code execution. | Guideline | ||
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2017-01-09 09:56:37 | Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Accounts of U.S. Officials (lien direct) | Justin G. Liverman, a 24-year-old from North Carolina, has pleaded guilty for his part in a hacking conspiracy that targeted several U.S. government officials, including CIA chief John Brennan. | Guideline | ||
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2016-12-19 17:16:18 | FireEye Grows New Partnerships with Vodafone Deal (lien direct) | After seeing its stock price decline signigicantly over the past year, along with a major executive leadership change, FireEye has unveiled a series of new products and global partnerships that should help improve its position in the cybersecurity solutions market. | Guideline | ||
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2016-12-09 11:16:41 | Russia Says Thwarted Fresh Cyber Attacks on Major Banks (lien direct) | Russia's telecom operator on Friday said that it had blocked a series of cyber attacks on the country's leading banks this week, the latest to target the country's financial sector. | Guideline | ||
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2016-12-06 12:17:00 | The Importance of Security Frameworks (lien direct) | I'm often asked why I run a team entirely dedicated to researching, developing and implementing various program frameworks – when so many security organizations get by just fine without them. However, the phrase “get by just fine without them†is part of the answer. The challenge with helping security leaders and professionals understand why what they're doing requires a model to follow when there are few visible consequences to simply winging it. | Guideline | ||
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2016-12-04 21:49:52 | White House Should Lead Broad Cybersecurity Effort: Panel (lien direct) | The White House should lead a broad cybersecurity effort with the private sector to guard against potentially crippling attacks and boost confidence in the digital economy, a presidential commission said Friday. | Guideline | ||
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2016-12-02 17:06:40 | Google Launches OSS-Fuzz Open Source Fuzzing Service (lien direct) | Just two months after Microsoft announced its Project Springfield code fuzzing service, Google has launched the beta of its own OSS-Fuzz. The purpose in both cases is to help developers locate the bugs that eventually lead to breaches. But the services, like the two organizations, are very different: one is paid for while the other is free; one is proprietary while the other is open source. | Guideline | ||
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2016-11-29 16:03:16 | \'Dronejacking\' May be the Next Big Cyber Threat (lien direct) | A big rise in drone use is likely to lead to a new wave of "dronejackings" by cybercriminals, security experts warned Tuesday. A report by Intel's McAfee Labs said hackers are expected to start targeting drones used for deliveries, law enforcement or camera crews, in addition to hobbyists. | Guideline | ||
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2016-11-23 05:15:07 | Israeli Firm Can Steal Phone Data in Seconds (lien direct) | Petah Tikva, Israel - It only takes a few seconds for an employee of one of the world's leading hacking companies to take a locked smartphone and pull the data from it. | Guideline | ||
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2016-11-20 05:01:50 | Pentagon, Intelligence Leaders Seek NSA Chief\'s Removal: Reports (lien direct) | Top US military and intelligence leaders are pushing President Barack Obama to fire National Security Agency chief Admiral Michael Rogers, US media reported Saturday, even as Rogers is apparently being considered for a senior position in the Trump administration. | Guideline | ||
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2016-11-17 08:59:11 | Several Vulnerabilities Patched in Drupal 7, 8 (lien direct) | Drupal developers have released updates for versions 7 and 8 to address security flaws that can lead to information disclosure, cache poisoning, redirection to third-party sites and a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. | Guideline | ||
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2016-10-11 18:05:46 | G7 Boost Banking Cybersecurity as New SWIFT Threat Emerges (lien direct) | The G7 group of leading economies laid out a new framework for battling the hacking of financial institutions Tuesday as a new threat using the SWIFT interbank network emerged. | Guideline | ||
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2016-10-07 11:14:26 | VMware Patches Directory Traversal Flaw in Horizon View (lien direct) | VMware has released updates for the Windows versions of its Horizon View product to address an important vulnerability that could lead to information disclosure. | Guideline | ||
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2016-10-05 16:10:02 | Amid Privacy Outcry, Yahoo Denies Surveillance Allegations (lien direct) | Yahoo on Wednesday denied conducting mass email surveillance after a report alleging it built a special scanning program at the behest of US intelligence which sparked an outcry from privacy activists. The report, which said the US internet giant had secretly scanned millions of emails to help American intelligence, was "misleading," Yahoo said in a statement. | Guideline | Yahoo | |
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2016-09-29 22:00:16 | Zerodium Boosts Bounty for iOS Exploit to $1.5 Million (lien direct) | ZERODIUM, a leading zero-day exploit broker, has published its revised bounty figures for the amount it will pay for new zero-days. The highest figure is reserved for iOS - now up to $1.5 million for "fully functional/reliable exploits meeting ZERODIUM's requirements". It was 'only' $500,000 in September 2015. | Guideline | ||
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2016-09-29 13:37:08 | Syrian Electronic Army Member Pleads Guilty to Hacking, Extortion (lien direct) | A member of the Syrian Electronic Army hacker group arrested earlier this year in Germany has pleaded guilty to hacking and extortion charges before a judge in the Eastern District of Virginia. | Guideline | ||
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2016-09-27 22:55:47 | U.S. Hacker Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nude Celebrity Photos (lien direct) | Chicago - A Chicago hacker who stole nude photos from the accounts of at least 30 celebrities pleaded guilty Tuesday in US federal court. Under a plea agreement with prosecutors, Edward Majerczyk admitted to one count of "unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information." | Guideline | ||
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2016-09-26 12:49:42 | OpenSSL Patch for Low Severity Issue Creates Critical Flaw (lien direct) | A fix included in the OpenSSL updates released last week introduced a critical vulnerability that could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution, the OpenSSL Project warned on Monday. | Guideline | ||
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2016-09-15 11:36:34 | Supply Chain Cyber Risk: Your Digital Shadow is Getting Longer (lien direct) | Many of the most high-profile breaches have been a result of weak links in an organization's supply chain. The cyber attacks on Target, Home Depot and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) are just a few examples. | Guideline | ||
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2016-09-13 12:00:19 | Three Pillars for Operationalizing Cyber Risk Detection, Prevention, and Response (lien direct) | Breaking down silos created by individual security products and streamlining collaboration between security and IT operations remains the biggest cyber risk management challenge facing organizations. This finding is based on feedback from leading security executives during a recent multi-city tour organized by the CISO Executive Network. | Guideline |
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