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Researchers publish the details of a new Rowhammer vulnerability called "Half-Double" that exploits increasingly smaller DRAM chips.

SPONSORED: WATCH NOW -- All it took was a global pandemic and a shift to working from home to expose security operations centers' open secret: Too much software, systems, and data to filter. Dug Song, chief strategy officer of Cisco Secure, makes a strong case for why reducing that complexity is the only tenable way forward for security professionals.

From limiting claims payments to tying payments to policyholders' actions, the cyber insurance industry is in "a very dynamic place right now," says Corvus Insurance CEO Phil Edmundson.

Telegram and other secure messaging apps have become a haven for professional criminals to wreak havoc and turn a profit.

SPONSORED: Your home WiFi router may be screaming fast, but it's also a major point of vulnerability in this work-from-home era, says Charl van der Walt, head of security research at Orange Cyberdefense. And while Zero Trust offers some relief, he offers up some how-to advice to ensure it's properly deployed.

Security researchers at Mandiant have seen an increasing wave of relatively simplistic attacks involving ICS systems - and attackers sharing their finds with one another - since 2020.

Apple has released security patches for vulnerabilities in macOS and tvOS that reports indicate have been exploited in the wild.

FBI says sales from illicit online shop deer.io exceeded $17 million

SPONSORED CONTENT: Breaches and data loss are inevitable, but customers can bounce back more readily with some planning and foresight, says Ganesh Pai, CEO and founder of Uptycs. He suggests a trajectory for customers looking to improve their own resilience, starting with proactiveness, followed by reactivity, then predictive capabilities and better protection.

Insiders are in a position of trust, and their elevated permissions provide opportunities to cause serious harm to critical business applications and processes.