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Are You Protecting Your DevOps Software 'Factory'?

05/01/2018
New study highlights insecurities in DevOps toolchain implementations.

WhatsApp Founder to Depart Facebook Amid Privacy, Encryption Dispute

04/30/2018
Jan Koum also plans to step down from Facebook's board of directors.

Old Worm, New Tricks: FacexWorm Targets Crypto Platforms

04/30/2018
Malicious Chrome extension FacexWorm has reappeared with new capabilities, targeting cryptocurrency platforms and lifting user data.

Speed at Which New Drupal Flaw Was Exploited Highlights Patching Challenges

04/30/2018
In the rush to patch, organizations can create fresh problems for themselves.

Slack Releases Open Source SDL Tool

04/30/2018
After building an SDL tool for their own use, Slack has released it on Github under an open source license.

10 Security Innovators to Watch

04/30/2018
Startups in the RSA Conference Innovation Sandbox competed for the title of "Most Innovative."

Cybercrime Economy Generates $1.5 Trillion a Year

04/20/2018
Threat actors generate, launder, spend, and reinvest more than $1.5 trillion in illicit funds, according to a new study on cybercrime's 'web of profit.'

Trust: The Secret Ingredient to DevSecOps Success

04/20/2018
Security practitioners must build trusted relationships with developers and within cross-functional DevOps teams to get themselves embedded into continuous software delivery processes.

SunTrust Ex-Employee May Have Stolen Data on 1.5 Million Bank Clients

04/20/2018
Names, addresses, phone numbers, account balances, may have been exposed.

DNC Sues Guccifer 2.0, Russian Federation & Trump Campaign for Election Conspiracy

04/20/2018
DNC first hacked by Russians in 2015, according to the filing.

Microsoft CISO Talks Threat Intel, 'Data Inclusion'

04/19/2018
Dark Reading caught up with Microsoft's Bret Arsenault to discuss intelligence, identity, and the need to leverage more diverse datasets.

Firms More Likely to Tempt Security Pros With Big Salaries than Invest in Training

04/19/2018
Booz Allen survey shows most organizations' answer to the security skills shortage may be unsustainable.

Free endpoint scanning service powered by Open Threat Exchange

04/19/2018
Russ Spitler, AlienVault's SVP of product strategy, explains how security pros can leverage the community-powered threat intelligence of OTX - which sees more than 19 million IoCs contributed daily by a global community of 80,000 peers - to quickly protect themselves against emerging attacks.

Can AI improve your endpoint detection and response?

04/19/2018
To intervene with optimum efficiency, response team needs to zero in on the most potentially dangerous endpoint anomalies first. And according to Harish Agastya, VP of Enterprise Solutions at Bitdefender, machine learning-assisted EDR can help you do exactly that.

Should CISOs Be Hackers?

04/19/2018
Justin Calmus, Chief Security Officer at OneLogin, believes that cybersecurity professionals - including CISOs and other security team leaders - can be much more effective at their jobs if they stay actively engaged with hacking communities that keep them on their toes and give them deep insight into attack trends.

Successfully Using Deception Against APTs

04/19/2018
According to Illusive CEO Ofer Israeli, deception technology can provide a vital layer of protection from advanced persistent threats (APTs) by presenting attackers with seemingly genuine servers that both divert them from high-value digital assets and make it easier to pinpoint malicious network activity.

DHS Helps Shop Android IPS Prototype

04/18/2018
A MITRE-developed intrusion prevention system technology got showcased here this week at the RSA Conference.

70% of Energy Firms Worry About Physical Damage from Cyberattacks

04/18/2018
High-profile ICS attacks Triton/Trisis, Industroyer/CrashOverride, and Stuxnet have driven energy firms to invest more in cybersecurity, survey shows.

2018 RSA Conference: Execs Push Cooperation, Culture & Civilian Safety

04/17/2018
Executives from Microsoft, McAfee, and RSA discuss X and a new collaboration on Y.

Trump Administration Cyber Czar Rob Joyce to Return to the NSA

04/17/2018
First year of Trump White House's cybersecurity policy mostly followed in the footsteps of the Obama administration.