Facebook has fixed a security vulnerability in its digital marketplace that could have been abused to identify the precise location of a seller, and by extension, their goods. Police warn that thieves regularly trawl location data to find the owners and locations of high-value items.
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SIEM (security information and event management) software offers a lot of promise, but legacy SIEMs simply can't keep up with the rate and sophistication of today's cyberattacks. Organizations today require access to analytics-driven SIEMs that combine a big data platform that is optimized for machine data with...
Do you have a plan for cybersecurity? Digital technology is touching every aspect of our lives, which is giving bad actors unlimited runway to create new threats daily. It's this atmosphere that makes it imperative that organizations are prepared, informed and actively hunting for adversaries.
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More than ever before, companies are investing heavily in their organization's security. But as the threat landscape changes, how do you know that these investments in security are paying off - and how can you determine that you are investing the appropriate amount of security spending in the areas that matter most to...
Germany's competition authority, the Bundeskartellamt, has prohibited Facebook from combining user data from different sources unless users consent, and it has also prohibited Facebook from blocking users who do not provide this consent. Facebook has one month to appeal the antitrust decision.
Improved integration, automation and orchestration are needed to better detect and respond to evolving cyberthreats, says John Maynard, vice president and global security specialist at Cisco Systems.
User behavioral analytics can help better detect indicators of potential threats, both external and internal, says Carl Leonard, principal security analyst at Forcepoint.
Organizations are increasingly moving their mission-critical applications and data to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and taking advantage of the massive compute power of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2).
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The financial services industry has unique challenges that often prevent it from achieving its strategic goals. The keys to solving these issues are hidden in machine data - the largest category of big data - which is both untapped and full of potential.
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As legacy security information management (SIM) technology becomes outdated and less effective, improved customization and flexibility will dictate which providers will lead the pack. Vendors that can provide customization, integrations, and data security position themselves to successfully deliver flexibility,...
In a recent Ponemon survey on cyber resilience, respondents reported that both the time to respond to attacks and the severity of the attacks have increased. They also reported that the number one barrier to cyber resilience is the "lack of investment in new cybersecurity technologies, including artificial...
Warning: Attackers behind the recently revealed Facebook mega-breach may still be able to access victims' accounts at some third-party web services and mobile apps, and Facebook has offered no timeline for when a full lockdown might occur - although there are no signs of third-party account takeovers.
As attackers become more adept at evading "reactive" security controls and alert mechanisms, proactively analyzing the behaviors of people and systems is critical to detecting malicious activity, says Gartner's Kelly Kavanagh.
The hype around artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) has exploded, sometimes overshadowing the real uses and innovations happening every day at organizations across the globe. The reality is that applying AI and ML to data-dependent challenges presents the opportunity for better security, faster...
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