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Bringing threat intelligence in-house

Threat intelligence is a thriving business, but some enterprises are deciding to take the task in-house.

Security downplayed by cloud providers

Up to 73 percent of U.S. service provides and 75 percent of those in Europe say that their cloud services do not substantially protect and secure customers' confidential data, reports eWeek. The

How much does mobile encryption help?

Encryption has long been a mainstay of securing mobile data, but that measure assumes that the main threat comes from the outside. Today, however, the main mobile security threat is the user,

Cybercriminals peddling exploit kits as hosted service

The war against new security threats is relentless , and cybercriminals have taken to selling exploit kits as part of a hosted service, according to a report from PC World. Customers are billed based

Wireless tire sensors on vehicles vulnerable to hacking

The problem of weak security implementation is hardly limited to computers, if research by the University of South Carolina and Rutgers University are any indication. Data from tire pressure sensors

New iPhone jailbreak and Microsoft LNK vulnerability have much in common

A new iPhone jailbreak was unveiled early this week, which is triggered by simply visiting a specially crafted website. The new jailbreak exploits two separate vulnerabilities found in every iOS

Are reports of the IT shop's demise exaggerated?

Last week we pointed out a report from the Corporate Executive Board that predicts the state of corporate IT in the year 2015. The report (.pdf) looks at today's IT function in light of developments

Proof of concept attack highlights new weakness in PDF specification

Security researcher Jeremy Conway on Monday unveiled a proof of concept attack that allows malware to be spread via normal PDF files on target computers running PDF reader software such as Adobe

11 hidden security threats

There's a never-ending list of what you shouldn't do in dealing with security threats. But there is just as big a list about how to protect your office system. This week's Computerworld outlines 11

Financial sector plans cybersecurity drills

The financial services sector is putting up new defenses against cyberattacks with a dress rehearsal of how to deal with a hack attack before it happens. The Financial Services Information Sharing