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Cybersecurity: Rebuilding U.S.-EU Trust

Bank Info Security / Eric Chabrow / June 9, 2015

International collaboration to defend against cyber-attacks requires trust. Two years after the leaks that showed the U.S. National Security Agency spied on America’s European allies, the U.S. and Europe still need to rebuild that trust, says Carsten Casper, a Gartner managing vice president based in Berlin.

“Losing this trust between partners for the processing of confidential data and intellectual property or … personal data, that’s a really critical thing; that’s what we need to tackle: re-establishing this trust between partners,” Casper says in an interview with Information Security Media Group at the Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit in National Harbor, Md.

Source: Bank Info Security

7 Things You can Do to Protect Data Now

2014’s string of disastrous and high-profile cyber breaches shouldn’t make us despair. Below is a list of good habits we can implement today. Some of them might seem intuitive and common sense — but, as you know, common sense isn’t so common.

With that, I suggest:

Create strong passwords: This is a broad topic, but remember that a strong, hard-to-crack password isn’t just a string of characters…

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Lenovo.com Website Hacked: Updated Information

Lenovo.com Website Hacked

Following the Superfish adware scandal that Lenovo is still trying to clean up, Lenovo faces some more issues. This time around, it’s not of their own making. Their website, www.lenovo.com was hacked Wednesday, presumably by the members of the notorious Lizard Squad hacker group that’s tied to the recent hackings of the Malaysian Airlines and the Christmas Xbox Live and PSN Denial-of-Service…

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BYOD High on the Priority List for Most Businesses for 2015

BYOD Is High on the Priority List for Most Businesses for 2015

In the last couple of years, BOYD has been rapidly adopted by companies seeking to increase the flexibility of their employees. What must not be forgotten, however, is that everything carries its price, and BYOD is no exception. Unprotected devices can pose some very serious security risks and can serve as an entry point for hackers seeking access to otherwise secure networks.

According to a…

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Divorce and Identity Theft

According to Webster’s Dictionary the word Divorce means: ‘to make or keep separate’. What it doesn’t mention is a simple resolution that marriage could turn into a nightmare with your identity being put at risk.

“If it’s going to happen, be prepared to protect your identity” says Mark Fullbright, ICFE CITRMS® Certified Identity Theft Advocate.

Identity Theft can happen before, during, or after…

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8 Expert Tips for Creating Strong and Secure Passwords

It wasn’t that long ago that a new study revealed what the most common passwords of 2014 were. Take the time to follow these seven steps for making your passwords less easy to breach. It will help keep your financial accounts, cards and email accounts more secure.

Create “strong” passwordswhich contain numbers, upper- and lower-case letters, and symbols. For example, “2Cup!DD” is better than…

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Tips for Securely Buying and Selling Used Phones

The business of buying and selling used electronics has always been booming – especially when it comes to smartphones. They are in high demand and the extremely high prices of the high-end flagship devices are often quite restrictive for many people. Buying the same top-shelf phones used can drop the price dramatically and make it more affordable for many. This, of course, applies to the entire…

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Lenovo Pre-Installs Malware on Its Laptops

Lenovo, one of the world’s largest laptop makers has shocked the world recently in a very unpleasant way: it was caught pre-installing the “Superfish” malware on its brand new laptops.

I almost didn’t believe it at first, are we talking about the same brand? Sadly, we are. In a rush to make a few extra bucks, the company took a really bold move and bundled adware with its laptops.

The adware…

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Spyware that Works While Your Phone Is Off

Malware creators are getting increasingly cleverer with their creations. The latest example of this comes in the form of the “PowerOffHijack” malware. This malware has the ability to hijack the turn off feature of an Android smartphone and continue operation in stealth mode after the phone has apparently been shut down.

The malware was discovered and analyzed by the AVG mobile security team and…

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Weird Security Term of the Week: "Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)"

Weird Security Term of the Week 15: "Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)"

The Problem: You just finished dinner at a very nice restaurant and provided the wait staff with your card. The person that took your payment was not the person that had originally worked with you, but there had been a change of shift recently and a lot of tables were seeing new faces. Several minutes later, the person that had originally waited on you returned your card and the receipt for…

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Weird Security Term of the Week: "ClickJacking"

The Problem:You have just decided that you’re going to bite the bullet and buy a new car. As usual there are dozens of pages of forms to sign, initial and stamp- but after half an hour you are the proud owner of your brand new car. Several weeks go by, and you’ve forgotten all about the paperwork when you receive a bill in the mail for the first payment on your new personal loan. You call up…

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Can We Secure the Internet of Things?

As we began 2014, one hot trend that grabbed everyone’s attention was the growing buzz around the Internet of Things. The concept is that virtually every device will have an IP address, including refrigerators, cars, pacemakers and wearable tech.

One goal: instant access to every aspect in our connected homes. For example, you can turn up the heat (or air conditioning) and start cooking the…

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Are Three National Credit Reporting Agencies Enough?

Identity theft is so common nowadays, that if it hasn’t happened to you personally, chances are that it happened to someone you know. If your identity was stolen and you reported it to the three national credit reporting agencies (CRAs) – that surely is enough, right? Not exactly, says Mark Fullbright, an ICFE CITRMS Certified Identity Theft Advocate.

“Not all Identity Theft fraud is resolved…

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Are Mac Users Living with a False Sense of Security?

Higher Percentage of Apple's Mac Users Fell Victim to Ranso

Owners of Macs often believe that they are less vulnerable when it comes to cyberthreats such as malware and viruses. I find myself engaged in a conversation on this topic at least once a month, where a friend or a colleague attempts to convey all the benefits of having a Mac to me. One of the common points I hear each time is that Macs are “virus-proof.” But is that really still the case?

As…

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How to Defend Your Business Against Social Engineering Scam

We hear the term “Social Engineering” quite often nowadays and we have recently even written about its basics. That encompassed a wider area, including various forms of it, but most of them were not related to cybersecurity. In this article, we’ll have a look at how phishing together with ransomware and a bit of social engineering is used by criminals to blackmail unsuspecting victims and what…

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Security of Your Network Depends on How Well You Know It

The Data Avalanche

Did you ever think: what’s on my network and how do I make sure it’s secure? I know the question seems absurd – how can someone not know the answer to that? It’s absurd until you arrive to work to discover that someone with an internet connection in the middle of the Java Sea managed to successfully establish a VPN connection or worse – used RDP to log onto personal workstations.

Ask yourself –…

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Google Rewards Secure Users with Free Storage - Get Yours!

Do you have a Google account? How would you like some extra free online storage? Chances are, you’ve answered yes to both questions, and in that case, Google has a little treat in store for you.

In honor of the Safer Internet Day this year (February 10th), Google offers any of its users an easy way to earn 2GBs of extra storage and at the same time increase the security of their account. Taking…

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