FBI, DOJ Disrupt Botnet of 500K Hacked Routers

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized control of a server connected to the VPNFilter botnet, a collection of roughly 500,000 hacked routers and network attached storage devices, on Wednesday. It was widely speculated attackers behind the botnet were gearing up for an attack on Ukraine this weekend.

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Data Controller vs. Data Processor: What's The Difference?

What's the difference between a data controller and a data processor? What are their responsibilities under GDPR? Learn more in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.

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Emerson Owes BladeRoom $30M in IP Theft Case

A jury ruled that Emerson Electric stole proprietary data center designs from BladeRoom, putting a close to a long running trade secrets lawsuit. The ruling comes a month after Facebook settled with the British manufacturing firm over similar charges.

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Adobe Fixes 47 Vulnerabilities in Acrobat, Reader, Photoshop

Adobe issued its second round of patches this month on Monday, including several that address critical issues that can lead to remote code execution.

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What is COBIT?

Learn about Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies, or COBIT, the goals of the framework, the benefits, how it can help companies meet compliance, and more in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.

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Critical Email Encryption Flaws Outlined

A set of vulnerabilities dubbed "EFAIL" affect encryption standards like PGP and S/MIME and could reveal the plaintext of encrypted emails sent in the past.

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Attackers Hitting Newly Disclosed Windows Bug

Microsoft is encouraging users to patch a remote code execution vulnerability in Windows VBScript Engine.

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How Does UEBA Protect Against Insider Threats?

Learn about how User and Entity Behavior Analysis, or UEBA, works and how it leverages machine learning to help mitigate insider threats, password attacks, and more in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.

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Twitter Urges All Users to Change Password Following Internal Bug

The site says there's no evidence of a breach or misuse but that it's making efforts to prevent the incident from happening again.

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Episode 21: Andy Pendergast on Threat Intelligence

In the latest episode of the Digital Guardian podcast, Andy Pendergast, co-founder and and VP of Product at ThreatConnect, describes the benefits, challenges, and strategies around investing in a threat intelligence program.

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