Domain Fronting Shutdown Hits Hard

Amazon followed in Google's footsteps this week in banning domain fronting, a technique that allows app and site developers to evade censorship.

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Malicious Chrome Extension Mined Cryptocurrency via Facebook

A Chrome extension has been removed from Google's webstore that was found spreading through Facebook, stealing passwords and cryptocurrency.

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What Does an Insider Threat Analyst Do?

Learn about what an insider threat analyst does, along with how they affect existing procedures, policies, and protection layers in organizations in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.

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52 Percent of Organizations Ready for GDPR

According to a recent survey 40 percent of companies said they won't be compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when it goes into effect next month.

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You Down With BGP?

Attackers used a BGP leak to trick users and steal $150,000 in cryptocurrency on Tuesday.

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NIST Releases Update to Cybersecurity Framework

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a new version of its popular Cybersecurity Framework last week.

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What is ICS Security?

Learn about what ICS security is, challenges, best practices, and more in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.

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Data Firm Left Records on 48 Million Individuals Online

LocalBlox, a data firm that bills itself as "a powerful, scalable and distributed data acquisition platform" is the latest company to mistakenly leave data out in the open on a publicly accessible Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 bucket.

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Massachusetts Law Strengthens Patient Privacy Protections

The law closes a loophole that could allow sensitive health data to be shared with the primary subscriber of a health plan.

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How to Avoid Cyber Alert Fatigue: Tips from Infosec Pros

23 cybersecurity pros discuss the best ways to avoid cyber alert fatigue.

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