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MY TAKE: The back story on the convergence, continuing evolution of endpoint security

The Last Watchdog

The technology that corrals malicious software circulating through desktop PCs, laptops and mobile devices has evolved into a multi-layered security technology referred to as ‘endpoint security.’. What’s more, they’ve all successfully grown into multi-layered full-service endpoint security suppliers. keep intensifying.

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National Cybersecurity Alliance advocates ‘shared responsibility’ for securing the Internet

The Last Watchdog

Claire McCaskill by Russian intelligency agency hackers, as she runs for re-election, underscores the need for each individual and organization to take online privacy and security as a core part of our everyday lives. Related: Using ‘gamification’ for security training. A large retailer may spend millions on cyber security.

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What companies need to know about ‘SecOps’ — the path to making ‘digital transformation’ secure

The Last Watchdog

It should come as no surprise that security is being formally added to DevOps, resulting in an emphasis on a process being referred to as SecOps or DevSecOps. With the digital transformation really just beginning, in cloud computing and IoT, it makes sense to bring security into the DevOps conversation. It’s a logical transition.

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Russians Shut Down Huge Card Fraud Ring

Krebs on Security

In a statement released this week, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said 25 individuals were charged with circulating illegal means of payment in connection with some 90 websites that sold stolen credit card data. In 2006, Stroganov and an associate Gerasim Silivanon (a.k.a.

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Pharmaceutical giant Cencora discloses a data breach

Security Affairs

formerly known as AmerisourceBergen, is an American drug wholesale company and a contract research organization that was formed by the merger of Bergen Brunswig and AmeriSource in 2001. The company discovered the security breach on February 21 and immediately launched an investigation into the incident. Cencora, Inc.

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Steel sheet giant Hoa Sen Group hacked by Maze ransomware operators

Security Affairs

The Hoa Sen Group (HSG) was founded in the year 2001, it has 7,100 employees across all its 343 companies and has been earning annual revenue of around $1.18 The post Steel sheet giant Hoa Sen Group hacked by Maze ransomware operators appeared first on Security Affairs. Hoa Sen Group is the no.1 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Phishers Target Anti-Money Laundering Officers at U.S. Credit Unions

Krebs on Security

The USA Patriot Act , passed in the wake of the terror attacks of Sept 11, 2001, requires all financial institutions to appoint at least two Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) contacts responsible for reporting suspicious financial transactions that may be associated with money laundering.

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