Avast Anti-Virus Infection May Lead to Infection of Millions—or Even Billions—of Computers, Including Yours “Companies spend millions of dollars on firewalls, encryption, and secure access devices, and it’s money wasted because none of these measures address the...
US Power Grid Hacked: Report Claims Attackers Compromised Energy Companies Hackers have targeted and successfully penetrated the operational networks of a number of energy companies in the United States and Europe, putting core aspects of power grids at risk, security...
How do you bridge the cybersecurity talent gap? The cybersecurity industry is faced with a widening talent gap. In 2015, a Symantec survey forecasted the shortage of cybersecurity experts to hit 1.5 million by 2019. The latest study by Cybersecurity Ventures, a firm...
Symantec Connects 40 Cyber Attacks to CIA Hacking Tools Exposed by Wikileaks Security researchers have confirmed that the alleged CIA hacking tools recently exposed by WikiLeaks have been used against at least 40 governments and private organizations across 16...
Ransomworm: the next level of cybersecurity nastiness As if holding your data hostage and seeking cash payment weren’t harsh enough, security experts foresee the next stage of ransomware to be even worse. Scott Millis, CTO at mobile security company Cyber adAPT,...
