A recent Mozilla telemetry graph measure that approximately half of all traffic in transit is now encrypted, a more than 10% jump from last December. And on October 14, Josh Aas, director of Internet Security Research Group and formerly Mozilla, confirmed on
Level 3 Communications has reported that since the release of the Mirai source code, the total number of IoT devices infected with the Mirai malware has reached 493,000, over double from 213,000 bots. Since the source code for Mirai was
Financial institutions everywhere are ramping up cybersecurity efforts against the ongoing issue of bank fraud. This is especially the case with PayPal, as their efforts towards utilizing deep learning against fraud, and the company is using homegrown artificial intelligence engine built
Silicon Valley-based cybersecurity startup PatternEx started back in 2013, but launched their Threat Prediction Platform in Februrary which is designed to detect anomalies and malicious data using supervised machine learning while also continuously incorporating input from human analysts. Cool Startup: PatternEx
Since Twitter has access to an enormous amount of resources such as extensive personal data, bot-friendly API, colloquial syntax and ubiquitous amounts of short URLs, it is easy for adversaries to machine-generate malicious content for victims. As a response, Baltimore
Earlier this week, Akamai released threat research relating to the recent string of DDoS attacks that make use of IoT devices by exploiting security weaknesses in their factory settings. In the report, Akamai provided information about how IoT devices are
PwC has released the annual 2017 Global State of Information Security Survey results, conducted in partnership with CIO and CSO, in which more than 10,000 worldwide IT executives and organizations each shared their input on increased security spending. Shift in
A U.S. congressional report has concluded that Cylance Inc., an endpoint cybersecurity vendor, played an invaluable role in discovering, halting and remediating a data breach in progress last year at the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Upon being
Pure-play security vendor Check Point last year announced the extension of its comprehensive Industrial Control Systems (ICS) security solution with the introduction of a new 1200R security gateway appliance, enhancements to granular visibility and control of SCADA networks, and SCADA
Yesterday, cybersecurity company E8 Security announced a $12 million Series B funding round. The funding was led by Strategic Cyber Ventures (SCV) and included the participation of March Capital Partners, Allegis Capital and The Hive. E8 Security Raises $12 Million
Agari, a leading email security provider, has announced a brand new solution to help B2B companies with targeted phishing attacks by understanding the legitimate identity of email senders and detecting imposter emails.
Darktrace is a cyber-defense provider that offers Enterprise Immune System technology to businesses. Today, it trumpeted its success in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC), announcing a 600 percent increase in deployments in APAC in the three months from July to September
Cybersecurity startup Shape Security has finally revealed that they have closed a $40 million funding round, which includes a strategic investment from Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) Hewlett Packard Pathfinder program. Shape Security Raises $40 Million
DDoS attacks appear to be increasing in frequency and scaling in size. Most reports will show a near continuous stream of increasing risk and higher attack volume, but Versign’s Q2 2016 research report suggests that the trend has always been
At the Air Force Association’s annual conference, the U.S. Air Force announced that they will continue ongoing efforts to overhaul and update its information technology infrastructure in order to incorporate artificial intelligence solutions in cybersecurity warfare.Â
