Instant Messaging worms are nothing new. These first showed up on the scene back in the mid 2000’s as instant messaging applications started making inroads in the enterprise. Back in those days, people were starting to run AOL Instant Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, or Yahoo! Messenger on their work machines while logged into their personal…
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A recently exposed weakness in a major email encryption standard has prompted several companies to update their messaging platforms, and a government advisory has urged others to do the same.
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As the BYOD (Bring your own Device) policies grow in popularity, handling security for employee-owned smartphones and tablets continues to provide a major complication for organizations.
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One of the key trends identified by Microsoft Internet security researchers involved users downloading software key generators (KeyGens) that effectively crack or unlock licenses to permit free use beyond initial trial periods.
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A recent data breach in the city systems of Burlington, Washington resulted in the electronic theft of more than $400,000 from a city bank account, as well as the corruption of financial data for hundreds of employees and residents.
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The Federal Trade Commission issued a new report detailing recommended best practices for balancing innovation and data protection when working with facial recognition technologies.
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By studying which devices, websites, searches and transactions are most popular at any given time, they are better positioned to design economical attacks that generate larger returns from smaller investments of their time and skill.
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Security fears continue to stall cloud adoption at the enterprise level, but workers are embracing cloud solutions regardless of IT fears.
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As a result of the lack of standardization and unification in the realm of data protection policy development and enforcement, double standards and unclear expectations are frustrating companies and potentially endangering consumers.
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