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• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  Election security threats loom as presidential campaigns begin

  Fragile electronic voting systems and the weaponization of social media continue to menace U.S. election systems as presidential candidates ramp up their 2020 campaigns.

• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  SANS Institute: DNS attacks gaining steam in 2019

  At RSA Conference 2019, experts from the SANS Institute discuss the most dangerous attack techniques they've seen, including DNS manipulation and domain fronting.

• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  Citrix data breach report raises more questions

  Citrix disclosed a potential data breach blamed on poor password security, but a lack of details about the attack leaves only unconfirmed claims from a single cybersecurity firm.

• March 11, 2019 11 Mar'19

  Zscaler charts sharp increase in SSL threats like phishing, botnets

  Threat actors are exploiting encryption protocols to deliver malicious content, according to Zscaler, which found a 400% increase in SSL-based phishing threats last year.

• March 08, 2019 08 Mar'19

  VMware firewall strategy to focus on 'known good' behavior

  VMware is taking a different approach to firewalls by focusing on 'known good' behavior to better police east-west traffic within enterprise environments.

• March 08, 2019 08 Mar'19

  Battling misinformation focus of Facebook, Twitter execs' talk

  Facebook and Twitter executives say finding a pattern of malicious activity is more effective in identifying bad actors on sites than looking at the misleading information itself.

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  Nation-state threats grow more sophisticated, converge on targets

  Incident response experts say nation-state cyberattacks are so common that they find threat actors from multiple nations operating in the same victim environment.

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  Microsoft promotes zero-trust security over firewalls

  Microsoft told RSA Conference attendees a zero-trust model is better than firewalls for protecting corporate data -- a stance that some said doesn't go far enough.

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  RSAC 2019: Coverage of the premiere security gathering

  Find out what's happening at the at the 2019 RSA Conference in San Francisco, the information security industry's biggest event, with breaking news and analysis by the SearchSecurity team.

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  FBI: How we stopped the Mirai botnet attacks

  FBI Special Agent Elliott Peterson gave RSA attendees a behind-the-scenes look at the investigation into the Mirai botnet following the devastating DDoS attacks in 2016.

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  Cryptography techniques must keep pace with threats, experts warn

  Cryptographers at RSAC 2019 discussed personal data protection laws and challenges, future threats and the pressure for tech companies to work with law enforcement on decryption.

• March 06, 2019 06 Mar'19

  FBI director calls for public-private cybersecurity partnerships

  At the recent RSA Conference, FBI Director Christopher Wray called for public-private partnerships to fend off cyberadversaries and threats.

• March 06, 2019 06 Mar'19

  Cisco: Network security strategy requires IT, OT to play nice

  Cisco told RSA attendees the need for network security on the factory floor is growing. Cisco says cooperation between IT and operations is key to protecting equipment.

• March 06, 2019 06 Mar'19

  NSA releases Ghidra open source reverse-engineering tool

  The National Security Agency launched its highly anticipated reverse-engineering tool, Ghidra. The free software offers features found in high-end commercial products.

• March 05, 2019 05 Mar'19

  Chronicle dives into security telemetry with 'Backstory'

  Alphabet's Chronicle looks to give enterprises a leg up with a new service called Backstory, which will bring context and insight to vast amounts of security telemetry.