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• May 22, 2019 22 May'19

  Risk & Repeat: Cisco vulnerabilities raise backdoor concerns

  This week's Risk & Repeat podcast looks at vulnerabilities in Cisco and Huawei products, which have raised concerns about backdoor access in networking equipment.

• May 17, 2019 17 May'19

  How Google turned 1.5 billion Android phones into 2FA keys

  Google product manager Christiaan Brand discusses the journey to making 1.5 billion Android devices work as 2FA security keys and the plan for the future.

• May 16, 2019 16 May'19

  New executive order moves to ban Huawei

  U.S. businesses are barred from dealing with Huawei following an executive order from the White House and the additions of Huawei and its affiliates to a trade blacklist.

• May 16, 2019 16 May'19

  ZombieLoad: More side channel attacks put Intel chips at risk

  Another set of side channel vulnerabilities were discovered in Intel chips. Security researchers explain the risks posed by the flaws and offer advice on mitigation steps.

• May 15, 2019 15 May'19

  Women in cybersecurity work to grow voice in US lawmaking

  To encourage more input from women in cybersecurity in the legislative process, the Executive Women's Forum went to Washington to discuss key issues with Congress.

• May 15, 2019 15 May'19

  WannaCry infections continue to spread 2 years later

  Two years after the initial wave of WannaCry attacks, security researchers said the ransomware continues to spread to vulnerable devices even though it's not encrypting data.

• May 14, 2019 14 May'19

  Verizon DBIR: Ransomware still a major threat, despite reports

  The 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report challenges the wisdom that cryptomining attacks replaced ransomware as the dominant malware threat last year.

• May 14, 2019 14 May'19

  Zero-day WhatsApp vulnerability could lead to spyware infection

  A zero-day vulnerability in WhatsApp was used in targeted attacks that involved installing spyware on mobile devices, which may be the work of an advanced threat actor.

• May 10, 2019 10 May'19

  Effects of cybersecurity skills shortage worsening, new study says

  The cybersecurity skills shortage is putting businesses at risk in a variety of ways, according to a new study. Experts suggest ways to combat the problem.

• May 10, 2019 10 May'19

  Symantec CEO Greg Clark unexpectedly steps down

  Cybersecurity giant Symantec is searching for a new CEO once again after Greg Clark unexpectedly resigned from the vendor after three years at the helm.

• May 09, 2019 09 May'19

  Google focuses more on steering the Android ship than righting it

  Google's security and privacy upgrades to Android are mostly forward-thinking changes, readying for a future that is inevitable but unclear, rather than ways to improve security today.

• May 08, 2019 08 May'19

  Google I/O 2019 keynote brings focus on security and privacy

  After being a no-show at last year's conference, security and privacy improvements were big themes at Google I/O's first day, including discussion on federated learning.

• May 08, 2019 08 May'19

  2019 Verizon DBIR highlights cyberespionage, nation-state attacks

  The 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report showed significant increases in cyberespionage and nation-state activity. It also painted a gloomy picture for email threats.

• May 06, 2019 06 May'19

  Enterprise security threats rising, consumer attacks falling

  Cybercriminals are increasingly taking aim at businesses, according to a recent Malwarebytes report. Security experts weigh in on best practices for defending against malware attacks.

• May 06, 2019 06 May'19

  Cisco SSH vulnerability sparks debate over backdoors

  Cisco released a patch for a critical vulnerability in Nexus 9000 switches that could allow a remote attacker to gain root access because of the use of a default SSH key pair.