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Friday DDoS Attacks Impacted M&E in a Big Way

When cyber criminals Oct. 21 went after Dyn — which provides internet services for a host of companies — they used a a global distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack to bri... More

HITS Keynote: A ‘Perfect Storm’ of Changes for Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — At the Oct. 18 HITS Fall event, Michael Smith, professor of information technology and marketing at Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III College... More

Cyber Alliance: Top-Down Approach Needed for Business Cybersecurity

Marking October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and businesses are banding t... More

NSS Labs Shares Intrusion Prevention Test Results

Cybersecurity research and testing firm NSS Labs has announced the results of its Next Generation Intrusion Prevention Systems (NGIPS) group test, examining the security effectiven... More

PwC Survey: New Tech, Employee Training Top Executive Cybersecurity Lists

Better employee training, advanced authentication in lieu of passwords, and better cybersecurity safeguards with the Interne of Things (IoT) in mind are all on the list for America... More

Europol: Ransomware, Crime-as-a-Service Lead Cybersecurity Worries

A new report from Europol — the European Union’s (EU) international law enforcement agency — details the top cybersecurity threats facing both businesses and individuals, and... More

Clinton, Trump Tackle Cybersecurity in First Debate

Toward the end of the first 2016 presidential debate Sept. 26, moderator and “Dateline NBC” anchor Lester Holt announced the final segment discussion of the night: “Securing ... More

FBI Calls for Better Ransomware Reporting

Companies and individuals affected by ransomware — where malware installed on computers and servers encrypts files and makes them inaccessible until a ransom is paid — often do... More

Oracle Acquires Cloud Security Specialist Palerra

Kicking off its OpenWorld business and technology conference Sept. 18, Oracle announced it’s acquiring Palerra, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based tech company that focuses on providing... More

Kudelski Group Scores Major Piracy Win

Kudelski Group, owners of forensic watermarking technology NexGuard, made a major anti-piracy announcement at IBC: a U.S. District Court has ordered China’s Zhuhai Gotech Intelli... More

Cyber Security’s Gender Gap Problem

It’s well known that the IT industry in general has a gender gap problem, with only 26% of IT professionals worldwide being women, according to data from the American Association... More

Study: The Cybersecurity Problem is Only Getting Worse

A new forecast out of a Menlo Park, Calif.-cybersecurity research firm doesn’t bode well for the future of protecting against everything from theft of intellectual property to pr... More

Aspera, Irdeto Execs Tout Benefits of Watermarking Partnership

A strategic partnership between Aspera and Irdeto — where Irdeto’s TraceMark forensic watermarking has been integrated into Aspera’s fast and secure protocol (FASP) data tran... More

Seventh Annual CDSA Content Protection Summit Announced

Industry leaders from the Hollywood studios, television networks and content production community are again scheduled to meet at the 7th Annual CDSA Content Protection Summit on De... More

IBM App Uses Behavior Analytics to Tackle Insider Threats

While outside security threats are on every business’ radar today, security leaders also need to keep a constant eye on internal threats. IBM is aiming to help its clients do ... More

Box’s Ellis: New Security Threats are Driving Business Changes

New security threats are one of “four major driving forces” that are changing business as we know it today, according to Katie Ellis, senior partner marketing manager at Box. ... More

EMC: Business Cloud Security Lacking

There’s good news and bad news to be found in EMC’s recent “Global Data Protection Index 2016” report: Overall incidents of traditional data loss and disruption are actuall... More

MPAA: Early ‘Trusted Notifier’ Anti-Piracy Results Promising

In February, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announced a partnership with Donuts Inc., which operates close to 200 domain name extensions, including .MOVIE and .TH... More

Study: Half of Live-Streaming Ads are Malicious

Next time you look to live-stream sports, a concert or pretty much anything online, you better proceed with caution: according to a giant study of web sites offering free live-stre... More

Report: Cyber Security Market to Hit $137 Billion by 2021

An increasing number of security breaches across industries and government, the growing adoption of mobile devices at workplace and cloud computing, and the rising demand for conne... More

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