Global spending on cloud security is set to grow nearly 18% to reach $12.7bn by 2023, with protection for public cloud deployments prioritized over the coming years, according to a new report from Forrester. Organizations spent $178bn on public cloud services last year, a figure that will grow to $236bn by 2020 — making security increasingly […]
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Officials at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have issued another warning about North Korean malware, this time a new variant dubbed “Hoplight.” The backdoor trojan malware is linked to the notorious Hidden Cobra group, also known as the Lazarus Group. “This artifact is a malicious PE32 executable. When executed the malware will collect system information
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The AV-TEST Institute recently tested the most popular Windows 10 client antivirus products on three primary criteria: protection, performance, and usability. Only four of the 16 products tested earned a perfect rating of 6 for each of those criteria: PSB Computer Protection 18 and 19, Kaspersky Lab Endpoint Security 11, Symantec Endpoint Protection 14.2 and Symantec
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In today’s world, with growing threats to organizations and customer data, IT pros need to remain vigilant and ensure that everyone in the business, from the CEO through to the administrative team, is educated on the importance of data protection, 365 days of the year. With more than a billion customers affected by corporate data breaches in
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Small and medium businesses are the most vulnerable to cyber threats. Various surveys show that about 60% of them would close within six months of a major cyber attack. Despite that, few SMBs have an active and up-to-date cybersecurity strategy. Cultivating a secure mindset should be the entire team’s responsibility. Yet many businesses have not taken even
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Consumer demands are transforming what it means to be a successful business. In today’s digital world, we expect every aspect of our lives to be seamlessly connected. For businesses, this means digital is just the threshold for competition; to come out on top, IT and business leaders must tackle a new set of challenges. Here are the
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RSA Conference 2019 addressed the most dangerous attack techniques facing organizations and individuals today. There are two specific attack vectors that are increasing. First is the manipulation of the DNS infrastructure associated with specific enterprises. Hackers are using credentials that they have compromised in the normal course of business. Bad guys are logging into DNS
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Programs aim to support women and girls in STEM March 8th marks International Women’s Day, a day celebrating women’s achievements and gender equality. One industry where that would be welcome: technology. Women make up just 30 percent of the workforce in Silicon Valley, according to the Kapor Center, a nonprofit that supports women and people of color in
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Hackers accessed tax return information stored with TurboTax using a stolen password from a third party, an Intuit spokesman said Monday. The attack, earlier reported in Dark Reading, didn’t breach the internal systems at Intuit, which owns TurboTax. Instead, attackers took lists of passwords stolen from other services and used them to try to log in to TurboTax
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2/22/19 Dale Silver C-Forward 859-442-7877 dsilver@cforward.com C-Forward Named as Top National Managed Service Provider (MSP) Also Celebrating our 20th year of IT Services Covington, KY: Local IT experts, C-Forward has been recognized as one of the Top 250 IT Companies in America by CRN. This marks the fifth straight year that
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