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News & Views Problems With EU Payment Security Persist Oliver Schonschek Security Now News Analyst, \| 11/14/2019 The revised EU Payment Services Directive (PSD2) aims to modernize Europe's payment services. It promotes more secure payments and better consumer protection. But the new security procedures troubled some payment service providers, so tighter payment security in the EU has been postponed. Post a Comment \| READ () Keeping It Real Can Pay Off for Old-School Attacks Larry Loeb Author, \| 11/14/2019 In the security arena, much of the effort a team will expend centers around the continual process of identifying and understanding the details of the methodology employed by the novel attacks that keep showing up. Post a Comment \| READ () How PureLocker Ransomware Bypasses AV Checks Larry Loeb Author, \| 11/13/2019 Intezer and IBM X-Force have found a new ransomware targeted at production servers. They found evidence of its origins that pointed to a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) provider that has been utilized in the past by the Cobalt Gang and FIN6 attack groups. Post a Comment \| READ () TCP DDoS Reflection Attacks on the Rise Larry Loeb Author, \| 11/12/2019 Radware has found itself in 2019 defending against what it calls a "steady" rise in TCP DDoS reflection attacks. Since low-bandwidth TCP reflection attacks were thought in the past not to be able to generate enough amplification compared to the more used UDP-based reflection method, this is a definite change in attacker strategy. Post a Comment \| READ () 'Quantum Dawn' Raid as Financial Industry Simulates Global Ransomware Attack Larry Loeb Author, \| 11/8/2019 The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association has just completed its simulation of a global-wide cybersecurity event focusing on the finance sector that had a code name of "Quantum Dawn." Post a Comment \| READ () Study Finds Customer Data to Be Most at Risk From Insiders Larry Loeb Author, \| 11/6/2019 Securonix, a vendor of security monitoring products, has come up with an Insider Threat Report 2019 that was conducted by Cybersecurity Insiders, a 400,000 member community for information security professionals. The report is based on the results of an online survey that was conducted in June of 2019. The respondents are said to range from technical ... Post a Comment \| READ () Complex Q3 DDoS Can Have 11 Attack Vectors Larry Loeb Author, \| 11/5/2019 Link 11, based in Frankfurt Germany, has issued a summary of what they have found out about characteristics of DDoS attacks that occurred in Q3 2019. They saw that high-bandwidth and complex DDoS attacks continued unchanged in this time period. Post a Comment \| READ () Building Your Secure Cloud-Ready Branch Nirav Shah Products & Solutions Lead, Fortinet, \| 11/5/2019 Most branch offices today still rely on a connection back to the core network for their access to applications and data. This tether-like connection ensures that end users have secure access to critical data center and central security resources. However, as more applications, data and workflows move to the cloud, relying on backhauling traffic through ... Post a Comment \| READ () 75% of Enterprises Will Adopt a Zero Trust Solution Within a Year – Zscaler Larry Loeb Author, \| 11/5/2019 Zscaler commissioned a report by Cybersecurity Insiders named 2019 Zero Trust Adoption Report. It is the first report to look at enterprise adoption of Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA). ZTNA services are built to ensure that only authorized users can access specific applications on a network based on business policies. Post a Comment \| READ () Chinese-Linked APT41 Can Read Your Texts Larry Loeb Author, \| 10/31/2019 FireEye Mandiant says that it has recently discovered a new malware family being used by APT41 (a Chinese APT group) that is designed to have the ability to monitor as well as save SMS trafﬁc from specific phone numbers, IMSI numbers and keywords for subsequent theft. They say the malware, MESSAGETAP, was deployed as part of Chinese espionage efforts. Post a Comment \| READ (1 Comment) Latest comment: To get the one stop solution to any kind of Yahoo related hurdles and problems... Xhelper Will Be Back Whether You Want It or Not Larry Loeb Author, \| 10/30/2019 The enterprise's adoption of liberal BYOD policies over the years has led it to the point where the operating system of some connected devices can serve as an attack vector. Android, for example, has some inherent flaws that are just being starting to be exploited by threat actors in this way. Post a Comment \| READ () Endpoints Fail Predictably: Absolute Larry Loeb Author, \| 10/29/2019 Absolute, a security firm based in Vancouver, Canada, has issued a disturbing 2019 Endpoint Security Trends Report that finds "much of endpoint security spend is voided because tools and agents fail, reliably and predictably." Post a Comment \| READ () Load More Articles + All Articles All Video All Slide Shows All Articles discussion board logansah, 11/14/2019 12:17:35 AM Chinese-Linked APT41 Can Read Your Texts Re: Grab Instant Customer Care Through Yahoo Support Helpline Number To get the one stop solution to any kind of Yahoo related hurdles and problems you are running into, calling at toll-free Yahoo Support helpline number will be the right choice. Our highly knowledgeable technical geeks will... 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It's not right to try to put a company out of business for political reasons, Larry. Simply not right. The same with ZTE. Not right. Post Your Reply LarryLoeb, 5/24/2019 5:49:49 AM Suppliers Cut Off Huawei Re: Re: cut off @Susan I'm going to disagree. I think Huawei is inextriably linked with the government of China, a arm of it really, rather than some independent actor. China crushes independent actors. That doesn't mean the EO or the trade war is... Post Your Reply Susan Fourtané , 5/24/2019 5:34:00 AM Suppliers Cut Off Huawei Re: Re: cut off What the US government is doing to Chinese companies is war declaration. Technology and business should not be mixed with politics. Huawei is an independent company owned by its employees. What is happening is utterly ridiculous. Post Your Reply LarryLoeb, 5/22/2019 6:52:17 PM LightNeuron Sneaks In Through the Exchange Backdoor Re: Re: first @Ariella The little rotters never stand still. Post Your Reply Next 5 messages + All messages All messages Chat 8/31/2017 3:54:21 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Thank you! klogan453 Keeper 8/31/2017 3:51:19 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Well, it seems like Steve and I managed to answer everyone's questions in our conversation. So I'll say thanks once again to Steve Grobman, CTO of McAfee, for being such a wonderful guest here on Voice of Security Radio! Curt Franklin Keeper 8/31/2017 3:47:35 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Thanks. Sr.Contr61262 Keeper 8/31/2017 3:47:19 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Thanks for helping out, Daren! Curt Franklin Keeper 8/31/2017 3:45:59 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: (On behalf of Steve Grobman) - Data science and computer science expertise is definately in high demand by the cyber security technology industry as well as many other industries that are using similar capabilities daren Keeper 8/31/2017 3:44:38 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: (On behalf of Steve Grobman) - There is not a formal certificatio process.. most users don't need to understand the nuance of the technology which is generally built by technology product providers daren Keeper 8/31/2017 3:42:40 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: And how are mainline security pros/machine learning pros certified, i.e. how do you lknow that the person you're hiring to help you knows what they're dcoing? Sr.Contr61262 Keeper 8/31/2017 3:39:20 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Steve, one question we didn't get to is that of skilled practitioners. I know that mainline security pros are in short supply and high demand: Is it even worse when it comes to machine learning pros in the security space? Curt Franklin Keeper 8/31/2017 3:37:01 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Since I was late - and again - really sorry, I don't even know what to ask. Feel free to ask a question or my behalf. Sr.Contr61262 Keeper 8/31/2017 3:33:59 PM Voice of Security Radio: A Security Partnership with Machine Learning: Well folks, now's the time to ask any questions we didn't get to in the audio interview. Steve will be here in just a moment -- what would you like to know? 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