Chinese Hackers Caught Stealing Intellectual Property from Multinational Companies

8 Ways to Prevent a Security or Data Breach

Securing your business’s sensitive data -- along with the information it handles on behalf of customers -- is a necessary function of doing business in our tech-based world.

NIST Releases Updated Cybersecurity Guidance for Managing Supply Chain Risks

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Thursday released an updated cybersecurity guidance for managing risks in the supply chain, as it increasingly emerges as a lucrative attack vector. "It encourages organizations to consider the vulnerabilities not only of a finished ...

Google to Add Passwordless Authentication Support to Android and Chrome

Google today announced plans to implement support for passwordless logins in Android and the Chrome web browser to allow users to seamlessly and securely sign in across different devices and websites irrespective of the platform. "This will simplify sign-ins across devices, websites, and ...

The Importance of Defining Secure Code

The developers who create the software, applications and programs that drive digital business have become the lifeblood of many organizations. Most modern businesses would not be able to (profitably) function, without competitive applications and programs, or without 24-hour access to their ...

Researchers Disclose Years-Old Vulnerabilities in Avast and AVG Antivirus

Two high-severity security vulnerabilities, which went undetected for several years, have been discovered in a legitimate driver that's part of Avast and AVG antivirus solutions. "These vulnerabilities allow attackers to escalate privileges enabling them to disable security products, overwrite ...

Heroku Forces User Password Resets Following GitHub OAuth Token Theft

Salesforce-owned subsidiary Heroku on Thursday acknowledged that the theft of GitHub integration OAuth tokens further involved unauthorized access to an internal customer database. The company, in an updated notification, revealed that a compromised token was abused to breach the database and ...

8 Ways to Prevent a Security or Data Breach

Securing your business’s sensitive data -- along with the information it handles on behalf of customers -- is a necessary function of doing business in our tech-based world.