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Crazy numbers….

I guess I am shocked at the numbers – but shouldn’t be.  Based on the conversations we have all week with EU based companies – many many are not ready for sure..  https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/fsb-just-8-of-uk-small-businesses/

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Eine Erhöhung von 725 % im Kryptowährungs-Mining bedroht mehr als nur Ihre CPU

Wir haben hier im Cyren Security Lab das Kryptowährungs-Mining nachverfolgt und konnten einen massiven Anstieg in der Anzahl der Websites bestätigen, die „Krypto-Mining“-Skripts weltweit hosten. Auf Basis der Überwachung einer Probe von 500.000 Websites haben wir festgestellt, dass im viermonatigen Zeitraum vom letzten September bis Januar 2018 eine Erhöhung von

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WARNING: UK Tax Refund Phishing Scam Identified

A warning to individuals filing taxes in the United Kingdom: Cyren has identified a tax refund phishing email that, at first glance, appears to come from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the UK’s tax, payments, and customs authority. The fraudulent email tries to trick the recipient into opening a PDF

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GDPR for Information Security

Late last month I was asked to contribute to the pretty exclusive (well, for security folks anyways :)) ISSA Journal.  The ISSA was started in 1984 and is one of the largest security organizations – over 11,000 information security professionals.  I am a member of the local Raleigh, NC chapter and have always

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99 days…

Today – we are now <100 (our site shows 99 right now!) days away from GDPR becoming law across the European Union.  As we’ve discussed before – this legislation has world wide implications and I feel (and have validated with many other experts) that this will probably be more intense

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GDPR Arrives on May 25: What It Means for You

GDPR Arrives on May 25: What It Means for You The data produced at home and at work have become integral to functioning in our cyber-connected world. But with the proliferation of data and interconnected devices comes the vulnerabilities affecting the access, integrity, and security of that data.Major headlines detailing breaches over

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M-Files Partners with FileFacets to Unlock Information in Key Business Systems

M-Files Partners with FileFacets to Unlock Information in Key Business Systems DALLAS AND OTTAWA, February 6, 2018: M-Files Corporation, the intelligent information management company, today announced a partnership with FileFacets, a data discovery and enterprise analytics company that also develops data connectivity and migration technology.Read the full press release

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