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This year marks a historic decade-long milestone of the Trustwave Global Security Report (GSR), an annual report that touches on the current state of cybersecurity and the evolving threat landscape.

IPv4 is stretched to breaking point and IPv6 migration is an inevitability as IoT devices multiply.

A new exploit could allow users to bypass security checks in Electron, a popular cross-platform development framework.

Electron – the widely used desktop application framework that renders top programs – suffered from a security vulnerability that potentially allows miscreants to execute evil code on victims’ computers.

There are lots of straightforward steps you can take to protect your privacy online. Spend a couple of minutes now to get yourself set up, and you’ll never worry about it again.

Microsoft has patched over 60 vulnerabilities in this month’s security update round including two being actively exploited in the wild.

The internet has never been an especially safe place, but at least one small corner of it – email – was less perilous for most users in 2017.

Cost of Divergence: Inconsistencies in regulation among various jurisdictions – regulatory divergence – cost financial institutions between 5% and 10% of their annual revenue.

Trustwave, a Top 100 MSSP and compliance, threat and vulnerability management services provider, has launched a Detection, Analytics and Response Consulting (DARC) practice for enterprises.

Cybercrime and information security breaches are increasing at alarming rates, and the FBI estimates losses each year run into the trillions of dollars.

Cybersecurity can be a cat-and-mouse game. Fix one weakness, and the criminals find another target. It’s a lesson industries from retail to restaurants to airlines are learning as consumers’ data increasingly draws the attention of online thieves.

Security vulnerabilities are rampant, while software patching remains a key challenge. These are a few of the high-level findings from research reports released the week of April 2-6.

An annual report from security firm Trustwave highlighted increased sophistication of web app hacking and social engineering tactics on the part of miscreants.

The retail sector suffered the most breaches in 2017, accounting for 16.7 percent followed by the finance and insurance industry at 13.1 percent and hospitality at 11.9 percent.

Vulnerabilities and attacks on networked devices have surged in the past decade, while spam emails have dropped, according to a Trustwave report.

Web developers are still not closing all the security holes in their applications, a new vendor study suggests.

While experts have warned about the perils of connecting to unsecured public Wi-Fi hotspots in the past, new research has revealed that organisations are suffering more from security issues than in the past.

In recently observed attacks, the jRAT backdoor was using crypter services hosted on the dark web to evade detection, Trustwave security researchers have discovered.

In a big victory for international law enforcement, Spanish police have arrested the alleged leader of Carbanak, a cybercrime group believed responsible for stealing over $1.2 billion from more than 100 banks in 40 countries.

Trustwave Government Solutions is debuting its new Threat Hunting service for forward-leaning government agencies that are tired of having they cyber clocks cleaned.

In May, the European Union (EU) will begin enforcing the most stringent regulations to date on how EU citizens’ personal data is lawfully collected, processed and stored.

Despite the known risks of software vulnerabilities, most companies have unpatched security flaws in their infrastructure.

Trustwave, a Chicago-based cybersecurity company that has specialized in cyberattack response, has launched Threat Hunting for Government, a service designed to proactively and continuously search federal networks for intruders and malware.

As the Defense Department beefs up its cyber threat hunting capabilities, it’s taken a slower approach toward modernizing GPS.

Security researchers have discovered a new email spam campaign that tries to get users to open up Word document attachments that downloads a password stealer as its final payload.

If you’re using a Netgear router at home, it’s time to get patching. The networking hardware maker has just released a tsunami of patches for a couple of dozen models of its kit.

Trustwave, a Top 100 MSSP that provides compliance, threat and vulnerability management services, has added Canadian voice, data and media services company Uniserve Communications to its customers across Canada.

Could your computer or device be running slower on certain websites? The I-Team is investigating cryptomining and how it can affect you – and even your electric bill.

Soaring demand for cloud security is being fueled by everything from increased adoption of bring-your-own devices and connected devices to smart cities and government mandates around cloud adoption.

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