Apple protected App Store users from $1.5 billion fraud last year

Apple protected App Store users from $1.5 billion fraud last year

Apple says that it protected many millions of users from being defrauded to the tune of nearly $1.5 billion dollars in the last year, by policing its official App Store. According to ...

HITRUST: the Path to Cyber Resilience

There has been a lot of talk recently about cyber resilience. There is no doubt that the ability to bounce back from a security event is important, however, all of the resiliency ...
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Top CVE Trends — And What You Can Do About Them

Cybersecurity awareness, protection, and prevention is all-encompassing. In addition to implementing the right tools and resources, and hiring skilled professionals with the right cybersecurity education and experience, organizations should be aware of ...

Building a More Secure Cloud: 5 Strategies for 2022

Cloud adoption continues to soar. More than two-thirds of small to mid-sized businesses intend to increase their use of cloud technologies over the next few years. While the cloud comes with many ...
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Protecting Against Bad Chemistry (with Cybersecurity)

Do you recall one of the first really fun chemistry experiment you performed as a child?  If your school followed the usual curriculum, then you probably made a model volcano and then ...

Tripwire Patch Priority Index for May 2022

Tripwire’s May 2022 Patch Priority Index (PPI) brings together important vulnerabilities for Microsoft. First on the patch priority list this month are 2 remote code execution vulnerabilities for Excel and a security ...
Ransomware demands acts of kindness to get your files back

Ransomware demands acts of kindness to get your files back

The great thing about working in the world of cybersecurity is that there’s always something new. You may think you’ve seen it all, and then something comes along that completely surprises you ...

A Problem Like API Security: How Attackers Hack Authentication

There is a sight gag that has been used in a number of movies and TV comedies that involves an apartment building lobby. It shows how people who don’t live there, but ...

Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of May 16, 2022

All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us ...

Phishing gang that stole over 400,000 Euros busted in Spain

Spanish police say that they have dismantled a phishing gang operating across the country, following the arrest of 13 people and the announcement that they are investigating a further seven suspects. According ...