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CompTIA Stackable Certifications

You’ve put in the time, proved you have the knowledge and skills, and earned the certification. Maybe you’ve rinsed and repeated that cycle multiple times and now you have multiple certifications to ...
Coinhive Exposé Prompts Cancer Research Fundraiser

Coinhive Exposé Prompts Cancer Research Fundraiser

A story published here this week revealed the real-life identity behind the original creator of Coinhive -- a controversial cryptocurrency mining service that several security firms have recently labeled the most ubiquitous ...

Ben’s Book of the Month: Review of “Machine Learning and Security: Protecting Systems with Data and Algorithms”

Machine learning and security are all the rage. With the RSA Conference a little more than 2 weeks away, there will be plenty of firms on the expo floor touting their security ...
You down with P2P? 10 tips to secure your mobile payment app

You down with P2P? 10 tips to secure your mobile payment app

Peer-to-peer (P2P) mobile transactions are on the rise, thanks to a number of mobile payment apps available on the market. In this post, we'll look at the security risks of using P2P ...

TLS 1.3 is nearly here

TLS 1.3 is nearly upon us, and with it comes a more secure way to do business online. We look at some of the changes coming into force soon. Categories: Security world ...
Importance of having backup in place to prevent a ransomware disaster

Take the Pledge to Prevent a Ransomware Disaster: World Backup Day 2018

Friends Don’t Let Friends Go Without a Backup. While backup is vital every day, use World Backup Day — March 31, 2018 —to urge your colleagues and friends to take the pledge ...
State of Software Security: Checking the Pulse of the Healthcare Industry

State of Software Security: Checking the Pulse of the Healthcare Industry

Over the past year, our scans of thousands of applications and billions of lines of code found a widespread weakness in applications, which is a top target of cyber attackers. And when ...
MyFitnessPal hacked, 150 million user accounts compromised

MyFitnessPal hacked, 150 million user accounts compromised

American manufacturer of sports gear, Urban Armour, announced that 150 million MyFitnessPal accounts were breached following the largest cyber incident to take place so far this year. Although the nutrition application fell ...
Under Armour Notifies 150M MyFitnessPal Users of Data Breach

Under Armour Notifies 150M MyFitnessPal Users of Data Breach

Under Armour has taken steps to notify 150 million MyFitnessPal users of a data breach that might have affected their account information. On 29 March, Under Armour published a statement announcing that ...