Microsoft Defender ATP gets built-in firmware protection
Microsoft already offered firmware protection in so called secured-core computers, which have a hardware root of trust. Now the tech giant goes a step further by adding firmware protectoin to Microsoft Defender ATP (advanced threat protection).
The secured-core PCs were Microsoft's answer to the...
Founder of DDoS security company confesses DDoS attacks
The founder of a company specialising in counteracting and protecting against DDoS attacks has admitted in the US court that he has used services that carry out DDoS attacks.
Three years ago, KrebsOnSecurity managed to get the client list of the popular DDoS service vDOS after the site was hacke...
Palo Alto Networks focuses with acquisition Zingbox on IoT security market
Palo Alto Networks has taken over startup Zingbox for 75 million dollars (about 68 million euros). The startup, created at Stanford University, uses machine learning to detect hack attempts.
With this acquisition, Palo Alto Networks is further entering the market for Internet of Things (IoT) securit...
“Enterprise systems threatened by poor consumer security IoT
The poor security of consumer Internet or Things (IoT) devices poses a threat to enterprise systems. Such products can connect to the networks of companies.
A research team from Stanford University and Avast Software performed antivirus scans on 83 million IoT devices in 16 million households worldw...
Administrators can offer G Suite users more security
Google will make it possible for system administrators working with G Suite to give users extra security. The system administrators can decide for themselves for whom this is needed. The measure is aimed at users who are more at risk of being hacked, for example high-ranking workers.
Google make...
Less than 50 percent of IT managers have confidence in corporate data security
Less than half of IT managers say they have confidence in the security of their company's data. This is the conclusion of a worldwide survey of 5,000 IT managers conducted by Oracle.
Only 47 percent of IT managers say they have great confidence in their data management skills, writes IT Pro.
However...
Serverless expands free Framework with monitoring and security options
Serverless has expanded its free framework with monitoring and security options. In this way, the company wants to make it an end-to-end tool, which will remain free even after the expansion.
Austen Collins, the company's founder and CEO, told TechCrunch that his team wanted to create a perfectly in...
Low confidence in user data security among IT professionals
According to a study by BlackBerry, there is a very low level of trust among IT departments in the Western world in terms of securing employees' user data, reports ITProPortal. The report on the study was published after a survey of 500 IT professionals from six Western countries.
Of these 500 respo...
Fujitsu updates PalmSecure authentication
Fujitsu reports that the company's PalmSecure technology, which can biometrically identify individuals, will be upgraded. With this technology, passwords are no longer needed to identify users.
The latest version is now available in Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa. The four components on ...
“Most IT managers want to get rid of password authentication.
A study by MobileIron, the results of which are shared with Techzine, shows that eight out of ten IT managers prefer mobile devices as their main means of authentication. Six out of ten employees also experience annoyance and loss of time due to the use of passwords.
The study, conducted in collabo...
Adult DevOps processes greatly increase the chances of early detection errors
Security teams in organizations with mature DevOps processes are three times more likely to find errors before the code is merged. This is evident from the third edition of the annual GitLab Survey among more than 4,000 respondents.
A mature DevOps process also appears to have a positive influence o...
Microsoft test new passwordless login option for Windows 10
Microsoft has added a new feature to the test versions of Windows 10 20H1, making it possible to log in without a password. The option is enabled in the settings.
The Windows 10 20H1 settings now include an option to make a device passwordless, writes ZDNet. By enabling the option via Settings, Acco...