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New Keystore features keep your slice of Android Pie a little safer (Wed, 12 Dec 2018)

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Tackling ads abuse in apps and SDKs (Fri, 07 Dec 2018)

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2019 IT Security Outlook: New Attack Vectors Will Emerge (Thu, 06 Dec 2018)
Our 2019 IT security predictions: Encryption will lose its luster, cloudjacking and containers will be growing risks, and more.
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ASPIRE to keep protecting billions of Android users (Wed, 05 Dec 2018)

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IT Security Lessons from the Marriott Data Breach (Tue, 04 Dec 2018)
500 million people are at risk because of a data breach at Marriott's Starwood hotel chain. What steps can your organization take to limit the risk of suffering the same fate?
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IT Security Vulnerability Roundup – November 2018 (Sat, 01 Dec 2018)
A look at a dozen leading security flaws reported within the past 30 days.
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CrowdStrike vs Symantec: Top EDR Solutions Compared (Fri, 30 Nov 2018)
A look at the strengths and weaknesses of leading endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions from CrowdStrike and Symantec.
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Announcing the Google Security and Privacy Research Awards (Thu, 29 Nov 2018)

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Cybersecurity Threats Keep Evolving, Research Shows (Thu, 29 Nov 2018)
We examine 11 important cybersecurity research reports released in November -- and the controls organizations should consider.
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Industry collaboration leads to takedown of the “3ve” ad fraud operation (Tue, 27 Nov 2018)

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UEBA: Protecting Your Network When Other Security Systems Fail (Tue, 20 Nov 2018)
User and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) can help organizations spot compromised applications and accounts, malicious insiders, and even APTs.
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How to Control API Security Risks (Thu, 15 Nov 2018)
Plugging critical vulnerabilities and using API security products are the best ways to manage API security risks.
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Combating Potentially Harmful Applications with Machine Learning at Google: Datasets and Models (Thu, 15 Nov 2018)

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Privileged Access Management (PAM): Controlling a Critical Cybersecurity Risk (Wed, 14 Nov 2018)
Privileged accounts have access to your most important data, so why not protect them with a PAM solution? Here's everything you need to know.
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How to Improve Governance, Risk and Compliance (Tue, 13 Nov 2018)
VIDEO: Alissa Johnson, CISO at Xerox and former Deputy CIO at the White House, outlines compliance steps that could help all enterprises.
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8 Top Cyber Insurance Vendors (Fri, 09 Nov 2018)
Cyber insurance is one more way to manage cybersecurity risk. Here are the top cyber insurance vendors that can help.
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Introducing the Android Ecosystem Security Transparency Report (Thu, 08 Nov 2018)

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SonicWall NSA vs Palo Alto Networks: Top NGFWs Compared (Wed, 07 Nov 2018)
Considering next-generation firewalls from SonicWall and Palo Alto? We compare the strengths and weaknesses of each NGFW solution.
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A New Chapter for OSS-Fuzz (Tue, 06 Nov 2018)

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Top 10 SIEM Products (Tue, 06 Nov 2018)
We review and compare 10 SIEM products that can help you manage your overall IT security from a single tool.
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SolarWinds Log & Event Manager - SIEM Product Overview and Insight (Mon, 05 Nov 2018)
We review SolarWinds Log & Event Manager, an easy to use, lower-cost SIEM option that offers automated incident response.
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RSA NetWitness Suite: SIEM Product Overview and Insight (Mon, 05 Nov 2018)
We review RSA NetWitness Suite, which can process 30,000 events per second, ingest 10Gbps and support 100,000 endpoints per scalable system.
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IBM Security QRadar - SIEM Product Overview and Insight (Fri, 02 Nov 2018)
We take an in-depth look at IBM Security QRadar SIEM, which boasts more than 500 support modules and can process millions of security events per second
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What 9 Cybersecurity Research Reports Say About the State of Risk (Fri, 02 Nov 2018)
In October, cybersecurity vendors released a number of research reports highlighting the biggest risks in the threat landscape.
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Trustwave SIEM Enterprise - SIEM Product Overview and Insight (Thu, 01 Nov 2018)
We review Trustwave's mid-market and enterprise SIEM products, which can retain data from millions of daily events for up to five years.
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McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) - SIEM Product Overview and Insight (Wed, 31 Oct 2018)
We review McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (ESM), which processes tens of thousands of events per second and can store billions of events and flows.
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Announcing some security treats to protect you from attackers’ tricks (Wed, 31 Oct 2018)

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IT Security Vulnerability Roundup – October 2018 (Tue, 30 Oct 2018)
A look at 10 of the many security flaws reported in the past month.
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Introducing reCAPTCHA v3: the new way to stop bots (Tue, 30 Oct 2018)

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Micro Focus Sentinel Enterprise - SIEM Product Overview and Insight (Mon, 29 Oct 2018)
We review Micro Focus Sentinel Enterprise, a SIEM aimed at managed security services providers (MSSPs) and distributed enterprises.
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Google tackles new ad fraud scheme (Tue, 23 Oct 2018)

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Android Protected Confirmation: Taking transaction security to the next level (Fri, 19 Oct 2018)

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Building a Titan: Better security through a tiny chip (Wed, 17 Oct 2018)

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Modernizing Transport Security (Mon, 15 Oct 2018)

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Google and Android have your back by protecting your backups (Fri, 12 Oct 2018)

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Control Flow Integrity in the Android kernel (Thu, 11 Oct 2018)

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Trustworthy Chrome Extensions, by Default (Mon, 01 Oct 2018)

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Android and Google Play Security Rewards Programs surpass $3M in payouts (Thu, 20 Sep 2018)

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Introducing the Tink cryptographic software library (Thu, 30 Aug 2018)

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Evolution of Android Security Updates (Wed, 22 Aug 2018)

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A reminder about government-backed phishing (Tue, 21 Aug 2018)

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Expanding our Vulnerability Reward Program to combat platform abuse (Wed, 15 Aug 2018)

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Google Public DNS turns 8.8.8.8 years old (Sat, 11 Aug 2018)

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Mitigating Spectre with Site Isolation in Chrome (Wed, 11 Jul 2018)

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Compiler-based security mitigations in Android P (Wed, 27 Jun 2018)

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Latest Intelligence for October 2017 (Fri, 10 Nov 2017)
Symantec research shows users to be twice as likely to encounter threats through email as any other infection vector, and the spam rate declines slightly for the second month in a row.

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Sowbug: Cyber espionage group targets South American and Southeast Asian governments (Tue, 07 Nov 2017)
Group uses custom Felismus malware and has a particular interest in South American foreign policy.

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Ramnit worm: Still turning up in unlikely places (Fri, 27 Oct 2017)
Over 90 Ramnit-infected apps removed from Google Play.

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BadRabbit: New strain of ransomware hits Russia and Ukraine (Wed, 25 Oct 2017)
BadRabbit is self-propagating and has many similarities to the June 2017 Petya / NotPetya outbreak.