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Aqua Extends Container Security Platform With Compliance Features

Sean Michael Kerner | April 09, 2018

Aqua Security brings enhanced policy and compliance capabilities to its container security platform.

Report: Facebook Sought Access to Medical Records to Target Pharma Ads

Wayne Rash | April 06, 2018

NEWS ANALYSIS: While Facebook continues to publicly apologize for massive user privacy breaches, an NBC news report says Facebook sent a physician to major U.S. hospitals seeking access to patient medical records.

Research Reports Reveal Web Application, Patching Worries

Sean Michael Kerner | April 06, 2018

New reports released the week of April 2-6, provide a snapshot of the top concerns facing enterprise IT today, including data breaches, the challenges of patching and how to improve cyber-security awareness.

Hackers Use Flaw in Cisco Switches to Attack Critical Infrastructure

Jeffrey Burt | April 06, 2018

The networking vendor's Talos security unit is issuing a warning to organizations that have deployed Cisco's Smart Install technology.

Best Buy, Delta, Sears Hit by Third-Party Chat Widget Breach

Sean Michael Kerner | April 06, 2018

Potentially hundreds of thousands of customers across multiple vendors are being impacted by a breach at [24]7.ai that occurred last September but wasn't reported to vendors until last month.

Crypto-Currency Mining Extensions Banned From Google Chrome Store VIDEO

eWEEK Staff | April 06, 2018

DAILY VIDEO: Google bans crypto-currency mining extensions from its Chrome store, and worldwide converged systems saw a 9 percent revenue increase in 2017.

RSA Acquires Fortscale, Expands NetWitness SIEM Platform

Sean Michael Kerner | April 05, 2018

RSA is acquiring privately held user and entity behavior analytics vendor Fortscale in a bid to bring enhanced visibility to the NetWitness security information and event management platform.

Panera Bread Website Flaw Exposes Customer Information VIDEO

eWEEK Staff | April 05, 2018

DAILY VIDEO: Panera Bread's website is leaking customer data, and Microsoft buys Forerunner Software tech to boost Power BI reporting.

2018 IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index

IBM Reports Fewer Records Breached in 2017 as Ransomware Escalates

Sean Michael Kerner | April 04, 2018

The 2018 IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index reveals that 25 percent fewer records were breached in 2017 than in the prior year, but there is a big catch: The figure doesn't include records impacted by ransomware.

Panera Bread Data Breach Demonstrates Security Worst Practices

Wayne Rash | April 03, 2018

NEWS ANALYSIS: Panera Bread executives ignored the warnings from a cyber-security researcher that customer data was exposed on its network until it was forced to deal with the bad publicity of an actual data breach.

Google Bans Crypto-Currency Mining Extensions From Chrome Store

Jaikumar Vijayan | April 03, 2018

Effectively immediately, developers are not permitted to upload extensions with crypto-currency mining features, company says.

Facebook Adds Shortcuts to Make It Easier to Change Privacy Settings VIDEO

eWEEK Staff | April 03, 2018

DAILY VIDEO: Facebook tries to make amends by easing user access to privacy tools, and Apple releases iOS 11.3 and macOS 10.13.4 updates to improve security.

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Is Security a Feature or a Product at IBM

VIDEO: Dr. Sridhar Muppidi, IBM Fellow, vice president and CTO IBM Security discusses how he thinks about security and the role that Artificial Intelligence will play in the future.

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Intel Processors, Storage Set New Dell Servers Apart

Dell’s latest Intel-based PowerEdge servers bring new levels of operational efficiency and flexibility while extending industry-leading reliability and uptime.