Cybercriminals Seized Control of Brazilian Bank for 5 Hours

April 10th, 2017

Sophisticated heist compromised major bank's entire DNS infrastructure.

KASPERSKY SECURITY SUMMIT 2017 – St. Maarten – Cybercriminals for five hours one day last fall took over the online operations of a major bank and intercepted all of its online banking, mobile, point-of-sale, ATM, and investment transactions in an intricate attack that employed valid SSL digital certificates and Google Cloud to support the phony bank infrastructure.

McAfee’s Back as an Independent Security Firm

April 10th, 2017

Security firm is no longer part of Intel Corp.
McAfee has finalized its planned spinoff from Intel Corp. and as of today returned to its roots as a stand-alone security company.
The move to separate the company was first announced by Intel in September, when the chip company revealed that it planned to sell a majority stake in its McAfee subsidiary to TPG for $3.1 billion after what industry analysts considered a failed investment.

Should you fear government surveillance?

April 6th, 2017

Accusations of inappropriate government surveillance have been swirling after Wikileaks recently released thousands of pages supposedly detailing the CIA’s exploitation of compromised devices and applications. But in today’s climate, every headline needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Read on to find out what’s actually at stake and why you probably don’t need […]

AI-based productivity coaching from O365

April 4th, 2017

It seems like every quarter Office 365 is adding a new service that totally changes the way we do business. As we settle into 2017, Microsoft is granting businesses a machine learning-based tool for getting more out of your employee’s work day. What is MyAnalytics? Microsoft’s newest productivity offering is all about applying machine learning […]