Category: Cyber Security

Feb 23, 2024NewsroomPrivacy / Regulatory Compliance The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has hit antivirus vendor Avast with a $16.5 million fine over charges that the firm sold users’ browsing data to advertisers after claiming its products would block online tracking. In addition, the company has been banned from selling or licensing any web browsing […]

With adversaries increasingly relying on legitimate tools to hide their malicious activities, enterprise defenders have to rethink the network architecture in order to detect and defend against these attacks. Known as “living off the land” (LotL), these tactics refer to how adversaries use native, legitimate tools within the victim’s environment to carry out their attacks. […]

The dark web. The name raises all kinds of questions. What is the dark web, really? Where is it? Can anyone hop on it?  Answering these questions can help you stay safer online.  The story of the dark web is a complicated one. It’s a small and highly anonymous layer of the internet. As a […]

In an expanded collaboration with Intel, we’re giving partners and customers an exciting opportunity to access three new innovation centers that will serve as test beds for enterprises seeking to evaluate private 5G use cases. The first innovation center opens in March at Cisco’s San Jose headquarters and will help customers test a wide range […]

Apple is adding to the iMessage instant messaging service a new post-quantum cryptographic protocol named PQ3, designed to defend encryption from quantum attacks. iMessage is the default communication platform on iOS and macOS operating systems, with a user base of nearly one billion. One of iMessage’s key features is support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to ensure that the […]

Feb 24, 2024NewsroomActive Directory / Data Protection Microsoft has expanded free logging capabilities to all U.S. federal agencies using Microsoft Purview Audit irrespective of the license tier, more than six months after a China-linked cyber espionage campaign targeting two dozen organizations came to light. “Microsoft will automatically enable the logs in customer accounts and increase […]

Apple is adding the quantum-computing resistant PQ3 protocol to its widely used iMessage, making it the most secure mainstream messaging app. The upgraded version of iMessage will start appearing in March in its monthly MacOS and iOS releases, according to Apple’s Security Engineering and Architecture (SEAR) team. Apple’s PQ3 addition doesn’t make iMessage the first […]