About Sara
Sara Barker
Copywriter and Senior News Editor
Sara lives in a world of words and stories. For more than six years she has been delving deep into the rich world of tech news, content creation, journalism and reviews for Techday. She brings an academic background in information systems, marketing, radio, and journalism to her role. She enjoys casual gaming, cats, and reading.
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Stories by Sara - Page 49
NEC works with Malaysian Govt agencies on cyber defence training
Thu, 9th Mar 2017
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digital signage
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displays
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education, learning & training
NEC has revealed it has been working with government agencies in Malaysia on cyber defence training scenarios that take a hands-on approach.
Unit 42 discovers apps compromised by iFrames on Google Play
Tue, 7th Mar 2017
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
A number of apps appearing on Google Play contained IFrames infections that link to malicious domains in their HTML pages. Unit42 gives details.
Nexusguard launches 'industry first' cloud DDoS mitigation platform
Tue, 7th Mar 2017
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ddos
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juniper networks
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nexusguard
Nexusguard, Juniper Networks and Serro Solutions team up to develop software-defined cloud DDoS mitigation platform.
Singapore readies its national army in war for cybersecurity
Mon, 6th Mar 2017
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cybersecurity
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cyber attacks
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orchestration
Singapore to establish Defence Cyber Organisation to combat growing cyber threats, says Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen.
Trustwave exposes backdoor in DblTek devices; vendor issues poor patch & goes silent
Mon, 6th Mar 2017
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uc
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voip
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contact centre
DblTek left vulnerabilities in its IoT devices, tried to hide the vulnerability, issued shoddy patches and cut off all contact with Trustwave.
Yahoo CEO forgoes annual bonus and gives it to employees in wake of data breach fallout
Thu, 2nd Mar 2017
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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yahoo
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is foregoing her annual bonus and giving it back to employees after the giant data breach that hit the company in 2014.
Singapore's MINDEF suffers I-net data breach, 850 credentials stolen
Thu, 2nd Mar 2017
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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data breach
Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has publicly revealed the details of a breach in its I-net system, which happened earlier this month.
AI & robotics severely lacking in cyber protection, new research finds
Thu, 2nd Mar 2017
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robots
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supply chain
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cybersecurity
Business, industrial, and home robots are wide open to cyber attacks due to vulnerabilities, warns IOActive research paper.
Palo Alto Networks snaps up LightCyber for automated behaviour analytics prowess
Thu, 2nd Mar 2017
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
Palo Alto Networks has paid $105 million for cybersecurity provider LightCyber, so it can fuse automated behavioural analytics into its own platform.
Trend Micro amongst top vendors in NSS Labs Endpoint tests
Thu, 2nd Mar 2017
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malware
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dlp
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cybersecurity
Trend Micro has received one of the highest malware protection scores with no false positives in the NSS Labs Advanced Endpoint Protection Public Test.
Legal tech profession has its head in the sand over China's new cybersecurity law, survey finds
Wed, 1st Mar 2017
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data protection
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data privacy
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cybersecurity
China's new cybersecurity law may have passed three months ago, but 75% of legal technology professionals aren't even familiar with it.
Interview: Bring on the barbecue - how IT & OT must work together to build better security
Wed, 1st Mar 2017
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iot
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partner programmes
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supply chain
At 31c0n, BT's Bryan K Fite emphasised the crucial unity of IT and OT for robust security, likening it to a “big barbecue” of collaboration.
Palo Alto Networks deploys next-gen security for King Country electricity provider
Wed, 1st Mar 2017
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
The Lines Company deployed Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Security Platform as part of a massive upgrade to its IT infrastructure.
The stats are in: Japanese PC users at risk of attack through old and unpatched software
Tue, 28th Feb 2017
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flexera
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security vulnerabilities
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patching
The average private user has 63 programs on their PC from 21 different vendors. 7% of those are at the end of their life, meaning they're not patched.
Sophos launches new suite for cloud security and IoT management
Tue, 28th Feb 2017
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uc
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
Sophos Mobile 7 is available now for on-site installation and will be available through cloud-based Sophos Central in mid-March 2017.
Could deception methods be the new answer to cybersecurity?
Mon, 27th Feb 2017
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
Firms are unable to detect attackers for almost five months once they are inside systems, but deceiving attackers along the way can slow them down.
Hackers speak out: New study turns security stats on their head
Mon, 27th Feb 2017
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endpoint protection
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edr
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hackers
The study confirms suspicions that attack methods are becoming ever more unique, with 50% of hackers changing their attack methods for every target.
Is your IT team experiencing alarm fatigue? Create a rapid response to cyber threats
Mon, 27th Feb 2017
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siem
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breach prevention
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logrhythm
IT teams are experiencing 'alarm fatigue' and they are lagging behind. Here's how you can transform your teams to achieve rapid response.
Verizon & NTU to analyse attack impacts on Singapore's cybersecurity insurance industry
Thu, 23rd Feb 2017
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cybersecurity insurance
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risk & compliance
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cybersecurity
Nanyang Technological University's Business School partners with Verizon to analyze the economic impact of cybersecurity incidents on global insurers.
National University of Singapore ushers in country's newest security research hub
Wed, 22nd Feb 2017
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ddos
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cybersecurity
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national university of singapore
National University of Singapore's National Cybersecurity R&D Laboratory is the latest facility to become a focal point for security research.