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Data Breach Exposes 80 Million US Household Details

A hack discovered by us-based firm vpnMentor that has exposed a database of 80 million (nearly 65 percent) American households. The unprotected 24GB database, hosted on Microsoft Cloud servers, includes the number of people living in each household with their full names, their marital status, income bracket, age, and more. While some information is available freely, other data like title, gender, etc are coded.

News US

·6 years ago

BlackBerry releases April 2019 Android Security Update for BlackBerry Android devices

BlackBerry has today rolled out the April 2019 Android Security update to BlackBerry Android devices. The Android Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices.

BlackBerry Android Devices and OS

·6 years ago

BlackBerry Cylance Named A Strong Performer in 2019 Forrester Wave

BlackBerry Cylance, a business unit of BlackBerry, today announced that Forrester Research has selected the company as a strong performer in the recent Forrester Wave report covering cybersecurity incident response (IR) services.

BlackBerry

·6 years ago

Android Phones can now be used as Physical Security Keys

Google has announced Android phones can now be used as a Bluetooth-based security key to be used for two-factor authentication. The new functionality enables users to add an additional layer of security to a Google account via the Chrome browser.

Google Android

·6 years ago

Google releases April 2019 Android Security Bulletin and Google Device Images

Google has released the April 2019 Android Security Bulletin, giving carriers and device makers a fresh set of patches to install. Though Google puts out the Android security patches each month, the job of actually getting the fixes to end users falls on the telcos and/or device manufacturers themselves. Those partners vary in their ability to release the patches in a timely fashion.

Android Devices and OS Google

·6 years ago

NAO publishes damning report on UK Government Cyber Security Programme

The UK has one of the world’s leading digital economies, making it more vulnerable to cyber-attacks from hostile countries, criminal gangs and individuals, which continue to increase and evolve as it becomes easier and cheaper to launch attacks.

News UK

·6 years ago

BlackBerry releases March 2019 Android Security Update for BlackBerry Android devices

BlackBerry has today rolled out the March 2019 Android Security update to BlackBerry Android devices. The Android Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices.

BlackBerry Android Devices and OS

·6 years ago

Verizon acquires ProtectWise

In addition to adding BlackBerry Cylance’s artificial intelligence (AI)-based endpoint security products to its managed security services portfolio, Verizon further added to its security portfolio with an acquisition of ProtectWise.

US Connected

·6 years ago

Verizon adds BlackBerry Cylance to Security Services portfolio

Verizon has added BlackBerry Cylance's AI-driven antivirus security solutions to its Managed Security Services (MSS) portfolio. CylanceProtect prevents ransomware, fileless attacks, and other unknown threats from executing on the endpoint.

BlackBerry US

·6 years ago

BlackBerry Cylance adds UEBA monitoring with CylancePERSONA

BlackBerry Cylance today introduced CylancePERSONA, an AI-driven proactive user and entity behaviour analytics (UEBA) add-on to their platform that adds monitoring capabilities that identifies suspicious users in real time.

BlackBerry Connected

·6 years ago

AttackIQ and BlackBerry Cylance to Deliver Enterprise Endpoint Security Validation

AttackIQ has partnered with BlackBerry Cylance to enable organisations to validate that their endpoint security solutions are deployed correctly and conﬁgured optimally, ensuring continuous protection against the latest threats.

BlackBerry Connected

·6 years ago

Google releases March 2019 Android Security Bulletin and Google Device Images

Google has released the March 2019 Android Security Bulletin, giving carriers and device makers a fresh set of patches to install. Though Google puts out the Android security patches each month, the job of actually getting the fixes to end users falls on the telcos and/or device manufacturers themselves. Those partners vary in their ability to release the patches in a timely fashion.

Android Devices and OS Google

·6 years ago

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