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CSO Security Awareness Weekly Apr 25, 2016 You've been hit with ransomware. Now what? When their data has been stolen, and is being held hostage, companies are increasingly caving in to cybercriminal demands for payment. Short of paying up, the best defense is a good offense. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Uber fraud: Scammer takes the ride, victim gets the bill • 4 tech nightmares keeping IT leaders up at night White Paper: Neustar Inc April 2016 Security Operations Center Report In recent years, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks evolved from a novelty used to create a minor nuisance to a stealth weapon capable of crippling digital infrastructures. Read More ▶ Uber fraud: Scammer takes the ride, victim gets the bill Some users of the ride-hailing service Uber have found themselves being charged for "ghost" rides they never ordered, since their credentials were stolen and sold on the Dark Web. Experts say better security practices by the company is helping, but users have to step up their security game as well. Read More ▶ 4 tech nightmares keeping IT leaders up at night What's keeping CIOs awake at night? From data breaches to social engineering, there's plenty to keep tech types tossing and turning. Read More ▶ White Paper: Neustar Inc The Drivers And Inhibitors Of Cloud-Based External DNS In December 2015, Neustar commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate the rates at which midmarket and enterprise firms are deploying their external DNS to the cloud, as well as the factors that both encourage and discourage such migrations. Read More ▶ Top 5 Stories 1. Hacking Team postmortem is something all security leaders should read 2. That man who 'deleted his entire company' with a line of code? It was a hoax 3. What to do when Locky strikes 4. These CISOs explain why they got fired 5. 10 whaling emails that could get by an unsuspecting CEO Editor's Picks 1. 15 hot, new security and privacy apps for Android and iOS 2. How to get creative with your penetration testing 3. 5 security bolstering strategies that won't break the bank 4. What's wrong with this picture? The NEW clean desk test 5. Inside an attack by the Syrian Electronic Army

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