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Computerworld Security Issues and Trends Jun 01, 2016 Printer security: Is your company's data really safe? IT managers have found that printers can pose major cybersecurity risks --assuming they pay any attention to them at all. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Crying 'Wolf!' seems to work for security • Review: New tools to fight insider threats • WordPress plug-in flaw puts over 1M websites at risk • New JavaScript spam wave distributes Locky ransomware • Are you buried under your security data? • IoT security is getting its own crash tests • Senate proposal to require encryption workarounds may be dead • Top-level domain expansion is a security risk for business computers • Do we need vendor allies in the malware arms race? • Faception can allegedly tell if you're a terrorist just by analyzing your face • Privacy Shield needs improvement, says EU privacy watchdog White Paper: Level 3 Communications 5 Signs Your Cloud Connection Is Mission-Critical Ready Is your cloud connection "mission-critical" ready? It all depends on the types of applications you're running in the cloud, and how important they are to the productivity of your people and the success of your business. Public, private or hybrid, there's a lot to know, but where do you start? Read More ▶ Crying 'Wolf!' seems to work for security Breaches that weren't have gotten a lot of attention — and that's not such a bad thing. Read More ▶ Review: New tools to fight insider threats An entire industry has sprung up to provide a defense against insider threats. We tested products from Fortscale, Avanan, and PFU Systems, with each one concentrating on a different aspect of the problem. Read More ▶ WordPress plug-in flaw puts over 1M websites at risk Owners of WordPress-based websites should update the Jetpack plug-in as soon as possible because of a serious flaw that could expose their users to attacks. Read More ▶ New JavaScript spam wave distributes Locky ransomware Over the past week, computers throughout Europe have been hit by a massive email spam campaign carrying malicious JavaScript attachments that install the Locky ransomware program. Read More ▶ Are you buried under your security data? I am skeptical about the whole idea of threat intelligence sharing. The big problem, is not the lack of information, but rather the ability to process and act on it. If we cannot use our own data to advantage, why would we expect to be able to use one or more threat intelligence feeds? Read More ▶ IoT security is getting its own crash tests The thousands of endpoints in IoT systems may have to protect themselves against thousands of dangers. A decades-old IT lab wants to tell you if those systems are up to the task. Read More ▶ Senate proposal to require encryption workarounds may be dead A proposal in the U.S. Senate to require smartphone OS developers and other tech vendors to break their own encryption at the request of law enforcement may be dead on arrival. Read More ▶ Top-level domain expansion is a security risk for business computers The explosion of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in recent years can put enterprise computers at risk due to name conflicts between domain names used inside corporate networks and domains that can now be registered on the public Internet. Read More ▶ Do we need vendor allies in the malware arms race? The complexity of today's SOC functions means you probably can't hire and keep a staff with all the necessary training. Read More ▶ Faception can allegedly tell if you're a terrorist just by analyzing your face Faception claims it can spot if you are a terrorist, pedophile, genius or some other personality – judging a book by its cover with an 80% accuracy, by just analyzing your face. An unnamed homeland security inked a contract with the pre-crime-like tech startup. Read More ▶ Privacy Shield needs improvement, says EU privacy watchdog Privacy Shield has a new detractor, and that spells bad news for businesses built on the transatlantic transfer of personal data. Read More ▶ Video/Webcast: Google Apps for Work Atmosphere Digital: Rethinking Security in the Cloud Now you can experience the ease and flexibility of open, collaborative tools while gaining better protection for your data. In this live event brought to you by Google Apps for Work, learn from Google security experts and customers as they share their vision for a safer Internet and discover how Google's innovative security technology meets the unique challenges of working and living in the cloud. Read More ▶ May Digital Magazine: Cross-border data blues Check out our May Digital Magazine, featuring an in-depth story on the EU's new data protection regulations and the pressure on IT teams to achieve compliance. 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