Don't pay ransoms. But if you must, here's where to buy the Bitcoins

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CSO Update Apr 04, 2017 Don't pay ransoms. But if you must, here's where to buy the Bitcoins Ransomware grew into a $1 billion industry last year, and ransom payments now account for nearly 10 percent of the entire Bitcoin economy. Avoiding becoming part of that statistic requires good endpoint security and effective backups. But what if your defenses fail, your backups are inadequate, all attempts to restore the data fail, and you have to pay the ransom after all -- what do you do? Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • March 2017: The month in hacks and breaches • What makes a good application pen test? Metrics • 5 ways data classification can prevent an insurance data breach • McAfee is once again an independent company • Cyber Crying: a song describing our cyber plight • How CISOs can overcome cybersecurity pollution Video/Webcast: Forcepoint Top 5 Risk Mitigations in a Cloud-First World As applications and data become cloud-based, IT security professionals must prepare their future architecture and risk management programs for a cloud-first world. Join an exclusive webcast by Forcepoint™ and 451 Research on the Top 5 Risk Mitigations in a Cloud-First World. Read More ▶ March 2017: The month in hacks and breaches Voter records, patient data, and CIO hacking tools were among the data stolen last month. Read More ▶ What makes a good application pen test? Metrics Research from application security crowd testing and bug bounty program provider Cobalt attempts to define what enterprises could measure to improve results Read More ▶ 5 ways data classification can prevent an insurance data breach Spirion CEO Todd Feinman offers examples of how insurance firms can leverage data classification to reduce the risk of data theft and costly compliance violations. Read More ▶ McAfee is once again an independent company Famed anti-virus vendor McAfee is an independent company again as the sale of the majority of the firm to private equity firm TPG became final this morning. All current McAfee personnel, including research analysts, sales teams and support staff will remain in place, and products and pricing will also stay the same. Read More ▶ Cyber Crying: a song describing our cyber plight A cybersecurity and hacker song and poem. Read More ▶ How CISOs can overcome cybersecurity pollution How to assess a cybersecurity vendor in simple, unbiased and efficient manner? Read More ▶ Video/Webcast: Sencha Using Sencha Ext JS with Progressive Web Apps for a Competitive Edge If you or your development team is considering introducing Progressive Web Apps into your organization, join this webinar, where we will provide an in-depth overview of Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), how PWAs work, key enterprise concerns, and how you can use Sencha technologies to your benefit for implementing PWAs across your organization. Read More ▶ Top 5 Stories 1. Hackers continue to troll LinkedIn 2. Open-source developers targeted in sophisticated malware attack 3. 7 sexy high-tech enterprise 'surveillance engineer' techniques that criminal hackers use 4. Congress to US citizens: Want online privacy? Pay up! 5. Myth-busting the urban legends surrounding the energy sector 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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