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Sep 21, 2016 By Paul Curran | The financial sector is under constant attack by cyber criminals. In fact, banks are attacked four times more than other industries. Large bank hacks and exploits continually made headlines over 2015 and that trend continues as we progress into Q4 of 2016. What are the major cyber threats facing organizations in the financial and banking sectors, what steps can these organizations take in order to secure their code and what role can source code analysis play in securing banking applications against attackers?
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Sep 11, 2016 By Paul Curran | Summer 2016 has been a hot one for hackers, and August continued the trend of persistent attacks and breaches seen in June and July. This August, American institutions across all levels were hit particularly hard as the Democratic Party was hacked again by Guccifer 2.0, the National Security Agency had one of their sophisticated cyber weapons stolen and put up for auction and the FBI warned that the Board of Elections in two separate states had been targetted by possibly foreign hackers.   August 2016 hacks were unusual, such the release of patients’ urology information in Ohio, and alarming as seen in the theft of over $80 million dollars from the Bangladesh Bank over the long weekend. Read on to discover more of the cyber threats that targetted governments, citizens and financial institutions around the world in August 2016. 
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Sep 08, 2016 By Paul Curran | In late August 2016, news broke that the FBI was investigating two hacks against the Board of Elections in Illinois and Arizona. With the fervor of the 2016 US elections reaching a tipping point as November nears, the possibility of a hack has raised serious concerns by both voters and voting officials especially as the electoral system becomes increasingly reliant on technology. While the numbers affected by these hacks are significantly smaller than other major hacks and breaches in 2016, the fact that there could be foreign meddling in either the elections process or voter data is a serious cause for alarm. Read our infographic to find out more about these 2016 US election hacks, the victims and the perpetrators.
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Sep 06, 2016 By Kevin Beaver | Year after year, new studies come out from popular vendors and research institutions underscoring that we have quite a ways to go with this thing we call security. Outside of the malware threat that grows a bit more complicated each year, the studies show that we continue to miss the bar in terms of protecting critical systems and sensitive information assets. In a nutshell, we’re missing the basics. That is, the flaws that we already know about and we have solutions for but haven’t yet found the time or political backing to resolve. Read why in 2016 software security, even basic application security, is still as important as ever.
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Aug 21, 2016 By Paul Curran | As America still reels from the damage created after the giant Office of Personnel Management (OPM) hack, it’s time to wonder what 2017 has in store for American federal cyber security. It’s not even over yet, and 2016 has been a big year not only for major breaches targeting federal agencies, but also for some big strides forward in the way that America’s treating the future of cyber security.  
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Aug 18, 2016 By Paul Curran | WhatsApp recently made global headlines with the news that all forms of communication sent through the app feature end-to-end encryption. This additional layer of security which meant that all messages and files would be secured from falling into the wrong hands, but what is needed to properly encrypt data and what happens when sensitive data is not properly encrypted?  
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