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| The IRS faces an uphill battle in combatting identity theft, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t trying. In fiscal year 2015, the IRS said it started 776 identity theft related investigations, which resulted in 774 sentencings through its Criminal Investigation enforcement efforts. The courts continue to impose significant jail time with the average penalty in 2015 at 38 months in jail— the longest sentencing being over 27 years. Read More ▶ |
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| | | Video/Webcast: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Join us live April 5th @11:00 AM EDT for this webcast to understand the trends that are disrupting the way security is managed today. Read More ▶ | | Other El Capitan modifications fixed compatibility problems between the operating system and Cisco's AnyConnect VPN client, and improved the reliability of connecting a Mac to the Internet using the iPhone's Personal Hotspot tool. Read More ▶ |
| | According to the FBI, the new cybercriminals Amad Umar Agha 22, known online as “The Pro,” and Firas Dardar, 27, known online as “The Shadow,” engaged in a multi-year conspiracy that began in 2011 to collect usernames and passwords that gave them the ability to deface websites, redirect domains to sites controlled by the conspirators, steal e-mail, and hijack social media accounts. Read More ▶ |
| | This week Robbins restructured Cisco’s enormous engineering unit to better align with market trends. Read More ▶ |
| | | | DROWN was disclosed on March 1, but a full week later 676 SaaS applications were still vulnerable to the attack. Read More ▶ |
| | The Tor Project is fortifying its software so that it can quickly detect if its network is tampered with for surveillance purposes, a top developer for the volunteer project wrote on Monday. Read More ▶ |
| | Advanced prevention will dominate and change the endpoint security market Read More ▶ |
| | Don't expect the U.S. government to back off its push for technology vendors to build encryption workarounds into their products, even as the FBI has acknowledged it may have a way to crack into an iPhone used in a high-profile mass shooting case. Read More ▶ |
| | White Paper: SecureAuth SecureAuth is pushing the limits of Adaptive Authentication by introducing behavioral biometrics. Behavioral biometrics is another method for detecting threats with the ability to monitor and analyze keystrokes, mouse movements, and touch dynamics. Read More ▶ | Join The Network World Communities As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World’s LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity).
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