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Maintaining your cyber security is difficult, yet crucial in this day-and-age. A hacker can easily access your private pictures, videos or any content you did not wish to share with strangers. They can then use that content for multiple purposes. If the hackers find these videos to be intimate, they might blackmail you and demand a hefty ransom.

In 2017 international investors participated in more funding deals of Israeli cybersecurity firms than did Israeli investors. This is “further proof of the growing recognition of Israel as a global leader in cybersecurity,” the report said. At the same time, there was slightly less activity of Israel-based investors, including angels.

Wombat Security emerged in June 2008 as a spinoff of Carnegie Mellon University. Three faculty members at the School of Computer Science created the startup to address the human element of phishing, ultimately building training solutions for cybersecurity.

“Because threat actors target employees as the weakest link, companies need to continuously train employees and arm them with real-time threat data,”

Cyber dangers were at the forefront of policymakers' minds as they attended this year's Munich Security Conference.

News that broke on the eve of the conference, which wrapped up on Sunday, set the tone. US and British officials revealed Russia was behind the NotPetya ransomware attack, with the FBI later indicting 13 Russians and identifying three Russian companies accused of meddling in the 2016 US election.

Qualys said that adjusted fourth-quarter earnings were 32 cents a share, up 39% from a year ago, with revenue rising nearly 19% to $62.9 million. A year earlier, Qualys earned 23 cents a share on sales of $52 million. Analysts expected Qualys to report earnings of 28 cents on sales of $62 million for the period ended Dec. 31.

Publicly available evidence analyzed by experts and reviewed by CyberScoop suggests that whoever deployed the Olympic Destroyermalware on Feb.

 BENGALURU : With the rise in cybersecurity attacks in the last few years, companies from across sectors like manufacturing, auto, IT, BFSI and other government bodies are now pouring millions into buying cyber insurances. In India, however, only a handful of companies have started selling the product including Bajaj Allianz, Marsh among others. 

While countries like China and Russia are cracking down on cryptocurrencies in various ways, the United States is taking its time drafting any form of regulation. According to White House cybersecurity coordinator Rob Joyce, the government has yet to analyze the market sufficiently to understand the risks involved in cryptocurrencies before considering appropriate oversight.

Researchers of the firm discovered three different variants of crypto-mining malware in its top 10 most prevalent threat with Coinhive ranking first. Other crypto-miner malware that made the list include JSEcoin ranked fifth, and Cryptoloot ranked eighth. The firm claims more than one-in-five organizations around the world had been affected by the Coinhive variant last month.

“$96 million in funding for the office was included in President Trump’s FY19 budget request to bolster DOE’s efforts in cybersecurity and energy security,” the Department of Energy announced.