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There are many good reasons for having a national ID system, but proper implementation is crucial to mitigate threats and maintain the balance of data privacy.

By targeting critical infrastructure, cyberwarfare attackers can plunge a nation into chaos without ever firing a single shot.

Evaluate your needs, prioritize apps, implement with users in mind, but most of all, stop waiting and just get started.

A simple search of public records confirms the astounding number of potentially vulnerable cellular gateways in use in many cities’ emergency services vehicles.

While DDoS attack rates hold, tensions rise for organizations trying to mitigate app-targeted attack that can be easily launched by script kiddies.

F5 Labs' David Warburton writes for Venafi, explaining why certificate revocation needs better management to help us detect bad certs.

Trickbot authors gain precious time to defraud unsuspecting victims by adding an encryption layer that slows down the malware investigation process.

Computers disconnected from the wire can still be compromised using advanced, off-the-shelf tools.

Attackers are exploiting new vulnerabilities almost as quickly as they're being discovered.

While app usage and breach costs differ by industry, most organizations, in the face of growing app dependence, still struggle with who owns responsibility for protecting them.

F5 Labs' Preston Hogue writes for SecurityWeek, discussing how cybersecurity can solve its talent shortage by recruiting people who understand the real world.

If you’re game to go beyond just delaying and diverting, try some of these creative deception techniques to successfully hack back at attackers.

Mike Convertino writes for Dark Reading, discussing how Russia has taken advantage of weak social media regulation to weaponize FUD.

F5 Labs' Preston Hogue writes for SecurityWeek, discussing the CHEW framework for assessing the motives behind attacks.

Our systems are under constant attack, so why not try some deception to hack back at attackers? Delaying and diverting are effective methods—and easier to pull off than you might think.

If configured incorrectly, cellular IoT gateways can give attackers access to critical infrastructure, threatening human life in ways only Hollywood has conceived.

It’s critical for security professionals to understand all the components of modern web apps so they can be prepared to fend off attacks at multiple tiers.

Rental scams are getting more sophisticated and are making it harder for legitimate landlords and renters to find each other.

In this report, we demystify the complexities of apps, explore how and where they’re attacked, and provide practical steps to take now to start winning the app protection battle.

Cyber attackers seem to follow President Trump to every important international meeting, but Russia was not the main source of cyber attacks during the recent Trump-Putin meeting, China was.