Day: January 5, 2017

Security expert: Ransomware took in $1 billion in 2016

Increased user awareness of phishing threats, better antivirus technology, more industry-wide information sharing and cross-border efforts by law enforcement authorities will combine to turn the tide against ransomware this year, according to some security experts, but others expect the attacks to continue to increase. According to a security expert who requested anonymity, ransomware cybercriminals took

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8 Docker security rules to live by

Amir Jerbi is co-founder and CTO of Aqua Security, the maker of a comprehensive, purpose-built platform for container security. Prior to Aqua, Jerbi was a chief architect at CA Technologies in charge of the host-based security product line. He holds 14 patents in cloud and virtual security. Odds are, software (or virtual) containers are in

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