Cyberattacks on organizations are predicted to skyrocket during the online holiday shopping season. Here is how to identify possible threats. Beginning with Black Friday and Cyber Monday, cyberattacks are predicted to spike throughout the entire holiday shopping season, according to the recent Carbon Black Holiday Threat Report. These attacks are on track to increase by nearly 60% this season alone, the report found. Last year, global organizations faced a…

IBM announced plans to acquire Red Hat in a deal valued at about $34 billion. Prior to the acquisition, Red Hat’s market capitalization stood at approximately $20.5 billion. The acquisition is by far IBM’s largest deal ever, and the third-biggest in the history of U.S. tech. IBM is acquiring Red Hat, a major distributor of open-source software and technology, in a deal valued around $34 billion, the companies…

Cisco today laid out $2.35 billion in cash and stock for network- identity, authentication and security company Duo. According to Cisco, Duo helps protect organizations against cyber breaches through the company’s cloud-based software that verifies the identity of users and the health of their devices before granting access to applications with the idea of preventing breaches and account takeover. Read more…