Threat Management

Intrinsic security is at the center of new partnerships and features geared toward improving multicloud management and security.

Legacy applications can leave massive security holes and must be dealt with, no matter how critical they are.

One of the biggest challenges tech companies face is how to handle the rise of manipulated audio and video clips, or so-called deep fakes, as well as disinformation spread by actual political candidates.

The attack methods included spearfishing attacks, exploiting internet-connected devices and using both open-source and custom malware.

The breach was done by “exploiting a vulnerability of one of our server providers, which hadn’t been disclosed to us,” according to the company’s statement.

Facebook said the “coordinated inauthentic behavior” took aim at the U.S., North Africa and Latin America and included “proactive work ahead of the U.S. elections.”

The NSA wanted to show off its Cybersecurity Directorate, a newly minted organization that began operations this month to protect the U.S. against emerging cyber threats.