CNN recently estimated that in the first six months of 2018, the cryptocurrency market lost approximately $731 million to hackers and theft. One of the most famous software breaches—which caused major panic in the market—involved Cointhumb, a cryptocurrency exchange with more than 1 million users. In this breach, hackers stole around $32 million from customers’ wallets.

The concept of dark data is only just starting to gain prominence in IT circles. However, there is still a lot of confusion as to just what the term refers to, and the nature of the challenges and opportunities presented by the phenomenon.

Data safety is a major concern for users when surfing the Internet. The complete knowledge of what their computer is sending across the browser to the website they are visiting might not always be clear to most users, but the reassurance that that data is in safe hands and will not be misused is sufficient.

EventSentry v3.5 continues to increase visibility into networks with additional vantage points, making it easier for EventSentry users to reduce their attack surface as well as discover anomalies.

The use of mobile devices as endpoints for corporate and public networks continues as a prevailing trend, putting an emphasis on the need for readily available internet connections and data-processing capabilities.