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One-Third of Internal User Accounts Are 'Ghost Users' Due to inadequate access controls on various systems attackers and malware can easily move laterally through an organization destroying content.  Meager access controls on folders and file systems are leaving organizations wide open to the lateral movement of attackers and malware, according to a new report. Security firm Varonis analyzed data risk assessments performed by its engineers on 130 companies and 5.5 petabyes of data through 2017. What concerns Varonis technical evangelist Brian Vecci most is that companies left 21% of all their folders open to everyone in the company. Sensitive folders and files are among the overexposed. Thirty percent of companies leave more than 1,000 sensitive folders accessible to all employees, and 41% have more than 1,000 sensitive files accessible to…

Avast claims its secure browser is 30 percent faster than yours Avast has updated its browser to give users greater control over their online privacy. According to the company, its renamed Avast Secure Browser (formerly SafeZone) is designed to plug the security gaps that result from users' misplaced protection expectations. Features such as Stealth Mode, HTTPS Encryption, anti-tracking and anti-fingerprinting have been designed to account for the 69 percent of UK consumers who believe standard private-browsing modes will anonymize their identity, and the 81 percent who believe their browser would alert them to web-based threats, such as malicious cryptomining and extensions. Based on the Chromium open source platform, the browser also includes Bank Mode, an extension guard, anti-phishing features, a password manager and Flash Protect, designed to free-up computer resources and preserve battery…