Intel: Criminals getting better at data exfiltration
Enterprises tend to be highly focused on keeping attackers out of their systems, but most of the actual damage happens not when the bad guys…
The Web’s ten most dangerous neighborhoods
Wouldn’t it be convenient if all the spam and malware sites were all grouped together under one top-level domain — .evil, say — so that…
Intel: Criminals getting better at data exfiltration
Enterprises tend to be highly focused on keeping attackers out of their systems, but most of the actual damage happens not when the bad guys…
The Web’s ten most dangerous neighborhoods
Wouldn’t it be convenient if all the spam and malware sites were all grouped together under one top-level domain — .evil, say — so that…
CSO burnout biggest factor in infosec talent shortage
The real cause of the talent shortage in the information security field isn’t a lack of new people entering the profession, but retention and churn…
CSO burnout biggest factor in infosec talent shortage
The real cause of the talent shortage in the information security field isn’t a lack of new people entering the profession, but retention and churn…
Amazon dumps Flash, and the Web is better off
Amazon will stop accepting Flash ads on its advertising network on Tuesday, and it will help make the entire Web more secure, security experts say.…
Amazon dumps Flash, and the Web is better off
Amazon will stop accepting Flash ads on its advertising network on Tuesday, and it will help make the entire Web more secure, security experts say.According…
Phishing is a $3.7-million annual cost for average large company
The average 10,000-employee company spends $3.7 million a year dealing with phishing attacks, according to a new report from the Ponemon Institute.The report, which surveyed…
Most corporate risk due to just 1% of employees
Just 1 percent of employees are responsible for 75 percent of cloud-related enterprise security risk, and companies can dramatically reduce their exposure at very little…
Most corporate risk due to just 1% of employees
Just 1 percent of employees are responsible for 75 percent of cloud-related enterprise security risk, and companies can dramatically reduce their exposure at very little…
LG phones most exposed to new Certifi-gate vulnerability
More than 70 percent of Android phones from LG have a plugin installed that exposes them to the Certifi-gate remote support app vulnerability, where a…
Fraud rate doubles as cybercriminals create new accounts in users’ name
To get more value out of stolen personal information, cybercriminals doubled their rate of account creation fraud this summer, according to a report report from…
Tips for protecting your business against cyber extortion
CrytoLocker is malware cyber criminals use to encrypt the contents of a computer until users pay up.But that’s only one type of cyber extortion, according…
Virtualization doubles the cost of security breach
When a security incident involves virtual machines in either a public or private cloud environment, the recovery costs double compared to that of a traditional…
Tips for protecting your business against cyber extortion
CrytoLocker is malware cyber criminals use to encrypt the contents of a computer until users pay up.But that’s only one type of cyber extortion, according…
Review: Canonical continues cloud push with Ubuntu 15.04
According to the latest statistics from The Cloud Market, Ubuntu now accounts for 59% of all images on the Amazon EC2 platform. Windows has 8%,…
DRM could be making a comeback in the enterprise
Digital rights management might be coming back to the enterprise, experts say, as long as usability issues don’t get in the way.You might remember the…
Report: ISIS-related cyber war reaches Alabama
The war against Islamic State has resulted in a cyber attack on US soil, and other such attacks are likely, according to a new report…
DDoS attacks double as criminals leverage home routers, WordPress plugins
The number of distributed denial-of-service attacks in the second quarter of this year was more than double that of last year, according to a new…
CISOs facing boards need better business, communication skills
As information security becomes a more important topic of interest for corporate boards, CISOs are increasingly asked to step up and brief boards on cyber…
New IP address blacklist based on Web chatter
Traditionally, blacklists of malicious IP addresses are assembled using honeypots and intrusion detection systems but a new approach, analyzing chatter on the dark and open…
Darkhotel expands targets, ups sophistication, leverages Hacking Team exploit
Darkhotel — the elite spying group discovered luxury hotels’ Wi-Fi networks last year — is back with new targets, new defensive capabilities, and a new…
Darkhotel expands targets, ups sophistication, leverages Hacking Team exploit
Darkhotel — the elite spying group discovered luxury hotels’ Wi-Fi networks last year — is back with new targets, new defensive capabilities, and a new…
GameOver ZeuS criminals spied on Turkey, Georgia, Ukraine and OPEC
The criminals behind the GameOver ZeuS Botnet didn’t just steal $100 million from banks — they also spied on several countries on behalf of Russia,…
Report: IoT is the next frontier for ransomware
LAS VEGAS — The growth of the Internet of Things will offer new ransomware opportunities for cybercriminals, according to a report released Thursday by Symantec.Researchers…
GameOver ZeuS criminals spied on Turkey, Georgia, Ukraine and OPEC
The criminals behind the GameOver ZeuS Botnet didn’t just steal $100 million from banks — they also spied on several countries on behalf of Russia,…
Terracotta VPN hijacks servers for commercial gain
The Terracotta commercial VPN, marketed in China under a number of different brand names, uses hacked servers to power its network and the network has…
T-Mobile caught in crossfire of injected ad war with Flash Networks
LAS VEGAS – An ongoing conflict between website owners and ad injectors who place unwanted ads on those websites has just flared up into full-blown war,…
T-Mobile caught in crossfire of injected ad war with Flash Networks
LAS VEGAS – An ongoing conflict between website owners and ad injectors who place unwanted ads on those websites has just flared up into full-blown war,…