In the wake of reports about Russian involvement in fake news and hacks against political targets leading up to the recent presidential election, scholars and security experts are calling for federal action.As of Sunday, 158 scholars have signed an …
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Most cybercriminals make between $1,000 and $3,000 a month, but 20 percent earn $20,000 a month or more, according to a recent report.The data is based on a survey conducted by a closed underground community, said report author Andrei Barysevich, di…
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The city of Lewiston, in north central Idaho, has a population of around 32,000 and an information systems budget of around $800,000 a year.But it wasn’t too small for attackers. For example, the city council meetings, streamed online, were being wa…
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Networked security cameras are the most likely to have vulnerabilities when it comes to securing Internet of Things devices in the enterprise, according to a new report by Zscaler.”I would consider the entire video camera category as particularly da…
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Enterprises considering adopting public clouds are concerned about where their data is located and how it’s protected, according to a new survey by IDG.Companies will have about 60 percent of their IT environment in public, private, or hybrid clouds…
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Advances in machine learning are making security systems easier to train and more flexible in dealing with changing conditions, but not all use cases are benefitting at the same rate.
Machine learning, and artificial intelligence, has been getting …
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For most of us, pagers went out when cell phones came in, but some companies are still using them and when the messages are sent without encryption, attackers can listen in and even interfere with the communications.
According to two new reports by Trend Micro, pagers are still in use in hospital settings and in industrial plants.
Stephen Hilt, Trend Micro’s lead researcher on the project, said they don’t have a concrete percentage on the number of encrypted messages.
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The holiday season rings in more than just higher sales for retailers. There’s also more shoplifting and lower profit margins than the rest of the year, according to a report released today. Plus, this year, there’s an extra surprise — flash mobs.N…
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Russian cybercriminals have field tested their attack techniques on local banks, and have now begun taking them global, according to a new report — and a new breed of mobile attack apps is coming up next.Criminals stole nearly $44 million directly …
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Companies that focus on the immediate breach remediation costs may be missing the big picture, and could be under-investing in security as a result.Several studies have come out recently trying to get a handle on the total costs of a data breach, wi…
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Millions of IoT devices are misconfigured so that they can forward messages — which, combined with default admin settings, allows them to be used to attack e-commerce and other websites, a new report says.The problem is well known and has been arou…
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Shodan is a search engine that looks for internet-connected devices. Hackers use it to find unsecured ports and companies use it to make sure that their infrastructure is locked down. This summer, it was also used by security researchers and law enf…
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Most of the recent data breaches involve customer information such as user names and passwords, credit card numbers, and medical histories. The companies hacked are hurt — they have to contact victims, pay for credit monitoring services and fines, …
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Next week, New York State will begin a 45-day public comment period on its new financial industry cybersecurity regulation — and, so far, security experts have a favorable view of the proposal.Under the new regulations, banks and insurance companie…
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A single ransomware author and distributor was able to collect $121 million in ransomware payments during the first half of this year, netting $94 million after expenses, according to a report released today.”Ransomware has grown over the years, and…
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