MIT scores worst in cybersecurity
In a cybersecurity survey of 485 large colleges and universities, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology came in at the bottom of the list.In a report…
Security experts mostly critical of proposed threat intelligence sharing bill
This fall, the Senate is expected to take another look at the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, or CISA, but many security experts and privacy advocates…
Ashley Madison still a top lure for scammers and crooks
The Ashley Madison breach has been a Christmas-in-August present for spammers and scammers of all kinds, and your company could be the next target. Here…
Court: FTC can take action on corporate data breaches
The US Court of Appeals has ruled that the FTC mandate to protect consumers against fraudulent, deceptive and unfair business practices extends to oversight of…
Study: 81% of large health care organizations breached
In the past two years, 81 percent of hospitals and health insurance companies have had a data breach, according to a report released by KPMG.”These…
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…
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.…
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…
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%,…
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,…
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,…
Neiman Marcus case a reminder to check your cyber coverage
In a decision that should send major corporations to double-check their cyberinsurance, a federal appeals court ruled Monday that retail customers could go ahead and…
Neiman Marcus case a reminder to check your cyber coverage
In a decision that should send major corporations to double-check their cyberinsurance, a federal appeals court ruled Monday that retail customers could go ahead and…
Google Drive phishing is back — with obfuscation
If you have a Google account and a stranger sends you a link to a document on Google Drive, think twice before clicking — it…
All smartwatches have security flaws
In a recent security assessment of ten smartwatches and their iOS and Android companion applications, every single watch had at least one significant security flaw,…
InfoSec pros spend most time, money on self-inflicted problems
According to a new survey of Black Hat attendees released last week, InfoSec professionals are spending the biggest amount of their time and budgets on…
EFF celebrates 25 years of defending online privacy
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the digital world’s top watchdog when it comes to privacy and free expression.But while cops and firefighters are often ready…
Regulators seek to limit security software exports
The comment period on a proposed set of software export restrictions ends next Monday, and the rules, as written, would severely restrict international sales, deployment,…
‘Morpho’ group goes after corporate IP
Symantec has identified a group of cybercriminals, whom they’ve named “Morpho,” as targeting corporate intellectual property for financial gains, with Twitter, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft…
Despite warnings, majority of firms still run some Windows Server 2003
Enterprises are still heavily dependent on Windows Server 2003 even though there were plenty of warnings that support is coming to an end on July…
IEEE group recommends random MAC addresses for Wi-Fi security
According to new recommendations by an IEEE study group, the Wi-Fi protocol needs to be updated to use randomly generated addresses for better security and…
Who’s winning the mobile payments war?
Mobile payments – using your phone instead of a credit card to make purchases at retail locations – has not taken off. Yet.To read this…
Macros big again with cybercriminals
Up to a year ago, most phishing emails were all about tricking users into clicking on malicious links that led to malware downloads. Starting last…
Cyber-extortionists are liars
The good news about cyber criminals who go in for extortion is that they also tend to be liars. The bad news — they’re extremely…
Banks get attacked four times more than other industries
Modern-day criminals are still following Willie Sutton’s example of going after banks “because there’s where the money is.”According to a new report from Websense Security…
Mobile security: the coming battle of hardware versus software
I’m starting to see signs for Apple Pay and Google Wallet everywhere I go. Google just announced its Android Pay platform and deals with AT&T,…
4 reasons why virtual reality isn’t real yet
UK-based virtual worlds research firm KZero projects that 83 million head-mounted virtual reality display headsets will have been sold by 2018, with a consumer market…