Latest Cybersecurity Articles

The Flash Keyboard app has been downloaded more than 50 million times — but is capable of some extremely dangerous behaviors.”It looked like it was…

Enterprise use of encryption saw the largest increase over the past year in over a decade, according to a report released today by the Ponemon…

Companies that use remote device management software to oversee employee devices used for business have the ability to collect a lot more information than employees…

Security managers working with industrial control systems are increasingly concerned about security, and worried about insufficient information sharing in the industry, according to a new…

With great power comes great responsibility — and also a great big target painted on your head. At least, that’s the case lately with corporate…

If CISOs don’t do a good job of communicating, 59 percent of board members said that the security executives stand to lose their jobs, according…

A majority of companies don’t have the technology in place to keep employees from sharing confidential documents, according to a study released today. In particular,…

Globally, 47 percent of consumers would switch their mobile phone carrier in the event of a security breach, up 7 percent from last year, but…

Shaming carriers and smartphone manufacturers into applying patches faster is a step forward, but a lot more needs to be done to improve security of…

Surescripts is not a data science company. But as the largest health information network in the country, they’ve gotten good at handling Big Data. And…

As of the end of March, 93 percent of all phishing emails contained encryption ransomware, according to a report released today by PhishMe. That was…

When it comes to issuing credentials to employees, government agencies benefit from an additional authentication step that is not well appreciated: At some point in…

In the federal government, Common Access Cards and personal identity verification cards for employees and contractors incorporate biometrics and give agencies a better foundation for…

A recent test of pre-installed updater software on 10 laptops showed that every single one had security problems.”We went and bought about 10 laptops,” said…

In theory, nobody should be paying any money to the ransomware extortionists. Doesn’t everyone have backups these days? Even consumer has access to a wide…

When it comes to protecting data, it’s rarely as simple as “encrypt it all, all the time” Read full article at FCW

Crooks stole $12.7 million at 1,400 Japanese ATMs earlier this month, with around 100 people making 14,000 transactions with 1,600 counterfeit credit cards based on…

When consumers log into their online banking accounts, is there anything that their bank might do to ensure that the person’s computer is free from…

Last week, the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission called cybersecurity the biggest risk facing the global financial industry. “Cyber risks can produce far-reaching…

Most enterprise users with Android phones are still vulnerable to an exploit that allows attackers to get into their phone’s Qualcomm Secure Executive Environment and…

Cybercrime may be booming but its business model is vulnerable on many fronts, according to a new report.”We’ve been observing that they’ve been acting like…

Although cybercriminals have been turning out specialized hacking and attack tools at a rapid pace, terrorists are often using legitimate, consumer-focused technologies, according to a…

The percentage of health care data breaches due to criminals has risen from 20 to 50 percent since 2010, but health care organizations are failing…

The PCI Security Standards Council now requires better authentication, encryption and penetration testing by companies that accept consumer payments, improvements lauded by security experts.”There are…

According to the most recent Verizon data breach report, a phishing email is often the first phase of an attack. That’s because it works well,…

Data encryption addresses four major areas: data in motion, data stored on user devices, data stored on servers and data that is currently being used.…

IT managers know the movies get it wrong. A teenager with a laptop cannot crack multiple layers of encryption.

Peak-time distributed denial-of-service attacks cost organizations more than $100,000 per hour, said half of the respondents to a new survey of mid-sized and large corporations…

Peak-time distributed denial-of-service attacks cost organizations more than $100,000 per hour, said half of the respondents to a new survey of mid-sized and large corporations…

Facebook’s Messenger app has allowed users to send money to friends using their debit cards since last spring, but recent reports indicate that Facebook may…