US to ban electronic devices from airplane cabins on some US-bound flights
With a (now deleted) tweet, Royal Jordanian Airlines has jumped the gun on a new ban by the US government expected to be announced on Tuesday: air travellers to the US from …
Endpoint security is only one piece of the puzzle
Like many of you, I attended RSAC in February. Wading through the crowd of more than 43,000 people, I was interested to see how many new and improved endpoint security …
Offer of nude celeb photos turns Twitter users into spammers
If not careful, Twitter users who are dead set on seeing nude photos of WWE star Paige will end up on marketers’ spam lists and with their own Twitter account pushing …
Managing third-party risk: Dominant trends
One in five organizations has faced significant risk exposure due to a third party in the last 18 months. Of those who shared loss data, 25% said that the loss impact was …
Even a cybersecurity firm can fall for a W-2 phishing scam
US Tax Day (April 18) is quickly approaching, and scammers are hard at work to get what they can before the set tax season deadline. The US IRS is warning about last-minute …
Hijacking Windows user sessions with built-in command line tools
Did you know that by using built-in command line tools, any user with system rights and permissions (usually a local administrator) can hijack the session of any logged-in …
Organizations still vulnerable to brute force attacks
While increases in malware are clearly a major threat to both enterprises and service providers, network complexity is creating its own vulnerability, according to Ixia. The …
300+ Cisco switches affected by critical bug found in Vault 7 data dump
While combing through WikiLeaks’ Vault 7 data dump, Cisco has unearthed a critical vulnerability affecting 300+ of its switches and one gateway that could be exploited …
Cybersecurity today: Turning positive with new thinking and innovation
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2017, Melanie Ensign, Co-Chair for WISP and Head of Security & Privacy Communications at Uber, and Ajay Arora, CEO and founder …
Cyber insurance: What and why?
High-profile cyber-attacks are fast becoming the norm in modern society, with 2016 being arguably the worst year for major security breaches. National Crime Agency statistics …
How to harmonize IT GRC controls in your environment
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2017, Tim White, Director of Product Management, Policy Compliance at Qualys, talks about about achieving uniform compliance in risk …
Week in review: WhatsApp flaw, lip motion passwords, reinventing software patching
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: Vulnerability in WhatsApp and Telegram allowed complete account takeover …