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Cyber Monday security tips for businesses
Security experts at Neohapsis have put together the following tips to help keep businesses safe. 1. Use HTTPS – Remind employees to use HTTPS to make sure all data …
Documentary: Buying guns and drugs on the deep web
Motherboard used the deep web to find out just how easy it was to buy guns, drugs, and other contraband online. VICE Germany editor Tom Littlewood talks with cryptology …
Innovations that will shape network security
Headline after headline, some company reports a cyber incident and hangs its head in shame. While it is disappointing, strong businesses have strong leaders that show us how …
Week in review: vBulletin.com hack, new perspective on Stuxnet, and ongoing large-scale MitM attacks
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and articles: Netflix users in danger of unknowingly picking up malware Users of …
Top 10 data disasters from 2013
Kroll Ontrack announced its 11th annual list of the top 10 data disasters from 2013. For the last 11 years, the company has annually been collecting and publishing a list of …
New threats subverting digital signature validation
McAfee Labs found new efforts to circumvent digital signature app validation on Android-based devices. The McAfee Labs team identified a new family of mobile malware that …
The risks of having a false sense of security
Organizations are overwhelmingly confident in their readiness to combat security threats, but may not be prepared for dangers linked to new technology models and increasingly …
NTRU public key crypto released to open source community
RSA and ECC are the two most common public-key crypto systems in use today. At the 2013 Black Hat conference, researchers declared that the math for cracking encryption …
Only half of healthcare IT pros use formal risk assessments
Tripwire and the Ponemon Institute evaluated the attitudes of 1,320 respondents from IT security, IT operations, IT risk management, business operations, compliance/internal …
Are tablets secure enough for business?
Amazon is launching its first enterprise-ready tablet. A smart move, as the much-loved mobile device can finally be integrated into business. However it does beg the question, …
What e-commerce companies think about DDoS protection
Prolexic announced the results of a survey of global e-commerce companies who were asked about DDoS protection and the effectiveness of different types of DDoS mitigation …
The enemy within
Recent high-profile cases in the press have called attention to the threat the trusted insider can pose to the security of an organization. A recent survey highlighted that …
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