cybersecurity
Don’t sleep on laptop security, safeguard your data
For many of us, shutting our laptops after a tough day in the office is a satisfying feeling that signals the end of work until tomorrow. But what we don’t realise is that …
Endpoint breach prevention by reducing attack surfaces
In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2018, Chris Carlson, VP of Product Management, Cloud Agent Platform at Qualys, talks about endpoint breach prevention by reducing …
2.6 billion records exposed in 2,300 disclosed breaches so far this year
Risk Based Security released its Mid-Year 2018 Data Breach QuickView report, showing there have been 2,308 publicly disclosed data compromise events through June 30th. After a …
Cloud computing remains top emerging business risk
Cloud computing ranks as the top risk concern for executives in risk, audit, finance and compliance, according to the latest survey by Gartner. In Gartner’s latest quarterly …
Chaos and confusion reign with existing firewall infrastructure
Many organizations are still struggling to master basic firewall hygiene, promising increased complexity and risk associated with network security policy management for those …
DDoS attackers increasingly strike outside of normal business hours
DDoS attack volumes have increased by 50% to an average of 3.3 Gbps during May, June and July 2018, compared to 2.2 Gbps during the previous quarter, according to Link11. …
PSD2 SCA requirements will be implemented soon, are you ready?
As the second Payment Services Directive continues its rollout, regulations making it obligatory for organisations to implement strong customer authentication (SCA) in online …
Connecting the dots to North Korea as a threat adversary
Reports of malware campaigns invariably focus on two critical conclusions: attribution and who was the intended target of the attack. It is challenging to draw swift …
Three A’s of SaaS adoption, and why every company goes through them
I’ve noticed that as more and more companies turn to SaaS applications to power their business, they all experience the same journey along the way, more or less. Everyone goes …
10,644 vulnerabilities disclosed in the first half of 2018
There have been 10,644 vulnerabilities disclosed through June 30th, according to Risk Based Security’s 2018 Mid Year VulnDB QuickView report. This is the highest number …
Election systems should be considered critical infrastructure
93 percent of security professionals are concerned about cyber-attacks targeting election infrastructure and data, and 81 percent believe cyber criminals will target election …
Vulnerabilities in smart card drivers open systems to attackers
Security researcher Eric Sesterhenn of X41 D-SEC GmbH has unearthed a number of vulnerabilities in several smart card drivers, some of which can allow attackers to log into …