cybersecurity
Insider threat blind spot enables employee revenge attacks
Based on threat assessments from global organizations in public and private sector industries, Dtex Systems determined there are active insider threats in all assessed …
The pace of vulnerability disclosure shows no signs of slowing
Unless the pace of vulnerability disclosure slows down in the coming quarters, we are looking at yet another record-breaking year, according to Risk Based Security’s …
Combating fraud and money laundering with graph analytics
Dirty money and money laundering have been around since the existence of currency itself. On a global level, as much as $2 trillion is washed annually, estimates the United …
Automating web app testing to secure your environment
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2018, Dave Ferguson, Director, Product Management for Web Application Security at Qualys, talks about the challenges and benefits of …
Exposing the threat of shadow devices
Infoblox announced new research that exposes the significant threat posed by shadow devices on enterprise networks. Researchers found that enterprise networks across the US, …
Personal encryption usage is increasing
According to a Venafi survey of 512 security professionals attending RSA Conference 2018, sixty-four percent of respondents say their personal encryption usage has increased …
Social media: The zero-trust game
Our value today is measured in numbers. Followers, connections, likes, tweets, and impressions now count toward not only the value of our opinions but also quantify our sphere …
ATM attacks: How hackers are going for gold
Imagine winning the lottery and having an ATM spit huge amounts of cash at you. That’s exactly what some cyber criminals are after. They’re targeting ATMs and launching …
Hacking for fun and profit: How one researcher is making IoT device makers take security seriously
We should all be so lucky to enjoy our work as much as Ken Munro does. Generally attracted by research that “looks fun” and particularly interested in probing the …
Do young people hold the key to closing the cybersecurity talent gap?
The cybersecurity talent shortage is a frequently talked about. Even with the attention, the future still holds more job openings than qualified employees available to fill …
Too many IT pros ignore critical security issues
A recent Outpost24 survey of 155 IT professionals, which revealed that 42 percent ignore critical security issues when they don’t know how to fix them (16 percent) or don’t …
Most financial firms still unprepared for GDPR
With only a few weeks until implementation, more than 50% of investment firms globally are unlikely to be ready for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25 May …