cybersecurity
Activists targeted with barrage of creative phishing attempts
More often than not, the human element is the weakest link in the security chain. This fact is heavily exploited by cyber attackers, and makes phishing and spear-phishing …
Inadequate IT processes continue to create major security and compliance risks
The results of a study of more than 900 IT security professionals, conducted by Dimensional Research, spotlights how common security best practices – such as timely …
Company directors are increasingly involved with cybersecurity
According to a new survey by BDO USA, 79% of public company directors report that their board is more involved with cybersecurity than it was 12 months ago and 78% say they …
Laying the foundation for a proactive SOC
Most companies are trying to shift their Security Operations Center (SOC) from a reactive to a proactive posture. To do that, the analysts’ reaction to security events …
Is this the year SIEM goes over the cliff?
While this may not be the year that Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions fall off of the cliff of relevancy into obsolete software land, they are slowly …
Which security investments make a difference?
Costly cyber attacks are having a significant and growing financial impact on businesses worldwide. According to Accenture and the Ponemon Institute, in 2017 the average cost …
Sophisticated threats? It’s usually the basic ones that get you
To listen to the headlines, the threats we face today are so sophisticated and intense, they can only be evaded with the help of artificial intelligence and machine learning. …
Three out of four DDoS attacks target multiple vectors
Three out of every four DDoS attacks employed blended, multi-vector approaches in the second quarter of 2017, according to Nexusguard. Distribution of DDoS attack vectors The …
Industry reactions to the Deloitte cyber attack
Deloitte has been targeted in an attack that compromised the emails and plans of some of its clients. Here are some of the industry comments Help Net Security received …
Cyber threat analysis in complex adaptive systems
The use of wartime analogies in cybersecurity is common in our industry. Sun Tzu is often quoted in presentations and papers to emphasize an author’s key point. I will spare …
Three things to know about the dark web
One of the more curious aspects about the dark web is that it didn’t start out as such a dark place: it began with bulletin boards in the 80s and 90s – the markets of …
Legacy networks holding back cloud and digital transformation
A new global survey by Riverbed Technology, which includes responses from 1,000 IT decision makers across nine countries, revealed an incredible level of agreement that legacy …
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