Five examples of user-centered bank fraud
In today’s digital-first world, banks and financial service companies need to allow their customers to easily manage money online in order to compete. Unfortunately, most …
Microsoft is right, mandatory password changes are obsolete
Microsoft has recently come out and said that mandatory password changing is ancient and obsolete. This goes directly against everything we were trained to think for the last …
Solving security problems: Security advice for those with limited resources
In this interview, Mark Sangster, VP & Industry Security Strategist at eSentire, gives SMBs advice on how to minimize the risk of a data breach through better security …
How to improve the hiring and retaining of infosec professionals?
The cybersecurity staffing and skills shortage is a well-known reality and the situation is predicted to get worse in the coming years. There are many problems There are …
Thwart the pressing threat of RDP password attacks
How long does it takes for Internet-facing, RDP-enabled computers to come under attack? In some cases, a few minutes. In most, less than 24 hours. The problem with RDP …
Security or compliance? Stop choosing between them
The difference between security and compliance is more than just process. It’s philosophy and practice. Compliance can be one tactical execution of a great security strategy …
Healthcare’s blind spot: Unmanaged IoT and medical devices
From imaging to monitoring systems, infusion pumps to therapeutic lasers and life support machines, medical devices are used to improve and streamline patient care. Many of …
Securing modern web apps: A case for framework-aware SAST
If you were to write a web application entirely by yourself, it would be a rather daunting task. You would need to write the UI elements from lower-level APIs, set up and …
The importance of hardening firmware security
It’s no secret that attackers traditionally go after low-hanging fruit when hacking a system. Historically, this has meant targeting user applications, and, for deeper …
Avoiding a biometric dystopia
In part one of our two-part series, we explored how biometric authentication methods are being defeated. In the second part, we’ll explore how manipulating biometrics can …
Do you have what it takes to be a hardware hacker?
If you ask Yago Hansen, a hacker specialized in Wi-Fi and RF security, curiosity and a willingness to learn and improve your skills are the two things that you absolutely must …
Inside the NIST team working to make cybersecurity more user-friendly
Cybersecurity is usually not a user’s primary duty, yet they suffer an increasing burden to respond to security warnings, maintain many complex passwords, and make security …
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