Governments are behind on data encryption in the public cloud
A HyTrust survey of 59 government and military organizations found that nearly 20 percent of those respondents do not implement data security or encryption solutions in the …
Nintendo offers up to $20,000 for bug info
Video game giant Nintendo has set up a bug bounty program through HackerOne’s platform, and is asking researchers to find and flag vulnerabilities in the Nintendo 3DS …
Former Expedia IT support worker spied on company executives
A computer support technician formerly employed at Expedia offices in San Francisco pleaded guilty to securities fraud. Jonathan Ly, 28, admitted he used his position in tech …
Dailymotion urges users to reset passwords in wake of possible breach
Breach notification service LeakedSource has added information about over 87 million Dailymotion users to its search index. The information includes 87+ million email …
Top 6 breach response best practices for 2017
Cybercrime costs are expected to rise to $2 trillion by 2018, according to Juniper Research, in large part because the increase in cyber threats is resulting in a surge in …
Remote access options for unidirectionally protected networks
In this podcast recorded at IoT Solutions World Congress Barcelona 2016, Andrew Ginter, VP of Industrial Security at Waterfall Security, talks about remote access options for …
Laws, regulations and contracts that infosec pros should be familiar with
If you’re a white hat and you want to continue being one, knowing what laws and industry regulations allow or not allow (or require or not require) you to do is of …
Disttrack wiper malware hits Saudi Arabia’s aviation agency
Shamoon attackers with their Disttrack wiper malware have hit Saudi Arabian entities again. The Saudi government confirmed the latest breaches on Thursday, and for now the …
The global decline of cybersecurity confidence
Tenable Network Security solicited insights from 700 security practitioners in nine countries and across seven industry verticals to calculate a global index score reflecting …
Intentional or not, insider threats are real
Despite the perception that hackers are a company’s biggest cybersecurity threat, insiders, including careless or naive employees, are now viewed as an equally important …
Most email authentication implementations fail
Most of the world’s largest businesses fail at attempts to use open industry standards to control which email is sent using their names. Three quarters of large …
50% of businesses not leveraging public cloud
While more than 50 percent of respondents are not currently leveraging public cloud, 80 percent plan on migrating more within the next year, according to TriCore Solutions. As …
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