Insider threats continue to dominate
Ordinary employees, privileged users and the supply chain – such as contractors and third party service providers – are all conduits for a traditional insider …
Mobile apps left vulnerable for months
McAfee Labs researchers found that mobile app providers have been slow to address the most basic SSL vulnerabilities: improper digital certificate chain validation. In …
Superfish not the only app using Komodia’s SSL-busting code
As Lenovo backtracked on its initial position that the Superfish adware pre-installed on some of its notebooks is not a security danger, and released a security advisory about …
CTOs targeted with tax-themed phishing emails carrying malware
Tax-themed phishing emails targeting CTOs of tech companies have been spotted by researchers at Talos, Cisco’s security intelligence and research group. The initial …
Flaw makes Cisco routing hardware vulnerable to DoS attacks
A serious vulnerability affecting the software of some of Cisco’s routing hardware systems for telecommunications and Internet service providers could be exploited to …
How important is the critical information infrastructure?
ENISA issued methodologies for the identification of Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) services in communication networks. This study provides state of the art …
96% say ISO 27001 is important for improving security defenses
Already established as international best practice, the information security management standard ISO 27001 has become an effective weapon in the fight against cyber crime. It …
Citizenfour awarded Oscar for Best Documentary
Film director Laura Poitras’ Citizenfour has been recognized as past year’s Best Documentary Feature by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Most of …
Is the Internet hiding a crime wave?
The U.S. crime rate continues to fall, according to the latest FBI’s release based on Uniform Crime Reporting from police departments, but researchers say those numbers, …
Lack of trust is affecting how consumers use the Internet
68% of US smartphone users are concerned about having their activity tracked to serve them targeted ads, suggesting that most smartphone users are uncomfortable with the idea …
Concerns around endpoint security
The overwhelming majority of information security professionals believe end users are their biggest security headache, largely due to their tendency to click on suspicious and …
Week in review: Gemalto SIM heist, Lenovo’s Superfish blunder, cyber spies compromising disk firmware
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Google relaxes its rigid 90-day bug disclosure period Google has announced that its …
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