Full compliance with the PCI DSS drops for the first time in six years
After documenting improvements in Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance over the past six years (2010 – 2016), Verizon’s 2018 Payment Security …
Cryptocurrency mining malware increases 86%
McAfee released its McAfee Labs Threats Report September 2018, examining the growth and trends of new cyber threats in Q2 2018. In the second quarter, they saw the surge in …
Security and privacy improvements in macOS Mojave
Apple has released macOS Mojave, which comes with a new Dark Mode, a redesigned Mac App Store, and many new and modified features. It also sports changes aimed at enhancing …
Poor security behavior still evident in most industry sectors
Security behaviors are poor across most industry sectors in Europe and the Unites States regardless of the employees attitudes towards security. In the largest study on …
Stealthy cryptomining apps still on Google Play
Researchers have flagged 25 apps on Google Play that are surreptitiously mining cryptocurrency for their developers, and some of these have still not been removed, they warn. …
Why security products should be more actionable for users
As an active angel investor in companies that want to bring new security technology into the market, Azi Cohen is most likely to be persuaded to invest by three things: an …
Are you ready? A good incident response plan can protect your organization
The rise in cyber threats in the last several years has shown that organizations must continuously stay ahead of adversaries to protect their investments: data, intellectual …
Smart homes, dumb devices: Making the IoT safe
The Internet of Things is growing by the second. Gartner predicts that by 2020, there will be 20.4 billion connected devices worldwide. Unfortunately, this vast network …
Researchers develop invisibly thin spray-on antennas
The promise of wearables, functional fabrics, the Internet of Things, and their “next-generation” technological cohort seems tantalizingly within reach. But …
French cybersecurity agency open sources security hardened CLIP OS
After developing it internally for over 10 years, the National Cybersecurity Agency of France (ANSSI) has decided to open source CLIP OS, a Linux-based operating system …
What do you mean by storage encryption?
In my year-long research project, the F5 Labs’ 2018 Application Protection Report, I asked if security professionals used storage encryption for data and applications. About …
A law enforcement view of emerging cybercrime threats
Cybercriminals are adopting creative new techniques to target their victims at an unprecedented pace and are constantly seeking methods to avoid law enforcement detection. To …