Medical devices and the Internet of Things: Defending against cyber threats
More than one-third (35.6 percent) of surveyed professionals in the Internet of Things-connected medical device ecosystem say their organizations have experienced a …
AI is key to speeding up threat detection and response
Time is the most important factor in detecting network breaches and, consequently, in containing cyber incidents and mitigating the cost of a breach. “Security event …
Enterprise security culture: Why you need it, and how to create it
Security awareness is a term that most information security professionals are familiar with – security culture a little less so. “Security awareness training is …
STIX and TAXII: Sharing cyber threat intelligence
In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2017, Allan Thomson, CTO at LookingGlass Cyber Solutions, talks about STIX and TAXII. STIX (Structured Threat Information Expression) …
Google wants iOS Gmail users to think twice about following suspicious links
Google has announced the rollout of new anti-phishing checks for the iOS Gmail app: in less than two weeks, all users will be confronted with two warnings if they attempt to …
Week in review: DNA-based malicious code injection, password power rankings
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: New Cerber ransomware variant steals Bitcoin wallets, passwords Here’s a …
Researchers pull off DNA-based malicious code injection attack
Researchers have demonstrated that it’s possible to create synthetic DNA strands containing malicious computer code that, if sequenced and analyzed, could compromise a …
New infosec products of the week: August 11, 2017
Forensically sound extraction of public domain social media data Cellebrite has introduced a new UFED Cloud Analyzer solution that provides forensically sound, real-time …
Stealthy Mughthesec Mac adware exposed: What it does, how to protect yourself
Mac malware is still a rare occurrence, so it’s no wonder that some of it can lurk, unnoticed for months, on random machines. The latest example falls more in the …
Unsecured Wi-Fi hotspots and troubling browsing behaviors
As adoption of cloud and mobile continues to rise, common employee practices inside and outside the workplace create risk for enterprises. To uncover the risks posed by users’ …
PACER vulnerability allowed hackers to access legal docs while sticking others with the bill
A CSRF flaw that made it possible for attackers to access court documents on the PACER system while making legitimate users pay for it has finally been plugged. What is PACER? …
The untapped potential of machine learning for detecting fraud
E-commerce fraud protection company Signifyd has recently signed up behavioral analytics expert Long-Ji Lin to fill the position of Chief Scientist. “For advertisers, …
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