Long Island’s Suffolk County is improving its emergency communications for National Hurricane Preparedness Week
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The massive scale of the recent WannaCry ransomware attack has exposed some significant weaknesses in global IT systems
WannaCry fallout — the worst is yet to come, experts say Read More »
As more groups get into the denial-of-service attack business they’re starting to get in each other’s way
Cybercrooks fight over DDoS attack resources Read More »
The fraud rates for online ads are scary, with advertisers losing billions of dollars each year.Last week, Pixalate released a report showing that 35 percent of U.S. desktop ad impressions sold through programmatic advertising networks are fraudulen…
Ad network takes steps to reduce fraud Read More »
The average amount of a ransomware demand has increased from $294 in 2015 to $1,077 last year, according to a report released last week by Symantec.”That’s a pretty dramatic increase,” said Kevin Haley, director of security response at Symantec.Acco…
Report: Average ransomware demand now over $1,000 Read More »
As retailers and other businesses increase security measures to prevent the use of gift cards purchased with stolen credit card numbers, cyber criminals have been focusing on fraudulent gift cards, according to a report released this morning by Flas…
Criminals turning to fraudulent gift cards Read More »
Many companies have automated systems in place for preventing, detecting, and investigating security incidents, but automating the incident response and mitigation process for networks and endpoint devices has been a tougher nut to crack.That includ…
Automated mitigation on endpoint devices and networks can be tricky Read More »
The security automation industry is still in its infancy, with most vendors just a year or two old, but there are already some promising technologies that enterprises can put to use — if they have already laid the required ground work.The main prob…
Security automation is maturing, but many firms not ready for adoption Read More »
The recent growth in the cyber insurance market is already improving cybersecurity in some industry segments, and has the potential to do more — if the industry is able to address its data problem.One area where cyber insurance has already made an …
How the insurance industry could change the game for security Read More »
The new release of the OWASP Top 10 list is out for public comment from the Open Web Application Security Project, and while most of it remains the same there are a couple of new additions, focusing on protections for web applications and APIs.To ma…
Latest OWASP Top 10 looks at APIs, web apps Read More »
Verizon released its tenth annual breach report this morning, and cyberespionage and ransomware were the big gainers in 2016.Cyberspionage accounted for 21 percent of cases analyzed, up from 13 percent last year, and was the most common type of atta…
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The entire U.S. technology industry, including the cybersecurity sector, is heavily dependent on foreign talent. Not only are U.S. companies interested in hiring the smartest people available, no matter where they are from, but there is also a severe shortage of infosec professionals.
Cybersecurity industry braces for tighter visa rules Read More »
According to an end user security survey released this morning, 72 percent of employees are willing to share confidential information. In the financial services sector, the percentage was even higher — 81 percent said they should share sensitive, c…
Most employees willing to share sensitive information, survey says Read More »
The most popular instant messaging platforms with cyber criminals are Skype, Jabber and ICQ, according to a new report released this morning.Meanwhile, consumer-grade platforms like AOL Instant Messenger and Yahoo IM have fallen out of favor, while …
Report: Cybercriminals prefer Skype, Jabber, and ICQ Read More »
By the time John Kronick became a data security strategist a few years ago, he’d already been in the security industry for 20 years. But he didn’t come to security from IT.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider St…
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