Cybercrooks fight over DDoS attack resources
As more groups get into the denial-of-service attack business they’re starting to get in each other’s way
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Ad network takes steps to reduce fraud
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…
Automated mitigation on endpoint devices and networks can be tricky
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…
How the insurance industry could change the game for security
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 …
Latest OWASP Top 10 looks at APIs, web apps
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…
Cyberespionage, ransomware big gainers in new Verizon breach report
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…
What it takes to become a data security strategist
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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Don’t pay ransoms. But if you must, here’s where to buy the Bitcoins
Ransomware grew into a $1 billion industry last year, and ransom payments now account for nearly 10 percent of the entire Bitcoin economy.Avoiding becoming part of that statistic requires good endpoint security and effective backups. But what if you…
After Amazon outage, HealthExpense worries about cloud lock-in
Financial services companies as popular targets of cybercriminals for the obvious reason — they’re where the money’s at. And health care companies have medical records, which are very valuable on the black market since the information there can be …
Expert: NY breach report highlights third-party risk
New York reported a record high number of breaches last year, just after a new set of cybersecurity regulations went into effect in the state.
“In 2016, New Yorkers were the victims of one of the highest data exposure rates in our state’s history,” said Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in a statement released last week. “The total annual number of reported security breaches increased by 60% and the number of exposed personal records tripled.”
According to the report, the stolen data consisted overwhelmingly of Social Security numbers and financial account information, and hacking was the leading cause of the breaches. The 1,300 breaches involved the private data of 1.6 million state residents, and 81 percent of the breaches involved the loss of Social Security numbers or financial information.
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Bitcoin rise fuels social media scams
The price of a single Bitcoin passed that of an ounce of gold for the first time this month, and scammers were quick to get in on the action with Ponzi schemes and phishing sites spread via social media.Victims are lured in with fake Bitcoin wallets…
Experts: US needs a federal CISO
Last week, the Trump administration announced the appointment of a White House cybersecurity coordinator. That’s a good first step, security experts say, but the government also needs to have a federal CISO.”It’s a big leadership vacancy,” said Sanj…
Experts divided on value of Cyber National Guard
This past weekend at SXSW, two Congressmen suggested that the U.S. create a cybersecurity reserves system, similar to the National Guard, but the idea has received a mixed welcome from the cybersecurity community.According to House Rep. Will Hurd, a…
Expert: Apple may have deployed unauthorized patch by mistake
Last month, reports came out that Apple accidentally installed a fake firmware patch on internal development servers. That’s a lesson to all companies to be careful about where they get their patches.What may have happened is that an Apple employee …