Microsoft: phishing email to Office 365 accounts doubled over 2018
Phishing threats aren't disappearing any time soon, warns Microsoft.
Phishing threats aren't disappearing any time soon, warns Microsoft.
Threat intelligence has become a nice-to-have for many vendors seeking to improve their security offerings, but for the executives leading Cisco’s Security Business Group it’s just the framework for a product-development process that is focused on maintaining a consistent, end-to-end network security architecture while supporting all manner of front-facing customer innovation.
David Braue | 06 Mar | Read more
Better software security has made vulnerabilities harder to exploit – but that, a Cisco threat-intelligence expert warns, hasn’t stopped cybercriminals from chalking up one victory after another as they refine malware and redouble their efforts to trick humans into installing it.
David Braue | 05 Mar | Read more
Organisations are leaving themselves exposed by failing to demand adequate security protections when buying new technology, according to a senior Cisco executive who warned that security and networking specialists must work together better to close persistent gaps.
David Braue | 05 Mar | Read more
Asia-Pacific companies are struggling more than their global peers to get their heads around cyber fatigue, John Maynard, vice president for global security sales with Cisco, has warned in kicking off the Cybersecurity Innovation Day at this week’s Cisco Live! conference.
David Braue | 05 Mar | Read more
The week in security: Cybercriminals celebrate NDB’s first anniversary with... more breaches
David Braue | 25 Feb | Read more
While spending on cybersecurity expertise would seem to be a no-brainer, the large number of companies without formal inhouse expertise suggests another ongoing, underlying challenge in finding and securing those skills within the current competitive market.
By CSO staff | 22 Feb | Read more
Nation-state attacks have reshaped the threat landscape by unleashing directed, motivated and well-resourced cybercriminal actors on the world stage.
The workers in Telstra’s mailroom knew something was strange when the room was clogged with workers asking for the packages they had been sent.
David Braue | 10 Aug | Read more
Microsoft releases a Chrome extension that it claims will offer better protection than Google's built-in protections.
A German security firm has warned against using a UK security firm's email encryption product.
US-CERT recommends admins should patch three bugs Cisco released fixes for on Wednesday.
"These aren’t bugs that need to be fixed, but rather insecure practices that should be stopped entirely," say Princeton privacy researchers.
Companies understand the value of technologists with business skills but most are failing to develop those skills in the IT specialists they hire, according to a new study of HR and IT attitudes that suggests business people still see technology teams as a drag on productivity and effectiveness.
David Braue | 02 Feb | Read more
Cleaner and optimizer programs put on notice.
Application vendors and security companies are steadily responding to the call for better information security, with a slew of new automated tools working to bolster security from the developer to the endpoint device.
David Braue | 18 Jan | Read more
This was the year that cybersecurity hit the mainstream – and cybercriminals showed the world they’re not kidding around.
David Braue | 31 Dec | Read more
RFID wallets, sleeves and clothing are security snake oil. You don't need RFID protection because there is no RFID crime.
Roger A. Grimes | 18 Dec | Read more
The security of data stored in the cloud has come under scrutiny yet again as Australian information commissioner Timothy Pilgrim commences investigating global ride-sharing giant Uber in the wake of revelations that the firm paid hackers $132,000 to delete the stolen personally identifiable information (PII) of 57 million of its users.
David Braue | 22 Nov | Read more
ABC IT admins should probably have checked the AWS S3 Console for warnings that S3 buckets were publicly available.