The massive data breach of US retailer Target was a wakeup call for senior business executives too often disengaged with cybersecurity issues, but surging ransomware attacks are honing CxOs' attention on the need for automated analytics tools to detect security breaches as they happen – rather than months later, or not at all.
David Braue | 16 Jun | Read more
The stealthy design of today's advanced persistent threats (APTs) has given potential targets an hint of an advantage that could reverse the longstanding “asymmetry” between attacker and defender, the chief technical officer of security firm Gigamon has noted as organisations increasingly re-evaluate their security defence to accommodate the new rules of malware engagements.
David Braue | 30 Oct | Read more
Latest research commissioned by Juniper Networks has found the online black market demonstrates many similarities to other free markets.
Patrick Budmar | 09 Apr | Read more
Companies thinking their small size and relative obscurity will protect them from targeting by the authors of advanced persistent attacks (APTs) need to consider their role in larger supply chains and recognise that they are increasingly being seen as relatively insecure back doors into larger organisations, the head of BAE Systems Detica's regional cyber security operation has warned.
David Braue | 17 Jan | Read more
Security firm CrowdStrike, which focusses on advanced persistent threats (APT), has raised $30 million in a Series B financing round that was led by Accel Partners and included founding investor Warburg Pincus.
2012 has been a tough year for IT security and the trend seems to be continuing into 2013. We have now become accustomed to groups such as Anonymous that have wreaked havoc on a number of large government and corporate organisations. A new frontier in cyber threats has opened. The driver for cyber intrusion is no longer fame, but theft of intellectual property, financial information, blueprints and other classified information for financial gain.
Ashwin Pal | 10 Jul | Read more
An online survey of IT managers polled more than 2000 companies, each with 500 or more employees, in several countries—Australia, Canada, the United States, Germany, UK, France, Brazil, and India. 225 firms were surveyed in Australia.
Analysis of real-world internet traffic has revealed that everyday criminal malware is the most likely threat to businesses and individuals, not sophisticated worms like Stuxnet or advanced persistent threats (APTs) launched by nation states.
Stilgherrian | 15 Nov | Read more
Despite claims the phishing email that netted RSA’s staff in its SecurID breach was a crude example of social engineering, RSA boss Art Coviello insists it was highly sophisticated and would have fooled even the most skilled PC operator.
IT professionals should stop mocking their users for doing seemingly stupid things like opening phishing emails, according to IBM. These un-patchable people could turn out to be the canary that flags the next Advanced Persistent Threat attack.
AusCERT general manager Graham Ingram has questioned the wisdom of Australia's National E-Health Strategy plans to make medical records available online, pointing to the difficulty of securing end-users' computers.
Stilgherrian | 25 Aug | Read more