The week in security: Patch the night away
Worried about insider threats? You should be, reports and experts all agree
David Braue | 21 Oct | Read more
Worried about insider threats? You should be, reports and experts all agree
David Braue | 21 Oct | Read more
It was WannaCry all over again as a new ransomware strain, based on Petya malware, swept across the world.
David Braue | 03 Jul | Read more
If you installed a free Android VPN app to view geo-blocked content on your phone, there’s a high chance it was harboring malware, according to new research.
Even as many companies try to plug security holes by introducing ever-tighter endpoint management tools, some security pundits are advocating for a higher level of protection that takes the surveillance state to the employee desktop.
David Braue | 17 Jan | Read more
Cybercriminals are collaborating to refine their attacks and businesses must do the same by leveraging a growing body of open-source security tools, a security expert has advised as open-source machine learning puts the technology into the mainstream.
David Braue | 22 Dec | Read more
As security professionals, we spend a lot of time focussing on external threats.
Anthony Caruana | 25 Aug | Read more
The City of London Police arrested a Sage employee on Wednesday on suspicion of fraud.
Next-gen firewall companies like FireEye may be feeling the pinch from fewer state-backed Chinese hacker attacks, but worldwide spending on security is still growing, according to analyst firm Gartner.
After people and process, another way to combat the insider threat is from a technology perspective and look at the various devices that can be leveraged to reduce this threat.
Brian Contos | 08 Jul | Read more
Symantec's latest annual research suggested that the incidence of zero-days had doubled in 2015 – due in large part to the growing professionalism of cybercriminals developing new malware like the hybrid GozNym banking Trojan.
David Braue | 18 Apr | Read more
A company's own employees are a significant factor in the majority of data breaches, either through malicious activity or avoidable mistakes, say two new studies, but companies aren't doing enough to address this issue.
Maria Korolov | 11 Apr | Read more
Corporate passwords for sale, $US150 OBO. That, apparently, is how little some employees may take in exchange for compromising their company's security.
Tony Bradley, Melissa Riofrio | 30 Jan | Read more
Data loss happens, and most of it is deliberate though not malicious, Clearswift’s head of marketing strategy Kevin Bailey told a round-table session at Technology in Government 2014.
Stephen Withers | 13 Aug | Read more
Regardless of your industry, the size of your organization, or the type of business you have, insider threat is a menacing reality. In most organizations, this threat has been undervalued, underestimated and underfunded. It's the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about because it means acknowledging that one of your own employees might take you for a ride. And, it requires taking several challenging and, to some, uncomfortable steps to combat.
Jason Clark, James Robinson | 03 Jul | Read more
A former security guard has pleaded guilty to charges that he broke into his employer's computers while working the night shift at a Dallas hospital.
Robert McMillan | 17 May | Read more