Security operations teams are engaged in a constant struggle to keep up with the volume of security alerts, maintain the right skills, and manage incident response processes. They want quality information, presented in a way that makes it easy to grasp and react to quickly. They want not to be bogged down in security alerts, and not to spend …
Anyone in the information security industry who’s interested in Mac security probably knows who Patrick Wardle is. Apart from being Chief Security Researcher at Synack, he’s also the creator of a number of security tools for macOS, which he makes available for free on his Objective-See project site. He has recently scaled back at …
Phishing and spear-phishing emails are a constant threat to all users, but enterprises are positively inundated with them. “Most businesses will use a spam filter and anti-virus solutions, but unfortunately these cannot prevent all forms of email identity deception or stop social engineering attacks. The spam filter will stop malicious …
After an internal audit revealed the limitations of Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum’s existing (analog) camera surveillance system, as well as a server that has been installed all of twenty years ago and a lack of a redundant data storage system, Miguel Angel Molina, the museum’s Security Manager, decided that the time has come for an …
ESET researchers have unearthed a botnet of some 500,000 infected machines engaged mostly in …
Just a few short weeks after dark web market Alpha Bay was shut down, Hansa Market is now also …
Companies struggle to keep up with and respond to cyberattacks due to lack of resources, according to Demisto. For example, more than 40 percent of respondents said their organizations are not prepared to measure incident response, and only 14.5 …
Awake Security unveils advanced security analytics solution Awake’s advanced security analytics provide security teams the insights needed to understand the scope and impact of observed behavior and investigate only credible alerts and threats. …
Information security staffs are so single-minded about defending their organizations from external attack that they all but ignore a threat with vastly greater potential for damage, according to the SANS Institute. Looking for an easier target …
Apple has released security updates for iOS, macOS (Sierra, El Capitan, and Yosemite), Safari, iCloud, iTunes, watchOS and tvOS. As per usual, the same fixed Webkit flaws abound in all of the updates, as it is the web browser engine used by …
By analyzing hundreds of criminal forums, Digital Shadows discovered a new trend in the form of remote learning ‘schools’. Available to Russian speakers only, these six-week courses comprise 20 lectures with five expert instructors. The course …
ESET researchers have unearthed a botnet of some 500,000 infected machines engaged mostly in ad-related fraud by using malicious Chrome extensions, but also Facebook fraud and brute-forcing Joomla and WordPress websites. In addition to this, the …
There will be no lack of interesting content from Qualys at Black Hat next week. Depending on you interests, you might want to make time for some of these talks and presentations at booth #899. Wednesday, July 26 10:20 AM – Achieving …
