The traditional focus of most hackers has been on software, but the historical focus of crime is on anything of value. It should come as no surprise, therefore, that as operational technology (OT) and industrial control system (ICS) infrastructure have become much more prominent components of national critical infrastructure, that malicious …
Igor Baikalov, Chief Scientist at security analytics firm Securonix, is a trained scientist: he spent over 16 year working on various aspects of Structural Biology, developing new methods for determining the structure of basic building blocks of life: proteins, DNA, and their interactions. “A lot of this work had to do with processing …
A new venture fund that will focus on providing capital, strategy, critical resources and unique insights to early-stage cybersecurity companies in Silicon Valley has been officially launched last month. Headed by security technologist Dr. Chenxi Wang and with Amena Zhang, a VC with a strong track record of funding successful startups in Asia, …
Passwords, birth certificates, national insurance numbers and passports – as well as the various other means of authentication, that we have relied upon for the past century or more to prove who we are to others – can no longer be trusted in today’s digital age. That’s because the mishandling of these types of personally identifiable …
Rolling out new IT systems or software can be a challenge and fraught with issues from day one …
Igor Baikalov, Chief Scientist at security analytics firm Securonix, is a trained scientist: he …
The Netflix Security Intelligence and Response Team (SIRT) has released Diffy, an open source triage tool that allows digital forensics and incident response teams to quickly pinpoint compromised hosts during a security incident on cloud …
Telecommunications executives have relegated disruption from new technologies to third place in their risk top 5: the number one risk identified by 60 telecom companies surveyed right now is exchange rate volatility, according to phone companies …
Rolling out new IT systems or software can be a challenge and fraught with issues from day one – and the recent IT crisis with TSB has shown how damaging these can be if managed poorly. A lack of pre-launch tests has been raised as a potential …
This issue delivers a ready-to-use GDPR kit packed full of how-to’s and practical tips that companies need to implement so they don’t end up on the wrong side of an audit. You’ll get the actionable insights you need today, without unnecessary …
After a two-year process that included extensive input from computing professionals around the world, ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has updated its Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. The revised Code of Ethics addresses the …
Cisco has issued another batch of fixes, plugging a number of critical and high severity holes in its Policy Suite, SD-WAN, and Nexus products. Cisco Policy Suite Users of the Cisco Policy Suite should upgrade to Release 18.2.0 as soon as …
Despite constant warnings by law enforcement and industry organizations, BEC scammers continue to fleece companies. They target small, medium, and large business and personal transactions, but have, in the last few years, shown a notable …
Shape Security released its Credential Spill Report, shedding light on the extent to which the consumer banking, retail, airline and hospitality industries are impacted by credential stuffing attacks and account takeover. The report analyzes …
Coronet released a report identifying San Diego International Airport, John Wayne Airport-Orange County (CA) International Airport and Houston’s William P. Hobby International Airport as America’s most cyber insecure airports. The purpose of the …
Aerohive Networks released worldwide availability plans for its pluggable Wi-Fi access point, the Aerohive Atom AP30. Currently shipping with a Type A/B plug, Aerohive has now announced Type C and G plugs availability for Q3 2018, enabling …
This issue delivers a ready-to-use GDPR kit packed full of how-to’s and practical tips that companies need to implement so they don’t end up on the wrong side of an audit. You’ll get the actionable insights you need today, without unnecessary …
