Keen observers will have noted an uptick in activity around threat modeling within the information security community recently with new tools being released and strategies and methodologies being discussed on social media; culminating in a week-long threat modeling track at the Open Security Summit (formally OWASP Summit). What is threat …
In this podcast, Tod Beardsley, Director of Research at Rapid7, talks about the recently released National Exposure Index, which aims to better understand the nature of Internet exposure – services that either do not offer modern cryptographic protection, or are otherwise unsuitable to offer on the increasingly hostile internet – …
It’s no secret that there’s a shortage of qualified personnel in the field of cybersecurity. It’s a problem that has long been noticed and one that is projected to get even worse—to the tune of 1.8 million by 2022, according to (ISC)². Despite this massive skills gap on the horizon, the number of breaches appears to be declining. Appearances, …
McAfee released a report detailing the numerous cybersecurity risks associated with blockchain-based cryptocurrencies, and asserts the necessity of making cybersecurity a top priority as industry builds out the foundations for the widespread implementation of blockchain technologies. Proof-of-work blockchain Demand for blockchain technology …
The cryptocurrency market has seen an incredible amount of attention and hype over the last …
In this podcast, Tod Beardsley, Director of Research at Rapid7, talks about the recently …
ExtraHop Reveal(x) sheds light on the darkspace ExtraHop announced Reveal(x) Summer 2018. The latest release includes new capabilities designed to modernize enterprise security operations with critical asset behavior analysis that instantly …
Phishers are using a simple but effective trick to fool Microsoft’s NLP-based anti-phishing protections and Office 365 users into entering their login credentials into spoofed login pages. The phishing emails landing in targets’ …
A new report analyzes threat data collected from approximately 750,000 Morphisec protected endpoints globally, between January 1 and March 31, 2018, as well as from in-depth investigations conducted by the Morphisec Labs threat research team. …
UK organisations are leaving themselves vulnerable to cybercrime with over a third of 18-24-year-olds able to access any files on their company network, and only one in five having to request permission to access specific files. Less than half …
The cryptocurrency market has seen an incredible amount of attention and hype over the last year, culminating with Bitcoin values soaring by more than 1,300 percent in 2017. Although the price has since tumbled and attitudes to crypto in general …
Cisco has released security updates to address a bucketload of vulnerabilities affecting multiple products, including 24 critical and high-severity flaws found in many of its switches, next generation firewalls and security appliances. Those …
Google is shutting down an often used vector for delivering malicious Chrome extensions to users by removing the inline installation option. What will happen? The announcement was made by Extensions Platform Product Manager James Wagner, who …
Dr. Chenxi Wang, industry thought leader and analyst, examined the Return on Investment that organizations may realize by using Cobalt’s Pen Testing as a Service (PTaaS) platform. This study took a detailed look at the benefits and costs of …
