The soaring cost of malware containment
“Organizations are dealing with nearly 10,000 malware alerts per week, however, only 22% of these are considered reliable, according to a new report from The Ponemon …
Identifying the five principal methods of network attacks
Companies are underestimating the risk of failing to provide security training to non-technical staff.A new Intel Security study, which surveyed IT decision makers in …
Naked pictures or financial info? Users would rather thieves stole the former
Every day it seems information security is ruling the headlines, Americans are (perhaps understandably) feeling insecure about the security of their financial information. In …
IIS 6.0 users are heading towards new security dangers
RiskIQ has discovered that 24 of the top 30 FTSE-listed companies in the UK are running web servers that will be out of support in less than a week, posing a potential …
Risk management programs lack maturity, new strategies needed
With cyber attacks and data security threats looming at insecure access points, the increased scrutiny of regulators and the focused attention of boards of directors, the …
Threat intelligence: Sources, sharing, utilization and the government
More than three quarters of IT security professionals (81%) believe the government should be sharing more threat intelligence information with the private sector, according to …
A closer look into the piracy ecosystem
Illegal reproduction and distribution of copyrighted material on the Web is booming as a result of security breaches in both mobile and desktop software applications.Arxan and …
Rise in DDoS reflection attacks using abandoned routing protocol
There’s been an increase in the use of outdated Routing Information Protocol version one (RIPv1) for reflection and amplification attacks, according to Akamai.RIPv1 is a …
Confidence in antivirus falls to all-time low
While concern for end-user risk persists, confidence is waning in traditional detection-based security solutions, such as antivirus and firewalls. Instead, interest is …
Security concerns continue to dog the cloud industry
Executives at major North American companies believe conventional network security solutions aren’t enough to protect their cloud computing environments, especially when it …
4 in 10 midsize businesses have experienced a data breach
Most midsize business leaders view a data breach among their top risks and a majority consider IT security ‘very important’ when selecting a supplier. They have good reason to …
Energy security pros: More competent, or just naive?
Energy security professionals are extremely confident in their ability to detect a cyberattack on critical systems, with 86 percent stating they could detect a breach in less …