100+ online shops compromised with payment data-stealing code
Since March 2016 (and possibly even earlier), someone has been compromising a variety of online shops and injecting them with malicious JavaScript code that exfiltrates …
How to close your Yahoo account
In light of the recent massive Yahoo breach an the fact that Yahoo scanned incoming emails on behalf of US intelligence, many are opting to close their accounts to protect …
Checklist: IoT security and privacy
The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) released the consumer IoT security and privacy checklist, which contains steps consumers can take to help increase the security, privacy and …
Using Big Data for intelligent enterprise security
No industry remains untouched by the potential of Big Data – and the cybersecurity sector is certainly no exception. A recent MarketsandMarkets study predicted the …
Security startup confessions: Hiring and firing
My name is Kai Roer and I am a co-founder of a European security startup, and these are my confessions. I hope you will learn from my struggles, and appreciate the choices …
Clear and present danger: Combating the email threat landscape
Like it or loathe it, email is here to stay. Despite the ubiquity of file sharing services like OneDrive and Google Docs, email remains a fast and convenient way for users to …
ICS-CERT releases new tools for securing industrial control systems
The Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) has published newer versions of two tools that can help administrators with securing industrial control …
Which celebrities generate the most dangerous search results?
Female comedian Amy Schumer knocked DJ Armin van Buuren off of the list to become the most dangerous celebrity to search for online, according to Intel Security. Now in its …
Mobile security stripped bare: Why we need to start again
We’re all familiar with the cartoon image of a character stopping a water leak by plugging a finger into the hole, only for another leak to start, needing another finger, and …
Incident response survival guide
All organizations are impacted by a security breach at some point. As the joke goes in the security industry, businesses fall into two categories: those that have been …
Top five GDPR myths
At this moment, there are many misunderstandings surrounding the new GDPR legislation. These rules will affect any business that handles personal data, and therefore the …
UK: Financial fraud soars
More than 1 million incidents of financial fraud – payment card, remote banking and cheque fraud – occurred in the first six months of 2016, according to official …
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