Internet of Everything attack surface grows
The proliferation of more than 16 billion connected computing devices today has significantly expanded the attack surface of our interconnected world. Unauthorized, BYOD, …
What IT skills are in demand?
More than 11,000 IT and business professionals in North America responded to the eighth annual IT Skills and Salary Survey by Global Knowledge and Windows IT Pro. Key …
Perception and reality of perimeter security effectiveness
A widening gap is emerging between the perception and the reality of perimeter security effectiveness amongst global IT decision makers. Gemalto research shows increasing …
New Java vulnerabilities remotely executable without login
It is extremely important that enterprises urgently patch their Java Runtime Environments (JREs) and (Java Development Kits) JDKs since 14 vulnerabilities addressed in this …
PCI DSS 3.1 released
The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) published PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Version 3.1 and supporting guidance. The revision includes minor updates and …
Attorney claims cops planted spying malware on drive containing evidence
Police force using malware in investigation is not an unheard-of situation but, according to an affidavit filed in a whistle-blower case against the Fort Smith Police …
How can defenders gain advantage in the 0day market?
According to MIT, Harvard, and HackerOne researchers, the answer is not throwing more money at bug hunters, but incentivize them to find the the same vulnerabilities that the …
Google blocks Java plugin in new Chrome by default
Google has released Chrome 42 to the stable channel, and among the changes announced is one that will automatically block Oracle’s Java plugin and other plugins that use …
Adobe fixes Flash Player zero-day exploited in the wild
Adobe released a new version of Flash Player (17.0.0.169) for Windows and Macintosh, and for Linux (11.2.202.457). These security updates fix a host of critical …
Microsoft releases 11 security bulletins
Administrators and security teams are in for a busy day tackling 11 Microsoft security bulletins, Adobe updates and Oracle has pre-announced that their quarterly update …
New trend in cybercriminal activity: APT wars
Kaspersky Lab has recorded a rare and unusual example of one cybercriminal attacking another. In 2014, Hellsing, a small and technically unremarkable cyberespionage group …
Lack of skilled infosec pros creates high-risk environments
82 percent of organizations expect to be attacked in 2015, but they are relying on a talent pool they view as largely unqualified and unable to handle complex threats or …