
Cybersecurity no longer top risk for telecom industry
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 …

Capturing the conscience of the computing profession
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 …

Cisco plugs serious flaws in Policy Suite, SD-WAN, and Nexus switches
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 …

BEC scams and real estate deals: How to protect yourself?
Despite constant warnings by law enforcement and industry organizations, BEC scammers continue to fleece companies. They target small, medium, and large business and personal …

Retail data breaches continue to reach new highs
Thales announced the results of its 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Retail Edition. According to U.S. retail respondents, 75% of retailers have experienced a breach in the …

Inside look at lifecycle of stolen credentials and extent of data breach damage
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 …

Attention all passengers: Airport networks are putting you at risk!
Coronet released a report identifying San Diego International Airport, John Wayne Airport-Orange County (CA) International Airport and Houston’s William P. Hobby International …

Video: Network Critical’s SmartNA-PortPlus Network Packet Broker
Network Critical’s innovative SmartNA-PortPlus Network Packet Broker bridges the gap between todays ultra high speed networks and existing management, monitoring and security …

Microsoft offers bug bounties for holes in its identity services
Microsoft is asking security researchers to look for and report technical vulnerabilities affecting its identity services and OpenID standards implementations, and is offering …

Free training courses on DDoS protection, from introduction to mitigation
The DDoS Protection Bootcamp is the first online portal to provide in-depth technical training in the field of DDoS protection. If you’re involved in IT security or …

Microsoft tops list of brands impersonated by phishers
The number one brand spoofed by phishers in Q2 2018 in North America was Microsoft, says email security company Vade Secure. The company credits the surging of adoption of …

Do you have what it takes to become a Chief Scientist in the infosec industry?
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 …