What new challenges do security operations center teams face? Gautam Aggarwal of NSS Labs addresses the issues of threat discovery, analysis, enrichment and automation.
Ransomware and other advanced threats have intensified the risks for endpoint devices. And because of that, enterprises need to adopt next-generation endpoint protection, says Dan Schiappa of Sophos.
Cybersecurity strategies developed for data-centric information technology are not necessarily suitable for protecting operational technology, where availability, rather than confidentiality, is the key security concern, says Vikram Kalkat of Kaspersky Lab.
Most organizations that enable users to perform online transactions have implemented security measures to address fraud. Currently, one of the most common safeguards used in a wide array of products/services is two-factor authentication (2FA).
In recent years, 2FA has become employed by global tech leaders like...
Behavioral biometrics has been getting a lot of attention recently due to its ability to uniquely address the challenges posed by social engineering, account takeovers and malware. It is already considered the third most popular biometric technology (after finger and face) and tied with iris.
Nonetheless, as an...
As mobile devices eclipse computers and laptops as the preferred method of going online, fraudsters have followed users, porting their modus operandi -account takeover, social engineering, and malware based remote control attacks - to the mobile arena. Thus, hackers have many more opportunities to perpetrate fraud and...
Many IT professionals use remote administration tools to troubleshoot and fix PC problems remotely, just as if they were sitting behind the keyboard themselves. But these tools are also used for different purposes today. Both nation states and hacktivists use modified these tools, creating Remote Access Trojan's...
Companies involved in mergers and acquisitions are increasingly targeted with cyberattacks that could potentially derail the deals, says Bryce Boland of FireEye, who outlines the risks and offers tips for mitigating them.
The endpoint security market is continuously growing as many customers find endpoint security suites to be effective in tackling their top security concerns. However, the market is now very fragmented with vendors approaching endpoint security in different ways.
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As defense stategies become stronger year after year, it seems as though the prevalence of malware is growing proportionately, projected to exceed $2 trillion by 2019 - a four-fold increase in the cost of security breaches over 2015.Posing a threat to every industry, profession, and company, malware not only...
Because cyberattackers are now using memory-resident malware that leave no trace on the disk, forensics experts using traditional methods will face a challenge, says Christopher Novak, director of Verizon's global investigative response unit.
As the New Year unfolds, finding a breach prevention provider will be critical in order to safeguard an organization's assets. NSS Labs subjected nine cybersecurity market leaders to comprehensive, rigorous testing to determine how well each product handled current advanced threats and attack methods. All vendor...
Cyber espionage groups are using unconventional channels to hack target organizations, according to Mandiant' s latest research. Trusted service provider relationships are being exploited to compromise organizations in government and defense, says Rob van der Ende, Mandiant's vice president for Asia Pacific and Japan.
Unprecedented hack attacks knocked three Ukrainian power providers offline in late 2015, and now a potential repeat hack has surfaced. Security experts recommend all power operators globally hunt carefully for related signs of attack.
In online banking security, consumer endpoints are commonly considered the "weak link," and for good reason. Banks have no control over their customers' endpoints or the steps their customers take to reduce their risk. To make matters worse, fraudsters now regularly circumvent traditional endpoint protections, such as...
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