Latest editorial and guest blogs on information risk management

Euro Security Watch with Mathew J. Schwartz

Tracking security and privacy trends across UK, Europe and beyond

'Soviet Tactics': Russia Tries Prisoner Swap for Hacker

Mathew J. Schwartz • November 6, 2019

What's the best way to spring your citizens from foreign jail if they've been detained on U.S. hacking charges? That's a question that continues to plague Russia, including in the ongoing case against Aleksey Burkov, who's been charged with being part of a $20 million payment fraud scheme.

Turla Teardown: Why Attribute Nation-State Attacks?

NSA Is Latest Intelligence Agency to Sound VPN Patch Alarm

The Fraud Blog with Tracy Kitten

Tracking fraud incidents and trends wherever -- and however -- they occur.

Visa, MasterCard Agree to Give Gas Pumps a Break on EMV Shift

Tracy Kitten • December 3, 2016

Visa and MasterCard have pushed back their EMV fraud liability shift date for U.S. pay-at-the-pump gas terminals from October 2017 to October 2020. They made the right decision, given the relatively low rates of card fraud at gas pumps.

Information Sharing: A Powerful Crime-Fighting Weapon

London Summit: Inside a Cyber Takedown

The Public Eye with Eric Chabrow

Keeping tabs on federal government efforts to protect citizens' privacy

Trump Campaign Aide Knew Early About Hacked Democratic Emails

Eric Chabrow • October 31, 2017

Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos learned that Russia had thousands of pilfered emails containing "dirt" on Hillary Clinton three months before they appeared online, according to court documents.

Dearth of Support for Kaspersky at Congressional Hearing

'Private Citizens' Sue Trump Campaign for Exposing Their PII

Safe & Sound with Marianne Kolbasuk McGee

Insights on the security and privacy of healthcare information.

UK Beefs Up Hospital Cybersecurity Funding

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • July 19, 2017

While the U.K. is beefing up funding for hospital cybersecurity, in the U.S., some Congressional leaders are pushing for moves that could have the unintended consequence of sapping security investments by some healthcare providers.

HIPAA Enforcement: A Look Ahead

Pushing for Better Cyber Threat Info Sharing in Healthcare

The Expert's View with Jeremy Kirk

Insights from industry experts

Despite Instagram Changes, Minors Are Still at Risk

Jeremy Kirk • November 11, 2019

In June, I wrote an in-depth story about how millions of Instagram users worldwide under 18 years old were exposing their email addresses, phone numbers or both. Instagram has finally made a change to address the issue - but it doesn't go far enough.

Creating a 'Defensible' Cybersecurity Program

Is Apple's Top $1 Million Bug Bounty Too Much?

Industry Insights with Gareth Evans

Insights and opinions from thought-leaders representing the industry's services & solutions providers.

Beating The Crypto-Criminals

Gareth Evans • November 14, 2019

Instead of proving a flash in the pan, enthusiasm for cryptocurrency has grown - and with it the associated fraud. Cyber criminals were quick to develop malware with the aim of stealing cryptocurrencies, with attackers finding ways to exploit the anonymity offered.