Peruse the agenda for the Black Hat security conference that's being held this week in Las Vegas and you'll get a peek at some of the major cybersecurity challenges ahead - and potential solutions.
Point-of-sale retail breaches are the rage, but they are just one cyber-crime trend on the mind of RSA researcher Uri Fleyder. What are the malware and mobile threats that organizations should monitor?
Recent high-profile retail breaches could help increase interest in the adoption of mobile payments to lessen the likeliness of fraud at the point of sale, says Aite Group analyst Thad Peterson.
Could too much regulatory oversight hinder cyberthreat information sharing, rather than encourage it? That's an increasing concern for bankers, who argue regulators could bog down progress in cybersecurity.
Does BYOD really stand for Bring Your Own Disaster? JD Sherry of Trend Micro discusses the latest mobile security trends and threats, including the evolution of ransomware and the Internet of Things.
Users' fear of data loss on personal devices must be balanced with an organization's need to protect sensitive information, says ZixCorp's Nigel Johnson. He explains the evolution of mobile device management.
Thefts of iPhones in New York, San Francisco and London declined after Apple added a remote-disabling feature. Now Google and Microsoft have promised to offer the feature in their mobile operating systems.
If the NSA's meddling in NIST cryptography standards soiled the reputation of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an amendment approved by the House of Representatives could help restore it.
Consumer rights advocates have applauded Apple's preview of iOS 8 privacy changes, including randomizing MAC addresses to help block retail analytics and unauthorized forms of device tracking.
When NIST issued "Guidelines on Cell Phone Forensics" in May 2007, Apple's introduction of the iPhone was a month away. Seven years later, NIST is revising its guidance and giving it a new moniker, "Guidelines on Mobile Device Forensics."
We've been talking about shifting away from legacy mag-stripe technology and a move toward EMV chip cards for the last decade in the U.S. So is it too late, or is there still hope for EMV?
Mobile banking and remote deposit services have fueled a resurgence in "sweetheart" bank fraud schemes. These attacks point to the need for better cross-channel fraud detection and customer education.
It's not quite the cyberwar many have envisioned, but the United States and China are tangled in a brawl that resembles, in some respects, a combination of a trade war and cyber-sniping.
High-profile retail breaches, such as the one suffered by Target Corp., could spur more merchants to promote increased use of mobile payments to boost security, says Thad Peterson, a new analyst at Aite Group.
As mobile banking adoption rapidly grows this year, financial institutions need to identify and fill security gaps, says Aite Group analyst Julie Conroy, a featured speaker at the May 14 Fraud Summit Chicago.
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