Rare, massive data breaches don't necessarily pose the greatest risk to organizations, according to a new study co-authored by Google researchers. Also beware of quiet pedestrian schemes - think phishing, keyloggers - and attack tactics unchanged since the mid-2000s.
In a world of constant data breaches, where all consumer PII data is exposed, financial institutions are seeking innovative ways to authenticate customers, verify identity and prevent account takeover. This is leading to investment in a world of innovative authentication methods but that also means FIs find themselves...
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against anti-malware software vendor Malwarebytes over its labeling of two applications as being harmful. Plaintiff Enigma Software says it plans to appeal the decision.
French cloud computing and hosting giant OVH has apologized to customers after it suffered an outage that left many individuals unable to access websites, email accounts, online databases and other infrastructure. In response, it's promised to be much more paranoid.
The financial sector is under increasing threat from cybercrime syndicates, and the distributed nature of today's predominantly Russian-speaking attackers is making them tough to disrupt, says Rob Wainwright, director of Europol.
The FBI is still working to unlock the mobile phone of Devin P. Kelley after he shot and killed 26 people in a church in a rural Texas town. The revelation seems certain to revive the contentious debate over the use of strong encryption to protect consumers and their devices.
Security practitioners must do a much better job of prioritizing their investments based on the most significant risks their organizations face, says Zulfikar Ramzan, chief technology officer at RSA, who offers insights on "fighting the right battle."
Researchers have discovered how to speed up an attack disclosed last month that recovers secret RSA encryption keys generated by faulty Infineon software in TPM chips. Estonia has blocked and plans to replace weak security certificates on 750,000 of its smart ID cards used for healthcare and e-voting.
The ISMG Security Report leads with a discussion about the sale of compromised remote desktop protocol credentials for as little as $3 on darknet marketplaces. Also, grading the performance of DHS in sharing cyberthreat information.
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The vulnerability assessment market is mature, but it is facing a fundamental shift in device demographics that cannot be solved with the existing technologies. According to Gartner, security and risk management leaders selecting a Vulnerability Assessment solution should select one with consideration for future asset...
While multinational companies can likely meet some of the GDPR requirements right now, most will find the path to full compliance requires many changes to business-as-usual security practices.
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Many enterprises use remote desktop protocol to remotely administer their PCs and mobile devices. But security experts warn that weak RDP credentials are in wide circulation on darknet marketplaces and increasingly used by ransomware attackers.
Nearly 50,000 personal records relating to Australian government employees as well as the employees of two banks and a utility were exposed to the internet due to a misconfigured Amazon storage server. The episode is the latest in a string of large breaches to hit Australia.
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