The European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France. (Photo: Octavio Espinosa Campodonico, via Wikimedia Commons)

GDPR: An Opportunity for Better Threat Intelligence Sharing

Jeremy Kirk • June 22, 2018

Europe's General Data Protection Regulation is reshaping the way organizations handle data. That's going to have an impact on the sharing of threat intelligence. But the Anti-Phishing Working Group hopes the law will provide legal clarity that will make more organizations comfortable with sharing threat data.

Cloud Computing

Analysis: Distraction Tactics Used in Banco de Chile Hack

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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

CISO Thom Langford's Top Tips for GDPR Compliance

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 22, 2018

When communications giant Publicis Groupe launched its GDPR compliance project, CISO Thom Langford says, "it was more a case of honing and polishing, rather than building from the ground up," thanks to its existing information security management system and complying with ISO 27001.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Why Data Classification Has Gone Mainstream

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 22, 2018

Driven by the EU's General Data Protection Regulation and other regulations, as well as the move to the cloud, more organizations are turning to data classification to help them silo and protect their most sensitive information, says Tony Pepper, CEO of Egress.

Anti-Fraud

Preview: ISMG's Fraud and Breach Prevention Summit in Chicago

Nick Holland • June 22, 2018

Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: A preview of next week's Fraud and Breach Summit in Chicago, which will feature keynoter Brett Johnson, a former cybercriminal who now advises organizations on fighting crime.

Data Loss

Tesla Accuses Insider of Stealing Gigabytes of Data

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 21, 2018

Electric car manufacturer Tesla has sued a former employee for sabotage, alleging that he "unlawfully hacked the company's confidential and trade secret information" and gave it to third parties while leaving a trail designed to implicate other employees. The ex-employee, however, claims he's a whistleblower.

Fraud Management & Cybercrime

Ransomware: No Longer Sexy, But Still Devastating

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 21, 2018

We need to talk about ransomware, says James Lyne, global research adviser at Sophos: "It's not the big, sexy security topic that it once was, but there's some really interesting evolution in their tactics." Lyne rounds up the latest tactics and describes how machine learning is offering new defensive hope.

Anti-Malware

Geopolitical Instability Is CISOs' Latest Challenge

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 20, 2018

The latest challenge to face CISOs: Finding the best way to keep their organization secure while at the same time navigating political edicts that may lack any technical detail or present solid facts or alternatives to suspect technology, says Jaya Baloo, CISO of KPN Telecom.

Authentication

Credential Stuffing Attacks: How to Combat Reused Passwords

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 20, 2018

For attackers, "credential stuffing" - using stolen usernames and passwords to log into any site for which a user reused their credentials - is the gift that keeps on giving, says security researcher Troy Hunt. Here's how organizations can mitigate the threat.

Breach Notification

PageUp: No Sign of Data Exfiltration

Jeremy Kirk • June 19, 2018

Human resources software developer PageUp says it doesn't appear that personal data exposed in a malware attack was actually removed from its systems. But it has also found authentication error logs that recorded incorrect login attempts from before 2007.

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Insurance: How Underwriting Is Changing

Nick Holland • June 18, 2018

Cybersecurity insurers, faced with growing demand, are looking for new ways to better measure their risks, says Aleksandr Yampolskiy, CEO of SecurityScorecard. So some are moving toward more carefully scrutinizing the cybersecurity postures of their potential clients.

Breach Notification

PageUp Breach: Job Winners Hit Hardest

Jeremy Kirk • June 15, 2018

Nearly three weeks after human resources software vendor PageUp discovered malware on its system, the tally of what data was exposed remains unclear, although successful job applicants appear to have been hardest hit.

Cyberwarfare / Nation-state attacks

Visual Journal: Infosecurity Europe 2018

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 14, 2018

When June arrives in the United Kingdom, that means it's time for the annual Infosecurity Europe conference in London. Here are visual highlights from this year's event, which featured 240 sessions, 400 exhibitors and an estimated 19,500 attendees.

Breach Notification

Dixons Carphone Breach: 5.9 Million Payment Cards Exposed

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 13, 2018

The U.K.'s Dixons Carphone is investigating a data breach that resulted in the suspected exposure of 5.9 million payment cards and nonfinancial information for 1.2 million customers. The incident could become the first U.K. breach to fall under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation.