Spain's central bank says its website was intermittently offline as it struggled to repel a distributed denial-of-service attack. The temporary disruption is a reminder "stresser/booter" DDoS-on-demand services remain inexpensive, easy to procure and often effective.
A previously unnamed U.S. energy company that agreed to a record $2.7 million settlement after it left 30,000 records about its information security assets exposed online for 70 days in violation of energy sector cybersecurity regulations has been named as California utility PG&E.
Dora Gomez of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners discusses why security professionals should set up a framework to deal with changing regulations and threats.
Machine data and machine learning have the potential to connect disparate data sources, enabling better fraud detection and prevention, says Matthew Joseff of Splunk, who highlights real-world examples of fighting fraud with better data.
Companies that want to continue doing business globally will need to take privacy much more seriously, especially in light of increasingly strict new laws, ranging from the California Consumer Privacy Act to the EU's GDPR, says privacy and security expert Michelle Robles.
Public health alert: Russian trolls have been spreading "polarized and anti-vaccine" misinformation via social media in a manner that appears designed to undercut trust in vaccines, researchers warn. Lower vaccination rates have already contributed to a rise in mass outbreaks of measles among children.
T-Mobile has suffered a breach that may have exposed personal data for 2.3 million of its 77 million customers, and one security researcher says the hacker appears to be keen to sell the stolen data.
How is risk management evolving as a result of ubiquitous cybersecurity risks? Jennifer Bayuk, CEO of Decision Framework Systems, provides an overview.
Although fraud schemes continue to evolve, social engineering remains a critical element, says Brett Johnson, a former fraudster who now advises organizations on how to fight cybercrime. He explains how new attacks are often tweaks of much older schemes.
What are CISOs' priorities when it comes to spending their security budgets? Paul Bowen of Arbor Networks discusses spending trends by region, technology and types of security defenses.
In many organizations, overworked security analysts are trailing the bad guys in technology and knowledge, and this gap leads to increased risk, says Jeff Michael of Lastline.
The March SamSam ransomware attack in Atlanta is reported to have cost the city $17 million to resolve. The attackers had asked for a $51,000 bitcoin ransom, which the city refused to pay. But Gartner Research analyst Avivah Litan stresses that paying ransoms has more cons than pros.
Google has suspended multiple YouTube channels and videos, as well as blogs, after tying them to phishing attacks and influence operations linked to Iran's state media. The technology giant's moves coincided with similar efforts by Facebook and Twitter.
Security thought leaders have long called for organizations to shift from a conventional "peacetime" view of cybersecurity to more of a "wartime" mindset. Aetna CSO Jim Routh now says it's time for enterprises to shift from conventional to unconventional security controls.
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