Attackers have been using the Poison Ivy remote-access tool to help maintain persistent access to hacked networks, Cybereason says.

Chinese Hackers Play Operator With Global Telcos

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 25, 2019

Attackers - likely operating from China - have been surreptitiously hacking into global telecommunications providers' networks to quietly steal metadata and track subscribers - and those with whom they communicate - as part of an ongoing cyber espionage operation, warns security firm Cybereason.

Cyberwarfare / Nation-state attacks

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Encryption & Key Management

Sen. Wyden Asks NIST to Develop Secure File Sharing Standards

Scott Ferguson • June 25, 2019

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is urging the National Institute of Standards and Technology to create new standards and guidelines for individuals and organizations to securely share sensitive documents online. He contends current security measures are inadequate.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

GDPR: Where Do We Go From Here?

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 25, 2019

Even though the EU's General Data Protection Regulation has been in effect for more than a year, it's no privacy panacea, says (TL)2 Security founder Thom Langford. While GDPR has reframed the global privacy discussion, room for improvement remains, he explains in this interview.

Application Security

Reinventing Application Security

Nick Holland • June 25, 2019

Bob Egner of Outpost24 discusses the challenges involved in improving application security and whether DevSecOps is a "silver bullet."

Identity & Access Management

The Evolution of IAM in the Cloud

Geetha Nandikotkur • June 25, 2019

More organizations are deploying single sign-on mechanisms when they move to software-as-a-service applications to help enhance authentication and control access, says Moshe Ferber, chairman of the Israeli chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance.

Governance

Risk and Resilience: Finding the Right Balance

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 25, 2019

Finding the right balance between risk and resilience is a challenge for every cybersecurity project - especially in the aerospace, space and defense sectors - and that's why such efforts must be driven by CISOs and CIOs, says Leonardo's Nik Beecher.

Breach Notification

Identity as a Game-Changing Breach Defense

Information Security Media Group • June 25, 2019

Often in breach response, security professionals focus on the technical aspects of the attack. Yet, the non-technical aspects are often more insidious, says Teju Shyamsundar of Okta. And Identity can be a powerful tool to bolster defenses.

Cybercrime

Alleged AlphaBay Moderator Faces Racketeering Charge

Scott Ferguson • June 24, 2019

An alleged moderator of the AlphaBay underground marketplace has been indicted for facilitating sales on the darknet site before law enforcement shut it down.

3rd Party Risk Management

Developing a Robust Third-Party Risk Management Program

Suparna Goswami • June 24, 2019

Too many organizations around the world take a "bare minimum" approach to third-party risk management, says Jonathan Ehret, founder of the Third Party Risk Association, who offers risk mitigation insights.

3rd Party Risk Management

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab a Frequent Hack Victim: Audit

Scott Ferguson • June 21, 2019

Hackers have repeatedly stolen valuable data - including launch codes and flight trajectories for spacecraft - from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in recent years, according to a new inspector general audit, which describes weak security practices.

Cybercrime

Hacked With Words: Email Attack Sophistication Surges

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 21, 2019

The early days of email attacks - so much noise in the form of malware, spam and links - have given way to attacks that often rely on little more than words, and email gateways often struggle to arrest social engineering ploys, says Michael Flouton of Barracuda Networks.

Fraud Management & Cybercrime

Life Beyond Blocking: Adopting Behavior-Based Cybersecurity

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 21, 2019

Many cybersecurity tools are designed to block or allow specific activities based on prescribed rules, but with insider breaches continuing, enterprise protection also requires real-time reaction to actual user behavior, says Carl Leonard of Forcepoint.

Privileged Access Management

Privileged Attack Vectors: Key Defenses

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 21, 2019

Attackers crave insider-level access to IT infrastructure and regularly target insiders - and especially administrators- to steal their credentials, says BeyondTrust's Karl Lankford, who advises organizations to ensure they manage, monitor and audit all privileged access.