The FBI has arrested Chinese national Yu Pingan on charges that he was a "malware broker" for a remote-access Trojan called Sakula that was used in the massive breaches of Anthem and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, among other organizations.
Analyzing Donald Trump's cybersecurity policy seven months into his administration highlights the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also, Cybersecurity Coordinator Rob Joyce disses Kaspersky Lab on network TV.
There's no denying that the proliferation of mobile devices presents new safety challenges for enterprises and consumers alike. But these potential challenges can be mitigated, paving the way for mobile to become a trusted, convenient and multipurpose enterprise digital ID.
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Today's FIs face a breadth of consumer demands, competitive threats and security and fraud risks. Acquiring and retaining consumers in a fiercely competitive marketplace flooded with waves of non-traditional players requires a consumer-centric digital strategy. The key enabler for an effective digital strategy is...
Modern enterprises are in the midst of a digital revolution, adapting to the demands of Business 2.0. They are looking to embrace new business opportunities, expand into new markets, and propose new product offerings, as well as be more agile in responding to existing demands. This transformation relies on digital...
As financial organizations deploy artificial intelligence and machine learning in the fight against money-laundering fraud, tips are offered to help separate fact from market hype when reviewing new data analytics tools.
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Hiring managers will need to get increasingly creative to find talent to fill their vacant information security positions, particularly in a shallow talent pool that is forecasted to get even thinner. Experts in the hiring trenches offer seven key tips to consider.
EDR (endpoint response and detection) products are powerful tools that provide a play-by-play of exactly what happened on a computer during and after an attack. But the products require the right expertise to get the most value, a Gartner analyst says.
Canadian Karim Baratov will be extradited to the United States after waiving his right to an extradition hearing. He's accused of being a "hacker for hire" for the Russian intelligence agents who allegedly perpetrated the 2014 Yahoo hack that resulted in 500 million user accounts being exposed.
Contrary to common assumption, "advanced malware" is not a singular type of superior malicious code or harmful object that can that compromises systems, harvests data or damages corporate networks. Rather, this term describes sophisticated behavior and evasion capabilities that certain strands of malware possess which...
Finding an effective breach prevention provider is critical in order to safeguard an organization's assets. NSS Labs subjected nine cybersecurity market leaders to comprehensive, rigorous testing to determine how well each product handled current advanced threats and attack methods. All vendor products were evaluated...
Your financial institution faces a security challenge: the number of advanced threats you face grows daily, while you are unable to hire the experienced team members you need. However, to prevent, detect, and respond to threats, you must grow your capabilities - which are the result of how you fuse together...
From a security perspective, moving your applications and data to AWS does not necessarily eliminate or minimize your security challenges. Regardless of their location - public, private cloud or physical data center - your applications and data are an attacker's target, and protecting them in AWS introduces the same...
The latest ISMG Security Report leads with information security guru Ron Ross discussing changes coming to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's catalog of IT security and privacy controls. Also, challenges facing an upgraded U.S. Cyber Command.
In a 2016 IDC CloudView survey, 80% of the enterprises contacted were actively engaged in public-cloud projects. The driving forces are a realization that the public cloud is "enterprise ready" and the need to be more agile, more responsive and more competitive. For those organizations that already have an existing...
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