Drawing from hundreds of real-world incident response engagements by Mandiant, a FireEye Company, the 2014 M-Trends Threat Report reveals key insights, statistics, and case studies illustrating how the advanced persistent threat (APT) actors have evolved over the last year. According to the report, organizations are...
A George Mason University researcher says NIST's cybersecurity framework is likely to cause more problems than it solves. Instead, he encourages critical infrastructure operators to adopt dynamic cybersecurity provisions.
An ongoing APT campaign employs decoy documents to lure potential victims into installing malicious remote-control tools. Targets include at least one bank, the BBC and many U.S. and EU government agencies.
Security researchers say the international takedown of the Gameover Zeus botnet and servers for CryptoLocker ransomware will have a positive short-term impact, but they warn the threats could quickly re-emerge unless key steps are taken.
A key challenge in mitigating cyber-risks is differentiating new malware threats from older ones. Experts offer insights on how to sort through the massive number of alerts issued by vendors to identify the real threats that require attention.
Fraud is a relentless threat to financial services organizations that offer online banking. To effectively combat the perils of fraud, organizations that offer financial services over the internet must defend their businesses with a combination of security technologies. The F5 Web Fraud Protection solution provides...
The OpenSSL Project is receiving new funding to support its operations following the Heartbleed exploit that exposed a flaw in the cryptographic tool that's used to provide communications security and privacy online.
Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks have co-founded a cybersecurity consortium with the goal of sharing threat intelligence among member organizations. Learn about the group's other goals.
Banking institutions need to develop "day-to-day situational awareness" of the latest threats, says Vikram Bhat, a principal at Deloitte & Touche, which just released a report about cybersecurity issues and awareness.
The folks at PricewaterhouseCoopers, after surveying 500 U.S. business, law enforcement and government executives, conclude that the vast majority of cybersecurity programs fall very short of the federal government's cybersecurity framework goals.
A new report for shareholders recommends that seven members of Target Corp.'s board of directors should be replaced as a result of the retailer's massive data breach. Experts discuss the role boards must play in cybersecurity.
The FTC is urging Congress to enact privacy legislation that would provide consumers with more transparency about the activities of data brokers that collect sensitive health and financial data.
Legislation before the House to excise from federal law the requirement that NIST work with the NSA on cybersecurity standards wouldn't likely stop the two federal agencies from continuing to collaborate.
Detecting and investigating complex fraud schemes requires a deeper understanding of the relationship between actors, events and entities. This dynamic webinar will reveal how new technology is proactively exposing fraud rings' biggest vulnerabilities: shared identity information. Attendees will learn how...
It's not quite the cyberwar many have envisioned, but the United States and China are tangled in a brawl that resembles, in some respects, a combination of a trade war and cyber-sniping.
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