Neutering the army of web-connected devices used in the large internet attack that hampered access to major sites - including Amazon, PayPal, Spotify and Twitter - is technically possible. But no option offers either a great or near-term fix.
When it comes to describing the top fraud threats to UK financial institutions, it's all about compromised identities and credentials, says John Marsden of Equifax. How can organisations prove their customers are who they say they are?
Russian hackers may think twice before traveling outside the country for a vacation in light of the arrest of alleged 2012 LinkedIn hacker "Yevgeniy N." by Czech police at a restaurant in Prague earlier this month.
WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange's interference in the U.S. elections has earned the Ecuadorian embassy in London's houseguest a slap on the wrist as his internet connection gets taken away. In the interim, maybe he can take up knitting?
Cybercriminals are continuing to refine their art: Researchers say there are now more than 200 ransomware families, which complicates ongoing attempts to disrupt such attacks.
As U.S. ATM operators face MasterCard's Oct. 21 EMV liability shift deadline, a surge in explosive attacks against European ATMs is a reminder that anti-fraud features won't block all money machine crime.
A "bottom-up" approach to IoT security is essential, starting with the hardware as the "root of trust" and then addressing the operating systems and applications, says Wind River's Thilak Ramanna, who calls for the development of standards to ensure security is baked into devices.
A search warrant executed earlier this year gave authorities the power to force occupants of a Los Angeles-area house to unlock devices with their fingerprints, casting doubt on biometric defenses.
Virtually every industry is prone to cyberattacks, online fraud and identity theft. For years' banks have secured online transactions for commercial accounts and private banking customers via multifactor authentication. Now through organizations like the NCSA and HIMSS, multifactor authentication may finally become...
IoT devices running the authentication protocol OpenSSH are being compromised and used as proxies in attacks that aim to take over accounts at popular web services, according to new research from Akamai.
With comprehensive network modeling extending into virtual networks, network security engineers can gain the needed visibility to unify security and compliance processes across their hybrid hardware and virtual environments.
IoT botnets, the term for armies of hacked internet-connected devices, aren't going away. And an anecdote from the field shows the gravity of the problem and why it's unlikely to be resolved any time soon.
Under Australia's strict definition of a cyberattack, the country has never actually experienced one. The claim underscores ongoing questions about how to describe cybersecurity incidents.
Understanding the difference between cybersecurity crisis management and security incident response could be critical to your organization's survival. In this blog, a CISO offers insights on creating an effective crisis management plan.
If you look beyond the political bickering and study the cybersecurity platforms that presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have posted on their campaign websites, you'll see that their approaches are similar in some respects.
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