A new Bitcoin advisory issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should prompt financial institutions to talk with their banking customers about the risks associated with virtual currencies.
Detecting and preventing advanced attacks isn't just a technology issue - it's a business risk that needs to be elevated to the highest levels of an organization. Trend Micro's Tom Kellermann shares strategies.
Spear phishing attacks are increasingly sophisticated. Banking institutions must learn more about how fraudsters dupe one's customers and employees, says a panel of three financial fraud experts.
Finding a common theme from the Black Hat USA conference isn't easy, but a few emerged - simplifying complexity and developing community-based solutions - from sessions and discussions with top cybersecurity experts.
A Florida man has pleaded guilty for a credit card fraud scheme that resulted in losses of more than $23 million. Fraud analysts say pinpointing the sources of the compromised cards could be difficult.
For the first time in its decade-long history, the Federal Reserve's triennial Payments Study includes fraud data. The Fed's Jim McKee says these findings set a baseline about U.S. card fraud trends.
Cyber-historian Jason Healey contends the U.S. government does not want peace in cyberspace so it can conduct more attacks and exploitations. Instead, he says the feds should make the Internet's economic benefits its top priority.
No question, the information security community - and all of us at ISMG -- lost a friend with the untimely death of Terry Austin, CEO and President of Guardian Analytics.
Researcher Joxean Koret says he's cataloged local and remote vulnerabilities in 14 antivirus applications, many of which have since been patched. But shouldn't the vendors have spotted them first?
This week's top reported breach incidents, including the report by Hold Security warning that a Russian cyber gang had breached 1.2 billion passwords, all have one thing in common: They leave numerous questions unanswered.
Gemalto plans to acquire SafeNet, a data and software protection provider, for $890 million to help reinforce its identity and access management business. The deal is expected to close by year's end.
Organizations are careful when granting privileged access to critical systems. But they struggle to govern these privileged identities. Merritt Maxim of CA Technologies shares new strategies.
Solutionary is out with its quarterly threat intelligence report. Topping the list: the exploitability of the Heartbleed bug, and the current malware trends. Rob Kraus teases the report's highlights.
No single security solution is enough to defend against today's multifaceted exploits. So it's time for a new holistic and cooperative approach to information security, says Bob Hansmann of Websense.
Former NSA information assurance leader Tony Sager goes on the road to the Black Hat USA security conference to promote the notion that no one should try to solve cybersecurity threats alone.
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