July 2017 - Page 5 of 5 - Cyber Security Minute

Guide to the top college and university cyber security degree programs

Issued by: CSO

The shortage of cyber security professionals is well documented, and this lack of expertise can keep organizations from bolstering their security programs. CISOs and CSOs should be heartened by the fact that more colleges and universities are offering academic programs and degrees in cyber security specialties. They are also doing their best to place young…

Application Security

Personal Details of 117,000 AA Shoppers Exposed

Issued by: Security Week

The Automobile Association (AA) — the UK’s largest motoring organization with over 15 million members — is being heavily criticized over its public handling of a major data incident that occurred in April. A server misconfiguration exposed personal details of more than 100,000 AA Shop customers; but its importance has been consistently downplayed by the organization….

Application Security

Microsoft Forces Users to Review Windows 10 Privacy Settings

Issued by: Security Week

Windows 10 users who haven’t installed the Creators Update will soon be notified to review their privacy settings and to install the latest feature update to remain secure, Microsoft announced. Microsoft has been criticized for its Windows 10 data collection practices, and the French National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) recently served the company a formal notice to…

Network Security

Security’s blind spot: The long-term state of exception

Issued by: Help Net Security

It seems every major hack is accompanied by the pointing of fingers. And there are plenty of places to point them: the servers that weren’t patched, the retailer who hadn’t finished setting up an intrusion detection system, the high-ranking official who used his personal email to store secrets, the critical application with unfixed security holes…

Malware & Threats

Rising information security threats, and what to do about them

Issued by: Help Net Security

The digital threat landscape faced by enterprises large and small is in perpetual flux, and keeping an eye on things and adapting defenses should be of primary importance to every CISO. According to Ziv Mador, VP of Security Research at Trustwave’s SpiderLabs, the current major and, unfortunately, rising threats are ransomware, CEO email attacks (BEC scams),…

Vulnerabilities

Medical devices at risk: 5 capabilities that invite danger

Issued by: CSO

Medical device cybersecurity is lousy — beyond lousy. Indeed, the word from security experts for most of the past decade (and certainly since those devices increasingly have become connected to the internet) has been that while the physical security of most is superb and the devices function flawlessly, possibly for years at a time, when…