November 2016 - Page 9 of 11 - Cyber Security Minute

Collaborative defense, the shift from ‘what’ to ‘how’

Issued by: CIO Security

Boston—Cybersecurity experts and those new to the space gathered together at the Federal Reserve Bank to join the Advanced Cyber Security Center (ACSC) for Massachusetts Cybersecurity 2.0: Preparing for the Next Wave of Cyber Challenges. Whether it’s securing self-driving cars, cloud computing, or exposing criminals in the Darknet, the industry will face many challenges in…

Mobile Security

Mobile subscriber identity numbers can be exposed over Wi-Fi

Issued by: CIO Security

For a long time, law enforcement agencies and hackers have been able to track the identity and location of mobile users by setting up fake cellular network towers and tricking their devices to connect to them. Researchers have now found that the same thing can be done much more cheaply with a simple Wi-Fi hotspot….

Malware & Threats

Surveys: Security Pros Overwhelmed, Not Communicating, Threat Intel Data

Issued by: Dark Reading

Two new surveys released in the last week revealed troubling but telling trends in enterprise security: 70 percent of infosec professionals are overwhelmed by the volume and complexity of threat intelligence data, according to a report from security vendor Anomali and the Ponemon Institute; a separate survey from consultancy BDO USA found that only 27%…

Application Security

Cognitive systems and artificial intelligence revenues to reach $47 billion in 2020

Issued by: Help Net Security

Widespread adoption of cognitive systems and artificial intelligence (AI) across a broad range of industries will drive worldwide revenues from nearly $8 billion in 2016 to more than $47 billion in 2020. According to IDC, the market for cognitive/AI solutions will experience a CAGR of 55.1% over the 2016-2020 forecast period. “Software developers and end…

Network Security

Changing of the Guard: Three Considerations for Your Next IPS Purchase

Issued by: Security Intelligence

Much has been said about the recent changes in the security market, with several big technology players shedding and selling off their security assets. Included among them are two portfolios that feature well-known intrusion prevention systems (IPS). Any time there is this level of disruption, many clients start to get antsy and wonder if they…

Software Security, Vulnerabilities

Ongoing Use of Windows Vista, IE8 Pose Huge Enterprise Threat

Issued by: Security Week

A new report highlights the high number of users still operating outdated Windows operating systems and unsupported browsers. This represents a huge threat to the organizations whose users access company networks from insecure laptops and home computers within the growing adoption of BYOD policies. Duo Security reports that 65% of its clients’ Windows users are…

Network Security

Catching Online Scammers, Dealers & Drug Dealers With DNS

Issued by: Dark Reading

Takedowns of malicious or fraudulent websites is a temporary fix for online fraud and crime, mainly because the bad guys then just put up another website domain they have waiting in the wings. Researchers at Black Hat Europe in London tomorrow will demonstrate a new technique they developed that uses Domain Name Service (DNS) analysis…

Cloud Security

Overconfidence is putting organizations at higher risk for attacks

Issued by: Help Net Security

In the past twelve months, roughly one in three targeted attacks resulted in an actual security breach, which equates to two to three effective attacks per month for the average company, according to Accenture. Still, a majority of security executives (75 percent) surveyed are confident in their ability to protect their enterprises from cyberattacks. Accenture…

Malware & Threats

Tech support scammers abuse bug in HTML5 to freeze computers

Issued by: Blog Malwarebytes

One of the primary vectors for the distribution of tech support scams is malvertising. You’ll simply be browsing the web when all of a sudden your browser shows a scary page claiming your computer is infected. Behind the scenes, an unscrupulous ad network usually lets a malicious actor push a malicious code snippet instead of…

Malware & Threats

Android Trojan targets customers of 94 banks in US, Europe

Issued by: Help Net Security

If you/ve recently installed a Flash Player Android app and now almost every app you open asks you for your payment card details, you’ve been infected with a banking Trojan. It is unclear where the fake, malicious Flash Player can be downloaded from, but it’s likely one or more third-party apps stores popular around the…